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• City says it can't afford to save or condemn Brandywine

  06-05-2016 21:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - Residents at the derelict Brandywine Apartment complex are on day 3 without power. The Investigative Unit has learned the power may never be turned back on, and the water could be turned off soon too.The conditions at Brandywine are almost unlivable. People living in the dark, with no air condition, no fans, no refrigerators and no way to cook food indoors.News 2 found some people who were grilling dinner Friday night. That's a luxury few of the 20 people stranded in the unbelievab
  
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• Louisiana to use food stamp data for Medicaid expansion

  06-05-2016 20:43
  
  The data will be used to auto-enroll tens of thousands of people who don't make enough money to afford health insurance.
  
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• Louisiana first state to use food stamp data for Medicaid expansion

  06-05-2016 20:43
  
  The data will be used to auto-enroll tens of thousands of people who don't make enough money to afford health insurance.
  
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• Man transported to hospital after car fell on him

  06-05-2016 17:36
  
  BATON ROUGE- Authorities responded to an incident that resulted in a car falling on top of a man at a mechanic shop on Plank Road on Friday afternoon.The man was transported to the hospital with life threating injuries, according to authorities.WBRZ is working to bring more details. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 2 injured in South Choctaw head on crash

  06-05-2016 16:45
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person is in critical condition after a head on crash that involved four vehicles on South Choctaw, near Airline Highway, Friday evening.EMS transported two patients from the scene with the other individual listed in moderate condition.South Choctaw at Airline Highway was closed in both directions in the minutes after the crash happened.Check back with this story for more updates from the scene.Permalink| Comments
  
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• St. Helena detectives arrest two men behind Hammond burglaries

  06-05-2016 16:18
  
  HAMMOND - Sheriff’s deputies reported the arrest of two men believed to be behind burglaries at several homes in the Hammond area.Daekwon Bokeem and Kareem McDonald, both of Hammond, were taken into custody without incident by detectives with the St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Office.Detectives say other arrests are expected to be made in the case.Permalink| Comments
  
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• USS KIDD to offer yoga to veterans

  06-05-2016 15:45
  
  BATON ROUGE - The USS KIDD Veteran’s Museum will host a “Yoga for Veterans” class next week.Yoga is being used across military installations to help veterans suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injuries and other ailments.The class is a part of the KIDD’s alternative therapy programs and the goal is to make the programs available to local veterans for free.Practicing yoga can aid in mental well-being but can also reduce the emotional symptoms associated w
  
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• The policy divide of the moment is Trump vs. Ryan

  06-05-2016 15:12
  
  WASHINGTON - A presidential campaign throws policy differences into stark relief and so it is this time, on immigration, spending, trade, foreign affairs — you name it.In this cockeyed campaign year, though, the divide at the moment is between the country's top two Republicans: the presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, a conspicuous holdout from the candidate's bandwagon and a man once denounced by Trump for producing a "death wish" budget.Trump the
  
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• Former teacher pleads guilty to sex with 15-year-old boy

  06-05-2016 15:06
  
  ST. MARTINVILLE - A 28-year-old former junior high school teacher from Breaux Bridge has pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy, according to St. Martin Parish prosecutors.Assistant District Attorney Chester Cedars says Kaylyn Huval has pleaded guilty to one count of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, according to a report on Thursday by KATC-TV.She was teaching at Cecilia Junior High when she allegedly was involved in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. Huv
  
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• Police: 1 dead, 3 hurt after shootings in DC suburbs

  06-05-2016 14:52
  
  BETHESDA, Md. - Police in Maryland say a woman is dead and three people are injured in shootings at a mall and a shopping center in the Washington suburbs.Montgomery County Police Assistant Chief Darryl McSwain says three people were shot in the Westfield Montgomery Mall parking lot in Bethesda on Friday morning. He says one person was shot and two others may have been shot coming to that person's aid. He says there's no reason to believe the victims knew the shooter.McSwain says a woman was sho
  
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• Democratic advertising blitz awaits GOP's Trump

  06-05-2016 14:44
  
  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's likely Democratic opponent and her allies are laying their traps for him.Priorities USA is the lead super PAC backing Hillary Clinton. The group has already reserved $91 million in television advertising that will start next month and continue through Election Day.An Associated Press review of advertising spending data reveals a formidable 22-week television blitz through what the group considers key battleground states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire,
  
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• Woman who cashed dead man's checks for decades faces prison

