12:30 LRN Newscast

Avoyelles Parish gets hit with two and a half feet of rain in just 12 hours, and the images of the aftermath are surreal. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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The U.S. Men’s national team will play its second World Cup game versus Australia today. Both teams won their first group stage matches, so a win for either team today would clinch a first-place finish in the group and a favorable draw in the knockout round. Kickoff in Seattle is at 2:00

An East Baton Rouge Parish judge granted a temporary restraining order to block Governor Landry’s executive order to reallocate 168-million-dollars in the state’s public school funding formula to provide stipends for teachers. Greg Bauerman, the spokesman for the three plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the order, says it’s unconstitutional.

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The court will hold a hearing to determine whether the restraining order should stand June 29.

The clock is ticking if you haven’t gotten your crawfish fix this season. Cofounder of the Crawfish App Laney King says you might find a few stragglers at vendors and restaurants until the fourth of July in South Louisiana.

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