430 PM LRN News

Tropical Storm Zeta is holding steady with 65 mile per hour winds and moving at 14 miles per hour towards the southeastern Louisiana coast. Taylor Sharp has more on what coastal leaders are doing to prepare for the Wednesday evening arrival…

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The New Orleans Pelicans introduced new head coach Stan Van Gundy today for the first time. The veteran coach spent the past two seasons in the broadcast booth but says he was tempted away from TV after the Pelicans job came open. Van Gundy comes into New Orleans with a winning record with one finals appearance.

On a party line 52-48 vote Metairie Judge and now Justice Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the US Supreme Court to fill a seat left open by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Senator John Kennedy says Barrett has an impressive, and unimpeachable past having graduated from Dominican High, Rhodes College, and Notre Dame…

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Democrats argue the nomination should never have gone forward, citing precedent set by Senate Republicans in the last year of the Obama Administration.

Residents impacted by Hurricane Laura now have until November 27th to register for FEMA disaster assistance Spokesperson Melissa Wilkins says there are three ways residents you can register…

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The number is 1-800-621-FEMA.