A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on federal corruption charges. Jeff Palermo has the details…
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A new Gallup poll finds only 54-percent of Americans consume alcohol that’s the lowest percentage in the 90-year history of the survey. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The multi-state Powerball jackpot is up to 565-million dollars for Saturday night’s drawing. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Chrislyn Maher (Mayor) says it’s the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year…
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Maher says the jackpot has been growing since early June. 2018 was the last time a Louisiana resident won the Powerball grand prize, but Maher says a Carencro man recently became a millionaire because of Powerball
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Maher says expect an increase in sales heading into Saturday night’s drawing at 9:59 PM…
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Tickets sales will stop at 9 PM on Saturday.
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A panel of judges on the U-S 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Louisiana’s legislative district map violates the federal Voting Rights Act. Political analyst Scott Hughes says the panel and a state judge in Baton Rouge both agree that the map approved in 2022 dilutes the Black vote…
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The ruling from the federal appeals court does not mean that Louisiana lawmakers have to redraw the House and Senate district maps right away. A federal appeals judge not involved in Thursday’s ruling put a pause on the case. But Hughes says the legislative map issue was not going to be resolved, until there is a U-S Supreme Court ruling regarding the state’s contested Congressional map…
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The plaintiffs in the state legislative map case are arguing Blacks and Democrats are not fairly represented in the Louisiana Legislature. Hughes says one-third of the state’s voting population is black, but Republicans have a super majority control in the House and Senate…
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A Gallup poll finds 54-percent of Americans drink alcohol, which is a record low percentage. LSU Health New Orleans physiology professor Nick Gilpin says more Americans are understanding the health hazards that come with consuming one or two drinks a day…
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Gilpin says studies from decades ago said it was actually a health benefit to have a drink or two a day, but new research debunks those theories. He says it’s been known that too much alcohol can impact a person’s liver, but we are learning that an overabundance of alcohol consumption can lead to other health problems…
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Gilpen says adults are also finding other alternatives to alcohol…
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Gilpen says the poll shows that younger adults are at the center of the decline in alcohol consumption.
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LSU football coach Brian Kelly spoke publicly today for the first time since the arrest of freshman running back JT Lindsey. Lindsey is accused of harboring two wanted second-degree murder suspects in his LSU dorm room for several days. There’s also a report of guns found inside the apartment, raising questions on how firearms got inside a university owned building. Kelly says it appears Lindsey was hanging out with the wrong crowd…
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Lindsey has been suspended from the football team until his criminal case is resolved. Kelly says Lindsey’s story is a lesson for all young student-athletes..
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been indicted on federal corruption charges as prosecutors allege, she defrauded taxpayers out of 70-thousand dollars to conceal a personal relationship with former NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie, who served as her bodyguard. Acting US Attorney Michael Simpson…
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Cantrell previously said Vappie was part of her security detail and the two traveled together regularly for out-of-state and out-of-country trips. But Simpson says they found messages that show the two used the trips to foster their romantic relationship. He gave an example of a message sent by Vappie to Cantrell after a trip to D-C…
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Cantrell is the first sitting New Orleans mayor to face federal charges. She’s facing conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and false statements. Simpson says his office takes allegations of public corruption seriously…
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