A prayer service was held last night at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans. President Biden was among the mourners on hand to remember the 14 people killed in the terror attack on Bourbon Street New Year’s Day.
Prior to the service, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced the federal Department of Homeland Security has agreed to designate the Carnvial season as a level one event. That’s the same rating the Super Bowl gets, which New Orleans is also hosting next month. It means the federal government will provide additional resources to make sure Mardi Gras parades are safe. Publisher of the Mardi Gras guide Arthur Hardy says the beefed-up security will involve not only things that people will see, including law enforcement in tactical gear, but also what people WON’T see.
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A diet developed with contributions from scientists at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center is ranked the second-best overall diet and the top heart-healthy diet by U.S. News & World Report. Sean Richardson reports.
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A southwest Louisiana resident becomes the first person in the United States to die from the bird flu. The Louisiana Department of Health says the patient was over the age of 65 and was hospitalized last month after contracting the bird flu from a non-commercial backyard flock of birds and wild birds. L-D-H says this is the only human case of the H-5-N-1 in Louisiana and the risk remains low for the general public.