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‘I’ve been very fortunate’ Wise decisions pave way for STM’s coach Danny Broussard
BY KEVIN FOOTE Staff writer
Sometimes it’s a good idea to listen to the advice of your older brothers. On one particular decision, though, St. Thomas More legendary boys basketball coach Danny Broussard is glad he listened to his gut instead. After graduating from Meaux High in rural Vermilion Parish in 1977, Broussard’s first thought was to become a coach. After all, his two older brothers Rickey and Brent were alBroussard ready coaches and the family was always heavily involved in athletics. “They were kind of trying to talk me out of it,” Broussard said. “They said things like, ‘Oh, it’s tough, you don’t make a whole lot of money and it’s long hours, so why don’t you do something else?’ ” So Broussard spent his entire freshman year at then-USL in Lafayette in general studies, hoping
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U.S. STRIKES IRANIAN SITES 3 nuclear facilities hit as U.S. joins Israeli air campaign Make peace or face future attacks, Trump threatens
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La. Senate put brakes on several big bills
Stalled measures shed light on legislative politics BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer
With less than two hours to go in the legislative session, all eyes were on the Louisiana Senate. A day earlier, the House had passed on an 88-4 vote a bill to ban companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies, a prospect that had initiated a flood of lobbying texts from CVS and ignited a fiery debate in the House. Now, it was up to the Senate to decide whether House Bill 358 by state Rep. Dustin Miller, D-Opelou-
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President Donald Trump speaks from the East Room of the White House on Saturday in Washington after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program, as, from left, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen. BY SAM MEDNICK, AAMER MADHANI and DAVID RISING Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, directly joining Israel’s war aimed at decapitating the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. Addressing the nation from the White House, President Donald Trump said Iran’s key nuclear sites were “completely and fully obliterated.” He also warned Tehran against carrying out retaliatory attacks against the U.S., saying Iran has a choice between “peace or tragedy.” Iran’s nuclear agency confirmed that attacks hit its Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz atomic sites, but insisted that its work will not be stopped. The decision to directly involve the U.S. in the war comes after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran that aimed to
systematically eradicate the country’s air defenses and offensive missile capabilities, while damaging its nuclear enrichment facilities. But U.S. and Israeli officials have said that American stealth bombers and the 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb they alone can carry offered the best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear program buried deep underground. “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,” Trump said in a post on social media. “All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home.” Trump added in a later post: “This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR. THANK YOU!” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-
ä Republicans in Congress praise Trump after strikes in Iran. PAGE 7A tanyahu praised Trump’s decision to attack in a video message directed at the American president. “Your bold decision to target Iran’s nuclear facilities, with the awesome and righteous might of the United States, will change history,” he said. Netanyahu said the U.S. “has done what no other country on earth could do.” The White House and Pentagon did not immediately elaborate on the operation. But Fox News host Sean Hannity said shortly after 8 p.m. that he had spoken with Trump and that six bunker buster bombs were used on the Fordo facility. Hannity said 30 Tomahawk missiles fired by U.S. submarines 400 miles away struck the Iranian nuclear sites of Natanz and Isfahan.
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