  06-05-2016 14:35
  
  SHREVEPORT - A 78-year-old Shreveport woman faces up to 10 years in prison for cashing Social Security checks mistakenly sent to a dead man for nearly three decades.The U.S. Attorney's Office says Rose Marie Jackson Allen will be sentenced Sept. 8. She pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft of government property. Court records show she shared a post office box with a Thomas Jackson, whose 1986 death was not discovered until last year. She collected more than $200,000 in illegal benefits.Her relation
  
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• Businesses in three parishes eligible for federal disaster assistance

  06-05-2016 14:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted his request that three parishes qualify for disaster assistance loans as a result of tornadoes that caused swaths of damage in February.The relief aid will apply to businesses damaged by the high winds of Feb. 23-24. Assumption, St. James and St. John parishes are covered.The SBA provides low-interest, long-term loans for physical and economic damage caused by a declared disaster. The SBA issued
  
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• 4-year sentence for man in diet pill scam

  06-05-2016 14:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - Federal prosecutors say a Florida man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for illegally selling diet pills that were mislabeled as "all natural" diet supplements.A news release from U.S. Attorney Walt Green in Baton Rouge says 52-year-old John Wesley Hoag of Fort Lauderdale pleaded guilty last year. The pills he distributed as "all natural" actually contained sibutramine. That prescription weight loss drug was pulled from the market in 2010 because of stroke and he
  
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• Home invasion, rape in Garden District prompts security fears

  06-05-2016 13:58
  
  BATON ROUGE - An unusual police presence was seen in the Garden District Friday as officers investigate an overnight home invasion and rape amid a series of sexual assaults in the area.The WBRZ Investigative Unit learned through sources that as many as three victims say they have been sexually assaulted in the last few weeks in the Garden District area. The most recent attack happened Thursday around 9:45 p.m. on Camellia Avenue and involved a 31-year-old fema
  
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• Acadian Ambulance awards Paramedic of the Year

  06-05-2016 13:52
  
  BATON ROUGE- Acadian Ambulance awarded the Paramedic of the Year at its annual Acadian Medic Luncheon on Friday.Sarah Young was honored as Acadian Ambulance’s 2016 EMT of the Year. She has also earned Acadian’s President’s Performance award based on her excellent driving record and accurate medical records.Additionally, she received an Acadian Cares award for her positive interactions with patients.Young is a native of Juneau, Alaska and began her career in Washingt
  
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• Powerball's pull puts weekend jackpot at $415 million

  06-05-2016 13:07
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa - The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $415 million, making it the largest since a record-setting prize in January.Winning numbers for the game will be drawn Saturday night, and if no one has the lucky ticket, the prize will likely grow substantially by the next drawing Wednesday.Although $415 million is nothing to turn your nose up at, it's far smaller than the largest-ever $1.6 billion jackpot that prompted some to wait in hours-long lines outside lottery retailers. Three peop
  
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• Mother 'furious' nobody charged in son's death

  06-05-2016 13:03
  
  ST. MARTINVILLE - The mother of a mentally ill man who was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in south Louisiana last year says she is "furious" that local prosecutors have ruled out any criminal charges over her son's death.Barbara Noel told The Associated Press that her 32-year-old son, Michael Noel, never posed a threat to the deputies who tried to take him into protective custody and drive him to a hospital on Dec. 21.Assistant District Attorney Chester Cedars announced Friday that his St
  
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• Lawyer says DA correct for ruling out charges in shooting of mentally ill man

  06-05-2016 13:03
  
  ST. MARTINVILLE - An attorney for the sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a mentally ill man at his Louisiana home last year is praising authorities for reaching the "correct result" and ruling out any criminal charges against his client.Attorney Pay Magee says Sgt. Pittard Chapman of the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office "had no alternative but to use deadly force" against 32-year-old Michael Noel.Assistant District Attorney Chester Cedars announced Friday that his office determined charges a
  
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• Multiple accidents bog down Friday morning commute

  06-05-2016 12:42
  
  BATON ROUGE – Multiple accidents locked down traffic on the interstate system in Baton Rouge Friday morning.Around 10:12 a.m., the right lane of I-10 East was blocked before the I-110 split due to an accident. That incident was cleared, but congestion from the incident reached LA 415 near the Lobdell exit.All lanes are now open I-10 East before the I-10/110. Congestion has reached LA 415 (Lobdell).— Baton Rouge Traffic (@BR_Traffic) May 6, 2016A second accident blocked the le
  
