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The storm was forecast to be downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday as it churned northward over Mississippi, the National Hurricane Center said.
In an interview at the Republican National Convention, Jeff Landry defended a new state law requiring the religious guidance to be displayed in schools.
A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old boy survived two days of sometimes stormy weather before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside.
Louisiana is the first state to implement such a law in more than four decades.
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The "Daily Show" correspondent poked fun at GOP lawmakers in Louisiana over how party members treat "universal moral principles."
Although the child fainted as the Republican governor signed the bill into law, he appeared unaware of what was happening directly behind him.
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the law Wednesday, making Louisiana the first state to implement such a requirement.
The body of the girls mother was discovered Thursday at her Louisiana home.
Changing the classification could make it harder to prescribe the drugs.
Current Louisiana law already requires a prescription for both drugs and makes it a crime to use them to induce an abortion in most cases.