Republican presidential leader Donald Trump is threatening a lawsuit aimed at the Louisiana GOP. He tweeted Sunday he wasn’t happy that he won the primary here, but could get less delegates than opponent Ted Cruz. State GOP executive director Jason Dore says Trump & Cruz have 18 delegates but there are five out there for Senator Rubio who dropped out, and five yet to be allocated that will likely remain uncommitted until the Republican National Convention…:
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He says they’ve followed the rules when it comes to allocating the delegates.

State Officials announce four additional parishes will receive federal disaster declarations following historic flooding earlier this month. The new areas where residents can apply for public assistance are Jackson, Rapides, Red River, and Sabine. That brings the total number of eligible parishes to 30. You can register online at disasterassistance.gov.

The Lake Charles police department says a 26-year-old man died following an early morning crash. Investigators believe Steven Blaine Perrit left the roadway in his Nissan Titan for unkonwn reasons, and hit two mailboxes before crashing into a concrete culvert. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The invesitgation is ongoing.

Researchers at UL-Lafayette found that vipers surprisingly may not be the fastest striking snake. Doctoral student David Penning says they’ve got evidence showing all snakes, venomous and non-venomous, can strike quickly so people should never try to grab a poisonous snake before it lunges…:
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Penning says it takes a snake 70 milliseconds to strike, and it takes a human 200 milliseconds just to blink.