8:30 AM LRN Newscast

Based on polling, most Americans do not support the U.S. military conflict with Iran. But Senator John Kennedy is fully behind the military action. Jeff Palermo reports.

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The child who’s the sole survivor in a string of fatal stabbings in Houma has been released from the hospital. Four people were stabbed to death and the boy, who’s under the age of ten, was critically wounded Septembe 11th.  47-year-old Kaegan Jude Solet is expected to face multiple charges once he’s released from the hospital.

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With less than five weeks to go before midterm elections, Senator Bill Cassidy says Republicans have a problem.  And he’s not alone. Based on opinion polls nationwide, Democrats are widely expected to win back control of the House, despite Republican efforts to redraw district lines in their favor; and Democrats have a decent chance of winning a majority in the Senate. But of the Senate seats to flip to the Democrats, Cassidy does not expect Louisiana to be among them.

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This Saturday, a special black-bellied whistling duck season that will run through October 11th, is set to begin.  Wildlife and Fisheries Assistant Secretary Tommy Tuma…

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Louisiana’s the first state to have a black-bellied whistling duck season.