12:30 LRN Newscast

The Saints have fired head coach Dennis Allen after the team suffered its seventh straight loss. Jeff Palermo has more…

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Victims have been identified from a helicopter crash that happened in Iowa on Friday night. 50-year-old Jared Savant, his wife 35-year-old Tanya Savant, and their 2-year-old baby all of Kinder died in the crash. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched and stayed on the scene until the FAA arrived and began a preliminary investigation. No further information is available at this time.

Tropical Depression Eighteen, formerly a disturbance in the Caribbean, developed over the weekend with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, moving north at 9 mph. It is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Rafael as it moves near Jamaica. By mid-week, it may reach Category 1 hurricane status as it nears Cuba. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says a storm in November is rare…

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Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge is conducting The Sweet Study involving the medication, Ozempic.  It’s designed to help women at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.Half the participants receive Ozempic during the study, and the other half get a placebo. It includes women from all over Louisiana. Those who pass a phone screening will visit Woman’s in Baton Rouge for in-person screening tests. If those tests and questions qualify her, Scientific Research Director, Dr. Elizabeth Sutton says the participant will come back for baseline testing then…

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