A 64-year-old Iranian woman taken from her New Orleans home by ICE agents last month is back home. Donna Kashanian was released from ICE custody following national outcry and outreach from elected officials from both parties, including New Orleans Republican State Representative Stephanie Hilferty.

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Kashanian first came to the U.S. in 1978 on a student visa and applied for asylum after the shah was overthrown a year later. She eventually was allowed to remain in the U.S. as long as she checked in with immigration authorities, which she never failed to do.

Colorado State University researchers have decreased their hurricane season forecast. Experts are now predicting 16 named storms, including eight hurricanes and three major hurricanes, one less than the school’s initial prediction for each category. C-S-U lead researcher Phil Klotzbach says the wind shear and Saharan dust have deterred tropical formation so far this summer.

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President Trump has threatened to phase out FEMA following the current hurricane season. Governor Landry was asked if that would really happen. Jeff Palermo has more.

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The CEO of the finalist to build LSU’s proposed on-campus arena is indicted in a federal bid-rigging scheme. The Department of Justice says Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke orchestrated a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for a similar project at the University of Texas at Austin.