WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

President Trump claims that he got Coca-Cola to agree to use sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup in Coke. So what is high-fructose corn syrup? Is sugar better for you?

Dr. Catherine Hudson, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, joins us.

President Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a “benign and common” condition.

We talk about what it is, what to watch for, and whether it can be a sign of something more serious in some cases with Dr. Jose Wiley, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Cardiology at the Tulane School of Medicine

Tommy and WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo talk some LSU football with fall camp just weeks away.

* The internet has become a vital part of our daily lives...and it’s often hurting us, taking our data, and many services feel like they’re just getting worse. Can we fix it?

* Is China now leading the way on clean energy like solar and wind? What would the US need to do to catch up?

Is China now leading the way on clean energy like solar and wind? What would the US need to do to catch up?

We take a look with Greg Upton, the executive director of LSU’s Center for Energy.

The internet has become a vital part of our daily lives...and it’s often hurting us, taking our data, and many services feel like they’re just getting worse. Can we fix it?

Aarushi Bhandari, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Davidson College and author of "Attention and Alienation"

Elon Musk and Donald Trump have broken up, but what does that mean for the efforts of DOGE to shrink the size of government. Trump won legal battles this week to slash the Department of Education and cull the federal workforce as a whole ... but will he keep winning?

* Why do we talk the way we do in New Orleans and across Louisiana?

* Jefferson Parish is handling the rain well and ready to respond

* How New Orleans has fared with the tropical rain we've been getting

* Ag Commissioner Mike Strain and his dept. are ready to respond to storms

* What you need to know about heat illnesses

* Where yat? We have some fun and talk about...how we talk.

* We get the latest on the rounds of rain we've been experiencing and what to expect the next couple days

Where yat? Let’s have some fun and talk about...how we talk. How did the different dialects we have come to be? Why does our accent sometimes sound like a New York?

We’ll break it all down with Nathalie Dajko, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of Graduate Studies at Tulane