10:30 LRN Newscast

Oil City Representative Danny McCormick denounces masking mandates in a video posted to Facebook. In the clip, McCormick compares mask-wearing to the holocaust, the mark of the beast, eludes to the possibility of implanted tracking chips in the future, and brandishes a chainsaw,
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Shreveport is the latest muncipality to mandate masks. Their mandary order goes into effect at 5 PM today.

Meanwhile, Tulane researchers have concluded a study on how long COVID-19 can survive in the air. Tulane National Primate Research Center Director of Infectious Disease Aerobiology Chad Roy says it’s for more than just a few hours…
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Roy says the best way for those droplets to stay out of your system is by wearing a mask.

The Pelicans depart for the NBA bubble in Orlando today with some players a bit uneasy about resuming play. Matt Doyle has the story.
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The 2019 LSU football team has received their championship rings and they got three of them. One for winning the SEC Championship, one for winning the college football playoffs and another for winning a national championship. It’s unknown how much the rings cost but the NCAA prohibits schools from spending more than 425-dollars per national championship ring.