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• Baton Rouge brothers die in Orange Beach surf

  12-08-2017 23:45
  
  The family went to the beach on a vacation on Thursday and was supposed to return home Sunday.
  
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• Pop-up Cheetos-themed restaurant to open in New York City

  12-08-2017 21:35 via wbrz.com
  NEW YORK — Frito-Lay is getting in on New York City's restaurant week by opening a pop-up eatery with a menu full of Cheetos-themed cuisine.The Spotted Cheetah opens its doors in lower Manhattan for just three days next week. Some of the dishes on the three-course menu created by chef Anne Burrell include Cheetos Crusted Fried Pickles, Mac n' Cheetos and Cheetos Sweetos Crusted Cheesecake. Prices run from $8 to $22 per dish.Frito-Lay says recipes created by
  
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• Man arrested after setting fire at Iberia Parish hospital

  12-08-2017 20:17 via wbrz.com
  NEW IBERIA - Authorities say a man has been arrested after he set a fire in the Intensive Care Unit of the Iberia Medical Center Friday morning. According to the State Fire Marshal, 25-year-old Ruddy Romero Jr. was arrested after he ignited a hospital blanket on a set of chairs in a second floor ICU waiting room. Officials say he left the hospital after setting the blaze.Investigators say the fire alarm and sprinkler systems activated within minutes, extinguishing the
  
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• Texas Senate OKs abortion insurance restrictions

  12-08-2017 19:34 via wbrz.com
  AUSTIN, Tex. - Texas' Republican-controlled Legislature has voted to restrict insurance coverage for abortions, over the objections of opponents who decried that no exception would be made in cases of rape or incest.  The state Senate late Saturday approved 20-10 a bill requiring women to purchase extra insurance to cover abortions except amid medical emergencies. A final, largely formulaic vote soon will send the measure to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into la
  
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• Gov. Edwards helps repair flood-damaged home in Baton Rouge

  12-08-2017 18:22 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Dozens of volunteers and Governor's staff got an early start to commemorate the one year anniversary of historic flooding in Baton Rouge.Governor John Bel Edwards and the First Lady joined administration officials and staff for a service project at the home of Ms. Lucille Huggins, who's still displaced. The 83-year-old former St. Francisville teacher has been so for 365 days."Trying to get the house back in place, it was a struggle," Huggins said.On Saturday, the day that marks on
  
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• Police identify troopers killed in Virginia helicopter crash

  12-08-2017 17:28 via wbrz.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia -Virginia state police said one of their agency's helicopters crashed Saturday outside Charlottesville, killing two troopers.  Police said the helicopter was assisting law enforcement officers monitoring the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.  Police said Lt. H. Jay Cullen of Midlothian and Trooper-pilot Berke M.M. Bates of Quinton were killed in the crash.  The crash happened just a few hours afte
  
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• La. State Police send condolences to Va. State Police after troopers killed in helicopter crash

  12-08-2017 17:28 via wbrz.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Virginia state police said one of their agency's helicopters crashed Saturday outside Charlottesville, killing two troopers.Police said the helicopter was assisting law enforcement officers monitoring the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.  Police said Lt. H. Jay Cullen of Midlothian and Trooper-pilot Berke M.M. Bates of Quinton were killed in the crash.  The crash happened just a few hours after a car plowed into
  
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• 2 dead in helicopter crash near Charlottesville

  12-08-2017 17:28 via wbrz.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed seven miles southwest of Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday afternoon, the Virginia State Police said.The crash took place in a wooded area. Authorities are investigating the crash.This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Zachary man arrested for firing shots at vehicles outside New Orleans hotel

  12-08-2017 16:54 via wbrz.com
  NEW ORLEANS - Police arrested a man early Saturday morning after he opened fire on vehicles outside a hotel lobby in the New Orleans Central Business District. According to Louisiana State Police, an investigation revealed that 27-year-old Joseph David III of Zachary was involved in an altercation in the French Quarter before the incident.Police say David went back to his hotel room following the altercation and retrieved a semi-automatic handgun. David then left the
  
