The family of a teenager who was found dead in Iberia Parish after being reported missing under mysterious circumstances is calling for an independent investigation into what happened. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A study published in the journal Nature says climate change is causing hurricanes to retain their strength longer. Brooke Thorington has more.
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After months of relative calm Louisiana appears to be facing a third wave of COVID. Matt Doyle has more.
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Civil rights activists and the ACLU demand an independent investigation into the death of a 15-year-old Black male who was found dead in an Iberia Parish sugar cane field.
An Iberia Parish Coroner’s report concluded that Quawan “Bobby” Charles drowned and that damage to his face was caused by wildlife, but ACLU of Louisiana head Alanah Odoms believes it may have been a hate crime.
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Charles’ body has been sent to an independent forensics lab in Texas. A report from that lab is expected soon.
Charles’ parents have expressed serious concern with the lack of transparency and the slow pace of the investigation. Odoms says the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department has provided little information to the family…
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Last week an Iberia Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson said the investigation is ongoing and there is little information that can be given out at this time, but the death is being investigated as a possible homicide.
Charles went missing on October 30th in Baldwin. Odoms says it’s highly frustrating that Baldwin Police did not contact State Police about putting out an Amber Alert after being contacted by Charles’ family.
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Charles was found 20 miles away from his home in the field near Loreauville on November 3rd.
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An article in the journal Nature claims hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, thus more inland destruction. State Climatologist Barry Keim says we know once storms make landfall, they are cut off from their energy source of warm water.
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Keim says the study showed the average length of time it took a storm to weaken to two-thirds of its landfall strength in the 1960s was about 17-hours.
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Keim says a good example of longer staying power is Hurricane Laura, it made landfall as a Category 4 and was still at hurricane strength when it reached Shreveport 250-miles inland.
Keim says hurricanes are no longer seen as a coastal issue as warmer sea temperatures from climate change serve as an energy reservoir for storms.
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The study compared 71 Atlantic hurricanes with landfalls as far back from 1967.
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Governor Edwards says he’s concerned about the recent spike in COVID cases and indicated that if it were to continue the state may have to move back to Phase Two or more.
The US has shattered total new daily case records throughout November, leading to new restrictions and lockdowns elsewhere in the country. Edwards says he hopes that’s not needed here…
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Edwards says unlike the first wave of cases in the spring if we were to begin running out of hospital capacity we couldn’t just send patients out of state right now.
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Edwards says we can avoid the fate much of the rest of the country is facing if we redouble our mask-wearing and social distancing efforts, and we need to start now if we want to get ahead of the virus.
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The Saints fell behind 10-0, lost quarterback Drew Brees to a rib injury, but still ended up beating San Francisco 27-13 for their sixth straight win. Brees took a big hit in the first half and that drew a roughing the quarterback penalty. He did not play in the second half. Coach Sean Payton
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Jameis Winston took over as the number one QB in the second half and led the Saints on an important fourth-quarter drive that resulted in a Alvin Kamara touchdown, his third of the day. Kamara says he knew Winston would be ready…
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Brees says he’ll take his injury one day at a time and he may have injured more than one rib. He wasn’t the only starter who got hurt on Sunday. Tre’Quan Smith and Josh Hill both left the game with a concussion. Payton says his team was able to adapt to the personnel changes…
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The 24th ranked Ragin Cajuns are Sun Belt Western Division champs for a third consecutive season. U-L Lafayette clinched a spot in the conference title game with a 38-10 win over South Alabama. Coach Billy Napier says it was their best performance of the year as a football team
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The Cajuns started off fast as they scored two touchdowns in the first quarter and had a balanced effort throughout with 254 yards rushing and 252 yards passing. The defense didn’t allow any points in the second half. Napier says it was nice to see his team take control early…
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The Cajuns will play in the Sun Belt Championship on December 19th against either Coastal Carolina or Appalachian State. But Napier’s team still has three regular-season games left before that contest…
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Tulane won its third straight on Saturday as they had no trouble beating Army 38-12 at Yulman Stadium. Green Wave Coach Willie Frtiz says all three phases played well
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Tulane will seek a fourth straight win on Thursday night when they visit 25th ranked Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane is 4-0 in the American Athletic Conference after beating previously 19th ranked SMU. Green Wave defensive end Patrick Johnson says Tulsa will be tough to beat…
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