President Trump’s nominee for a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals seat, Kyle Duncan of Louisiana, goes before the Senate judiciary Committee today.
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The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office says a deputy involved shooting occurred in Sulphur. They say when responding to a scene, cops saw a man with a firearm and gave verbal commands to drop it which he refused. Deputies opened fire on the suspect and wounded him. He is identified as 45-year-old David Rozas of Sulphur.

There is an oral device that could help obese adults lose weight called the SmartByte system. It’s removable medical device used only when eating. Interim Director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge Dr. Donna Ryan says it helps people slow down when eating and hopes it will be approved here soon to help curb obesity…:
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She says studies showed 20-percent of people lost at least five-percent of their weight after 16 weeks of using SmartByte.

Tax reform remains hanging in the balance as U.S. Senators are considering an overhaul that Republicans say will give an average family of four an additional 14-hundred dollars in annual income. Senator John Kennedy says they need to start moving things along..:
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The bill passed the Senate Budget Committee Tuesday 12-to-11 and heads to the Senate floor.