A Slidell child is killed in his driveway, and his grandmother is under arrest. Jeff Palermo reports on the tragic death of Carson Lawson.
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A Tangipahoa Parish sheriff deputy’s shooting of an alleged criminal suspect yesterday is being investigated by Louisiana State Police. It happened around 6:30 last night on Waltrip Lane near Highway 442 in Tickfaw. There’s no word on the suspect’s condition or details on the alleged crime. We are told no deputies were injured in the incident.
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The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history may come to an end today. The House will be back in session to consider the funding package passed by the Senate that would keep the government open through January 30th. ULM political science professor Joshua Stockley says Democrats got no guarantees of an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies that they had insisted on as a condition of passing the funding package. And he says the battle over the subsidies is far from over.
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Brian Kelly’s lawsuit against LSU could potentially hurt its head coaching search. ESPN Baton Rouge Radio’s Matt Moscona appeared on the Moon Griffon show saying Kelly’s lawsuit might not sit well with some of the potential candidates after the university refused to pay the former head coach’s 54-million-dollar buyout.