If you’ve ever wanted to have a conversation with a WWII veteran, now you can. Brooke Thorington explains.
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The interviews and the rankings are all done and Senior Medical Students now know where they’re going for residency after graduation. Colleen Crain has more on LSU’s Match Day.
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A bill to end the state’s three-year rule, which prohibits insurers from dropping a policyholder they’ve insured for three years heads to the Senate floor. Teiko Foxx has more…
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The National World War II Museum in New Orleans unveils a new interactive feature where visitors can have a virtual conversation with veterans and others who served during the war effort. VP of Education Peter Crean says it’s a unique experience.
Crean says a lot of work went into capturing the voices of the aging veterans and their responses. Over two days they were asked more than a thousand questions.
Among the voices you can interact with are a military nurse, an aircraft factory worker, and Margaret Kerry a former USO performer who was later the model for Disney’s version of Tinker Bell.
The museum has roughly a quarter of a million artifacts, but Crean says the jewel of their collection is their close to 12,000 oral histories.
Marine veteran and Medal of Honor Winner Hershel Woodrow “Wood” Wilson is among the voices, who sadly passed away in June of 2022 after recording his responses. Crean says they are trying to preserve the history of WWII with the voices of those who lived it.
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The museum is open daily from 9 am until 5 pm.
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Senior Medical Students found out where they will be headed for residency Friday and Interim Dean of LSU School of Medicine New Orleans, Dr Richard DiCarlo says Louisiana has one of the highest retention rates in the country for students in public medical school…
DiCarlo says the high number of residents matching with an LSU residency program is a testament to the quality of the faculty and strength of LSU’s program. He says part of their mission is to create the doctors of he future to take care of the people of Louisiana…
Students who decide to leave Louisiana for residency often return to the Bayou state to practice after finishing at some prestigious programs, says DiCarlo…
Graduates earn their long white coats with their title, Medical Doctor in May and begin their residency in June.
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The Senate Insurance Committee advanced legislation that repeals the state’s three-year rule. The rule prevents insurance companies from dropping homeowners who have been with the same company for more than three years. Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple says this bill is part of his plan to bring more insurers into Louisiana which would stabilize rates.
Former Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon considered the three-year rule one of the best consumer protection in Louisiana.
Temple’s plan sparked debate with New Orleans Senator Royce Duplessis who believes the state’s location, infrastructure, and hurricanes are more of a barrier to insurers than the rule. Duplesis challenged Temple on whether removing the rule for insurers will reduce premiums for consumers.
Temple wants to drive down risk for insurers and analyze the re-insurance agreements held by the companies to make sure they have enough protection in case a storm hits. He says the state’s laws and regulations are the main problems when it comes to attracting insurers.
The bill heads to the Senate floor for more discussion.
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The McNeese men’s basketball team will play in its first NCAA Tournament game since 2002 when they face Gonzaga at 6:25 central time in Salt Lake City, Utah. Coach Will Wade says taking the Cowboys to the Big Dance in his first season as the head coach at McNeese is his greatest coaching accomplishment…
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The Cowboys are 30-3 on the season and they rank fifth in the country in scoring defense, allowing 62 points a game. Guard Shahada Wells says playing great defense is what’s needed to advance in this tournament…
Wade says handling Gonzaga’s size and speed are the biggest challenges…
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LSU football had a record breaking offense in 2023, but a lot of the key pieces to that explosive unit are now getting ready for a career in the NFL. Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas are likely first round picks and leading rusher Logan Diggs has transferred to Ole Miss. New starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier says they can’t worry about what happened last year
Daniels’ ability to rush the football for over one-thousand yards last season, took LSU’s offense last season to another level. Nussmeier says he’s not as fast or elusive as Daniels, but he can make plays with his legs too…
This will be Nussmeier’s fourth season at LSU. The last two years, the Tigers won ten games. Nussmeier says surpassing the ten-win mark is the goal for this year…