11:30 LRN Newscast

The mayor of New Orleans will be arraigned in a federal courtroom this afternoon. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Todd Graves, is the 46th richest person in America according to the Forbes 400 list. Graves’ net worth is 22-billion dollars. Saints and Pelicans Gayle Benson ranks 176th with a net worth close to eight billion dollars.

Due to new federal rules, Louisiana is one of 12 states where a prescription is now required to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine. Senator Bill Cassidy says there is a go-around – a blanket prescription issued by State Surgeon General Ralph Abraham.

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There’s been no comment from the Louisiana Department of Health if Surgeon General Ralph Abraham is considering such a blanket prescription.

Today is the statistical peak of the hurricane season, and the National Hurricane Center is not expecting a storm to form over the next week. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says there have been six named storms and just one hurricane.

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Keim says a Bermuda High Pressure has kept storms away from the United States.