BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer LSU is returning to the final of the College World Series, but first it gave fans a thriller Wednesday night. The Tigers rallied from deficits three times, the last one a three-run outburst in the bottom of the ninth inning, to defeat Arkansas 6-5 in Omaha, Nebraska. Junior Jared Jones — who had homered earlier in the night — had the game-winning single. The Tigers now will take on Coastal Carolina in a best-of-three series beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN. Read more about LSU's instant classic victory. If Congress slashes Medicaid spending with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act as it stands now, Louisiana would lose an estimated $4 billion from the state’s treasury. State Senate President Cameron Henry says if that happens, the Legislature would have to return for a special session to figure out how to cover those losses. "What we do there would not be pleasant, but we’d have to do it,” the Metairie Republican said. Read more about the potential ramifications. A federal ATF agent who was shot Tuesday in Baton Rouge was participating in a sting operation that went south, leading to a robbery and gunfire, authorities said. Three men have been arrested in the incident, but the agent sustained a non-life-threatening wound. Read more about what led to the shooting. | 