12:30 LRN Newscast

Legendary political reporter Cokie Roberts passed away from complications resulting from her breast cancer at the age of 75. Roberts was quintessentially New Orleans and may have lived in D.C. for work but loved to come back and visit her mom, former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs at her Bourbon Street home.

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Her father, Congressman Hale Boggs, was presumed dead in 1972 after his plane disappeared in the Alaskan wilds.

Republican Eddie Rispone attacks fellow GOP gubernatorial candidate, Congressman Ralph Abraham in a new TV ad. Rispone is stuck polling below 20 percent in a recent independent poll. LSU-Shreveport Poli Sci Professor Jeff Sadow…

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Drivers are seeing a significant spike at the pump following drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Kevin Barnhart has the story.

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