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• Report: 2 dead in New Orleans after car plunges off elevated I-10 to street below

  12-08-2017 16:09 via wbrz.com
  NEW ORLEANS - Two men were killed after their vehicle went over the side rails of the elevated portion of I-10 East Saturday morning and landed on the street below.According to a report from WWL, the incident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near the I-10 East Almonaster/Louisa Street exit.The 2010 BMW 528 was found upside down on Almonaster Street with a 40-year-old man and a 43-year-old man dead inside.Police say a witness told them that the BMW rode the guardrail on I-10 befor
  
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• Officers synchronize in uniform to promote block party

  12-08-2017 15:05 via wbrz.com
  ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. - A police department in northern Virginia has taken up synchronized swimming to advertise their annual block party.The Arlington County Police Department posted a video to its Youtube page this week which featured officers performing an elaborate synchronized swimming routine in full uniform.The officers all donned, swim caps, goggles, floaties and hopped into the pool. Their routine included swimming, handstands, and several other stunts.The video has been viewe
  
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• 3 dead, multiple injured after car strikes protest group

  12-08-2017 13:53 via wbrz.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - State officials say the driver of the car that plowed into group of protesters in Charlottesville is in custody. Officials say at least three people are dead, multiple are injured after a car plowed into a group of protesters in downtown Charlottesville.Disturbing video shows car slamming into counter protesters of white nationalists in Charlottesville, VA as violent clashes continue. pic.twitter.com/2qwc8SdP71— ABC News (@ABC) August 12, 2017A
  
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• 1 dead, multiple injured after car strikes protest group

  12-08-2017 13:53 via wbrz.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - State officials say the driver of the car that plowed into group of protesters in Charlottesville is in custody. Hospital officials say one person is dead, 19 injured after a car plowed into a group of protesters in downtown Charlottesville.Disturbing video shows car slamming into counter protesters of white nationalists in Charlottesville, VA as violent clashes continue. pic.twitter.com/2qwc8SdP71— ABC News (@ABC) August 12, 2017An Associated
  
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• Emergency declared for white nationalist rally

  12-08-2017 13:49 via wbrz.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Virginia's governor has declared a state of emergency in response to a white nationalist rally that is expected to draw up to 6,000 people.  Gov. Terry McAuliffe said via his Twitter account on Saturday morning that the declaration was made in order "to aid state response to violence" at the rally in Charlottesville, about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C.  It's the latest confrontation in the city since it voted earlier this year t
  
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• Britney Spears donates to Louisiana schools' flood recovery

  12-08-2017 13:44 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Pop star Britney Spears is donating some of her Las Vegas show ticket sales to Louisiana schools for flood recovery.  The Kentwood, Louisiana native announced that $1 of every ticket sold through the end of the year will go to public schools in a partnership with the Louisiana School Boards Association.  The Advocate reports that association executive director Scott Richard says Spears' contribution will go to a fund formed after last summer's f
  
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• Police: 3 Ohio nurses treated for fentanyl exposure

  12-08-2017 13:12 via wbrz.com
  MASSILLON, Ohio - Authorities say three nurses at an Ohio hospital had to be treated with an overdose reversal drug after being exposed to suspected fentanyl.  Police say the nurses at Massillon's Affinity Medical Center lost consciousness Monday while cleaning a room where an overdose victim had been treated. All three were administered the overdose reversal drug naloxone and are said to have recovered.  A Massillon police spokesman says it's believed the nu
  
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• Complaints challenge Mississippi Medicaid decision

  12-08-2017 13:08 via wbrz.com
  JACKSON, Miss. - Two groups have filed complaints over Mississippi Medicaid's decision to award a major managed care contract to other companies.  Mississippi True and Amerigroup have gone to court asking for damages and seeking a court order to bar the state from finalizing the Medicaid contract. They contend it was awarded improperly.  The Clarion-Ledger reports that Medicaid says three companies will oversee the reimbursement of roughly $2 billion in publi
  
