BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer The disturbance in the southern Gulf of Mexico is slowly getting stronger and will be the first tropical storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season by Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday. Here's the latest: The latest: Callie Brunett, the 35-year-old mother of two who was found dead in her Loranger home last week, died of “multiple sharp force injuries,” Tangipahoa Parish Coroner Rick Foster said Monday. Read more. For the first time, the U.S. has been invited to play in the Cricket World Cup — and on June 6, the U.S. beat Pakistan, a cricket powerhouse who won the Cricket World in 1992 and has been in the running for the championship time and time again. In Baton Rouge, a devoted few cricket enthusiasts are ecstatic about the country's newfound interest, and they want newbies to the sport to have proper context. Read the full story. | 