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• Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin lock lips in Lithuania-based street mural

  14-05-2016 23:38
  
  There have been no calls to remove the more than 6-1/2-foot poster.
  
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• Edmond Jordan elected to Dist. 29 seat

  14-05-2016 21:51
  
  BATON ROUGE – Voters in District 29 elected Edmond Jordan Saturday to fill a vacant seat left after state Rep. Ronnie Edwards passed away in February.Jordan received 60 percent of the total vote, defeating his opponent Vereta T. Lee by over 600 votes.Jordan and Lee ran against Edwards last year, with Edwards ultimately winning the legislative seat that covers parts of East and West Baton Rouge parishes.Edwards died in February of pancreatic cancer. She was 63 years old.Louisiana Govern
  
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• Police investigating deadly shooting on Cadillac Street

  14-05-2016 18:24
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are currently investigating a fatal shooting on Cadillac Street in Baton Rouge Saturday afternoon.According to EMS, the shooting happened at 5958 Cadillac Street around 6 p.m. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office has been contacted. Baton Rouge Police are currently at the scene.BRPD has not released any more information at this time.A WBRZ News 2 crew is currently en route to the location.This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WBRZ on Facebook an
  
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• Police ID man shot in domestic shooting on Cadillac street

  14-05-2016 18:24
  
  BATON ROUGE - Crime tape marked off a deadly shooting scene of an apartment complex in North Baton Rouge Saturday in North Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge Police say 35-year-old Louis Williams died from a gunshot wound to the chest after a domestic fight between him and his girlfriend turned violent Saturday at 5:35 p.m."At this time we haven't determined whether or not it was self defense," Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said. "We are looking at all aspects of the case, but there were signs of physical
  
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• One dead after shooting on Cadillac Street

  14-05-2016 18:24
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a fatal shooting on Cadillac Street in Baton Rouge Saturday afternoon.According to Baton Rouge Police, a 35-year-old man was killed at 5958 Cadillac Street around 5:35 p.m.  The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office was contacted.No arrests have been made, but the investigation is ongoing.BRPD has not released any more information at this time.Anyone with information relative to this shooting is urged to contact the Vi
  
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• Cruz shuns Trump, GOP unity; says 'challenges' may lie ahead

  14-05-2016 16:22
  
  DALLAS - Ted Cruz used his first speech since dropping out of the presidential race not to endorse Donald Trump or call for Republican unity behind him, but to say that a small core of conservatives can save America.Addressing the Texas Republican convention in Dallas today, Cruz repeated many promises from his defunct White House campaign. He said, "People ask are you disappointed, of course you're disappointed."But Cruz said the movement of freedom-loving patriots is "far more important than o
  
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• Coast Guard: vessels pick up oil from Shell spill

  14-05-2016 16:20
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Vessels are continuing to skim oil off the Gulf of Mexico after about 88,200 gallons of oil were released from a Shell flow line about 90 miles off the coast of Louisiana.Shell said in a news release on Saturday that oil is not expected to reach the shoreline. The company says the sheen is moving in a western direction. The company also says the spill has not caused fishing grounds to be closed.The U.S. Coast Guard says the spill has not injured wildlife.The Coast Guard says five s
  
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• Two airlifted after motorcycle crash in Watson

  14-05-2016 14:16
  
  WATSON – Emergency responders say two people were airlifted to a hospital after a motorcycle crash on Highway 16 near Watson Saturday.A spokesperson for Acadian Ambulance said the crash, involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck, happened around 12 p.m. Saturday.Two patients from the motorcycle were airlifted to a local hospital. Acadian Ambulance says the driver of the pickup truck was not hurt.This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WBRZ News 2 online and on Facebook and T
  
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• Teens escape unharmed after limo catches fire on way to prom

  14-05-2016 14:03
  
  NATICK, Mass. - Bad luck followed a group of teenagers heading to the prom on Friday the 13th as the limousine they were riding in caught fire.WFXT-TV reports the Natick High School students from Massachusetts smelled smoke in the white stretch limousine around 6 p.m. Friday.Good luck returned when the 10 teens and the driver escaped the limo unharmed before it burst into flames.It's unclear what caused the blaze. Natick police tweeted the limo "might be evil" because the fire later rek
  
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• Mom convicted over Facebook post to get new trial

  14-05-2016 13:59
  
  ROSWELL, N.M. - A New Mexico woman convicted of creating a public nuisance by posting an online comment about the possibility of a shooting at her son's school will get a new trial.The Roswell Daily Record reports (http://bit.ly/1shygtF) that Jeanette Garza Alvarez of Roswell will have a jury trial after appealing a judge's conviction in Municipal Court.Defense attorney Luke Ragsdale says the April 26 conviction violated his client's free speech rights.He says Alvarez plans to sue the city in fe
  
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• Python on the lam: Snake cuts class after show-and-tell

  14-05-2016 13:56
  
  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.  - A python that slithered away after show-and-tell at a school in South Carolina has been found.Media outlets report that a student brought the ball python to Laing Middle School in Mount Pleasant to show during science class on Friday. Later in the day, it was discovered the snake had made a break from the plastic foam container in which it was kept.School officials called a wildlife removal company. More than five hours later, the python was finally found lodged
  
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• Man on ledge at Trump hotel in Vegas taken into custody

  14-05-2016 13:51
  
  LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas police say a man who threatened to jump off a ledge at Trump International hotel apparently over "an unpaid bill" moved off the ledge and was taken into custody.Police say officers were called Friday night to the hotel near the Las Vegas Strip after the man refused to leave the hotel and climbed up seven or eight stories to a ledge.Police say that about six hours later, he had moved off the ledge but was still in the area. They took him into custody about 1:15 a.m. Saturday
  
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• Thousands gather in Washington to honor fallen officers

  14-05-2016 13:47
  
  WASHINGTON - Thousands of people have gathered in Washington to remember fallen law enforcement officers.Media outlets report that candles illuminated the National Mall during Friday night's ceremony, which honored the 252 officers who were added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this year.Steve Groeinger, a spokesman for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, told WJLA-TV that the emotional event is helpful for officers' in their grief process.Organizers estimate t
  
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• Former children's TV host to be arraigned on rape charges

  14-05-2016 13:46
  
  ALEXANDRIA - A former children's television show host who vanished decades ago amid allegations he sexually abused children on a camping trip in Louisiana is due to be arraigned in Rapides Parish on Monday on rape charges.Almost 40 years after he was accused of obscene behavior with young boys, 76-year-old Frank John Selas III on Thursday was brought to the Rapides Parish Detention Center, according to the Daily Town Talk.Selas was transferred to central Louisiana from a San Diego County jail in
  
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• Notification system coming to Ponchatoula

  14-05-2016 13:44
  
  PONCHATOULA - Ponchatoula residents will soon be able to receive notifications by phone or text when city issues arise such as brown water.The Daily Star reports the city council has unanimously agreed to contract with the Everbridge company for a year to provide a citywide notification service. Residents requested the service in April after the lack of warning when the water system was being flushed resulting in brown water.Residents can choose to get notifications through text or a call to eit
  
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