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• New Hampshire hospital emergency reopens after mystery odor

  12-08-2017 13:04 via wbrz.com
  EXETER, N.H. - A hospital emergency department in New Hampshire is open again, one day after an unknown odor sickened 19 workers.  Nineteen staff members at Exeter Hospital were evaluated after some complained of dizziness and nausea on Friday morning. Officials say all had recovered by Friday evening.  The hospital shut down an inpatient operation room and the emergency room directly above it. Authorities said a thorough investigation by the state hazmat tea
  
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• Louisiana mayor cancels all public meetings

  12-08-2017 13:03 via wbrz.com
  CLARENCE - The mayor of a Louisiana town is canceling public meetings of city officials in a possible violation of state law.  Mayor Tommy Evans of the Village of Clarence informed the three-member board of alderman in a letter Wednesday that all meetings are canceled until further notice.  The Shreveport Times reports that the move follows long-running disputes between the mayor and other town officials.  The village sewer system doesn't wo
  
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• Venezuela rejects Trump talk of military option

  12-08-2017 13:02 via wbrz.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's government is energetically rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of a potential "military option" to resolve the country's political crisis, calling it the most egregious act of belligerence against Venezuela in a century and a threat to Latin America's stability.  The response came in a statement read Saturday by Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza in a meeting with foreign diplomats. They included Lee McClenny, the head of the U.S. embassy
  
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• Human rights body: 24 killed since Kenya vote

  12-08-2017 12:53 via wbrz.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya - A Kenyan human rights group says 24 people have been killed by police gunfire during protests since disputed elections on Tuesday.  The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said Saturday that 17 of the two dozen killings occurred in the capital, Nairobi. It says the toll is based partly on accounts from family and community members.  The commission, which monitors government institutions, is appealing to senior officials to urge police t
  
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• Sold-out birthday bash for 90-year-old Louisiana ex-governor

  12-08-2017 12:51 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's four-term former governor Edwin Edwards is having an ostentatious 90th birthday bash, with a $250-per-person price tag to attend.  A more traditional person might call it crass. But Edwards isn't anything close to traditional.  The powerful and charismatic Democrat was the dominant figure in Louisiana politics for decades before he went to federal prison for a corruption conviction.  Out of prison six years, Edwards
  
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• UK police say they arrested wrong man in jogging-rage case

  12-08-2017 12:48 via wbrz.com
  LONDON - The search is still on for a road-rage jogger who shoved a woman into the path of a London bus.  The Metropolitan Police force said Saturday that a man arrested earlier this week has now been "eliminated from the investigation."  The 41-year-old American investment banker was apprehended Thursday on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.  His lawyers later released a statement saying he wasn't involved and could prove he was in
  
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• One year later, volunteers continue to help flood victims rebuild

  12-08-2017 12:27 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - After helping victims recover from the August floods that rocked the area in 2016, some volunteers are still around — making sure residents have a home to call their own. Volunteers with Camp Restore Baton Rouge have worked year-round rebuilding dozens of flood-damaged homes. Those Good Samaritans coming from around the country delivering hope to those who lost everything. "Our mission is in our name," said Caitlynn Butcher of CRBR. "We want to
  
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• LSP: Single vehicle crash leaves unrestrained teen driver dead

  12-08-2017 12:15 via wbrz.com
  ST. LANDRY PARISH - A single vehicle crash on US 190 near Three Mile Lake Road in St. Landry Parish claimed the life of 17-year-old early Saturday morning.According to Louisiana State Police, Troopers responded to the crash shortly after 2:30 a.m. The crash took the life of Aaron Quebedeaux, 17, of Krotz Springs.Through the initial investigation, State Police determined the crash occurred as Quebedeaux was driving a 2002 Chevrolet eastbound on US 190. Quebedeaux was approaching a right curve an
  
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