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• Former office manager of pediatric surgery group convicted of wire fraud

  06-05-2016 12:29
  
  BATON ROUGE - The former office manager of a Baton Rouge surgery group has been convicted of wire fraud charges after she was accused of embezzling more than $430,000 from the group.57-year-old Lorrie Rogerson, pleaded guilty to engaging in a wire fraud scheme to defraud the Pediatric Surgery of Louisiana group. PSL is a group of Baton Rouge physicians who specialize in surgery on children.In April 2015, a review of the group’s financial records showed that Rogerson had accessed PSL&am
  
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• NOPD, Tulane campus police investigate serial 'flasher'

  06-05-2016 12:22
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The News Orleans and Tulane University police departments are on the lookout for a man accused of exposing himself several times Thursday night in locations in and around the Tulane and Loyola campuses.WDSU-TV reports a woman contacted campus police to say she was walking toward the intersection of Freret and Calhoun street when a man stopped her for directions. As they were talking, the victim noticed the man was touching himself inappropriately. This was the second incident of th
  
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• Super 8 holds gallery art show for its mediocre wall decor

  06-05-2016 08:34
  
  NEW YORK - Art enthusiasts had an opportunity to embrace mediocrity as budget hotel chain Super 8 held a gallery show to display art from its rooms around the country.Super 8 has been actively remodeling and modernizing the interior design of its room throughout the United States, and as a result, they have quite the collection of generic landscape paintings to show off.Earlier this week, Super 8 placed those paintings on the walls of a Manhattan art gallery in a show called “When The
  
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• SpaceX lands rocket at sea 2nd time after satellite launch

  06-05-2016 08:22
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX has done it again. For the second month in a row, the aerospace company landed a rocket on an ocean platform, this time following the launch of a Japanese communications satellite.
  A live web broadcast showed the first-stage booster touching down vertically early Friday on the barge in the Atlantic, off the Florida coast. The same thing occurred April 8th during a space station supply run for NASA. That was the first successful landing at sea for SpaceX, which expec
  
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• Louisiana flooding sends caskets far and wide

  06-05-2016 08:17
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Widespread flooding not only disrupts the living but sometimes also creates havoc for the dead.
  That's what happened in southwest Louisiana's Calcasieu Parish when an overflowing Sabine River - helped by days of heavy rain - recently pushed water inland about four miles, disturbing graves buried in at least four cemeteries in the towns of Vinton and Starks.
  The parish Coroner's Office last month completed the recovery of caskets and vaults or lids that floated from their resting pl
  
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• TOPS the priority as House lawmakers work on the budget

  06-05-2016 08:15
  BATON ROUGE - As House lawmakers work to craft their version of next year's budget, House leaders say the main focus is on protecting the state's TOPS free college tuition program from cuts.
  To help close a $600 million gap, Gov. John Bel Edwards proposed to only provide about one-third of the approximately $300 million needed to fully cover tuition costs for all eligible students in the financial year that begins July 1.
  About $183 million more would be needed to fully fund the program, which i
  
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• May 6, 2016 Morning News Pop

  06-05-2016 06:13
  
  Here are today's top stories:Power shut off at Brandywine complex because of overdue paymentsBRPD: Robbery victim shoots at would-be thiefWill Smith posthumously received degree from University of Miami"May" we have anotherUpdates all day, every day:FACEBOOK | TWITTERPermalink| Comments
  
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• Pope Francis to receive prestigious Charlemagne Prize

  06-05-2016 06:09
  
  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has been presented with the International Charlemagne Prize, one of Europe's most prestigious prizes, for his "message of hope and encouragement."Francis held a private audience Friday morning with European parliament president Martin Schulz, a former Charlemagne Prize recipient, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Junker and EU Council President Donald Tusk, ahead of the midday ceremony. He also met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.The Charlemagne prize is awarde
  
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• John Bel Edwards has concerns about 'sanctuary cities' legislation

  06-05-2016 02:28
  
  Edwards agrees with the concept of the legislation, but worries about its impact on New Orleans. He also thinks the bill gives Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry too much power.
  
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• John Bel Edwards wants 'meaningful' medical marijuana bill that will 'actually work'

  06-05-2016 00:02
  
  The governor made his comments during a news conference ahead of the House floor debate on medical marijuana.
  
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