Baton Rouge news

• Bill argues Nicholson widening needed for new river bridge

  22-05-2016 21:57
  
  BATON ROUGE – Representatives at the Capitol are considering a House Resolution that would repurpose funds for a Nicholson Drive widening project.If passed, House Concurrent Resolution No. 128 would repurpose more than two million dollars from the Pointe Claire Expressway in Iberville Parish. That money would be moved for planning, design and construction of portions of LA Hwy. 30.Lawmakers argue that construction of a new Mississippi River Bridge without improving Nicholson Drive woul
  
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• Driver arrested for DWI after single vehicle crash

  22-05-2016 20:53
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS – State Police say one person was arrested for driving while intoxicated after a crash in Denham Springs Sunday afternoon.A spokesperson for Louisiana State Police said the single vehicle crash happened on Walker South Road Sunday afternoon. One person received minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital. Police say the driver was impaired and lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle ran off the side of the road and overturned.Police have not released the name
  
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• Man shot outside White House still in critical condition

  22-05-2016 16:12
  
  WASHINGTON - A hospital official says a man shot by a U.S. Secret Service officer outside the White House remains in critical condition.George Washington University hospital spokeswoman Susan Griffiths said the man was in critical condition on Sunday. She declined to provide further details.Authorities say an officer shot the man once on Friday after he approached a checkpoint and refused to drop his weapon.A U.S. law enforcement official said that Friday that authorities have identified the gun
  
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• Gas prices jump by 5 cents over past 2 weeks, averages $2.32

  22-05-2016 16:09
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average price of gasoline has jumped by a nickel over the past two weeks to $2.32 a gallon for regular grade.Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the hike is mostly due to a continuing increase in crude oil prices. The price at the pump has risen 55 cents since late February.In the Lower 48, the highest average price of regular gasoline was $2.85 per gallon in San Francisco. The lowest was $1.98 in Tucson, Arizona.The U.S. average diesel price is $2.32 per ga
  
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• Girl barred from prom for wearing suit has her prom night

  22-05-2016 16:08
  
  YORK, Pa.  - A central Pennsylvania high school student barred from attending prom at her Catholic high school because she wore a suit rather than a dress has had her prom night - at a different school.Aniya Wolf, a student at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, attended William Penn High School's prom Saturday at a banquet hall in York.Wolf says she learned at the last moment that girls were required to wear dresses to Bishop McDevitt's prom. She went anyway but was thrown out.
  
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• Girl barred from prom for wearing suit at her prom night

  22-05-2016 16:08
  
  YORK, Pa.  - A central Pennsylvania high school student barred from attending prom at her Catholic high school because she wore a suit rather than a dress has had her prom night - at a different school.Aniya Wolf, a student at Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg, attended William Penn High School's prom Saturday at a banquet hall in York.Wolf says she learned at the last moment that girls were required to wear dresses to Bishop McDevitt's prom. She went anyway but was thrown out.
  
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• 'Angry Birds' flocks to No. 1 over 'Neighbors,' 'Nice Guys'

  22-05-2016 16:05
  
  LOS ANGELES - "Captain America" has found a worthy competitor in a bunch of flightless birds. "The Angry Birds Movie" soared to $39 million in its debut weekend, knocking "Captain America: Civil War" off its first-place perch, according to comScore estimates Sunday."Civil War" earned an additional $33.1 million for a second-place spot, bringing its domestic total to $347.4 million. Even in its third weekend in theaters, the superhero proved mightier than a batch of new adult comedies, "Neighbors
  
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• Clinton: Sanders has every right to finish campaign

  22-05-2016 16:02
  
  WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton says persistent rival Bernie Sanders "has every right to finish off his campaign however he chooses." But she says she wants to focus on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump because his is not "a normal candidacy."Clinton noted in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that she's won 3 million more votes than Sanders in the Democratic primaries. She said it's time to talk about Trump because his candidacy poses "imme
  
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• Obama looks to boost economic, security ties in Asia

  22-05-2016 15:59
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Sunday heads to Vietnam and Japan intent on building stronger economic and security ties with Asian-Pacific allies anxious about the rise of an increasingly muscular China. That forward-looking message will be delivered even as Obama confronts the legacies of two wars long past - Vietnam and World War II.Obama is eager to upgrade U.S. relations with Vietnam, whose rapidly expanding middle class beckons as a promising market for U.S. goods. He also hopes str
  
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• Sources: One dead, local priest injured after Saturday crash

  22-05-2016 15:56
  
  BATON ROUGE – One person is dead and a local priest is recovering from injuries after a crash on North Boulevard Saturday night.According to the Baton Rouge Police Traffic Homicide Unit, the crash happened around 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the 3400 block of North Blvd. Police say a Mercedes C300 attempted to turn onto South Acadian Thruway when it was struck by a Nissan Maxima.Police believe the driver of the Maxima ran a red light before striking the Mercedes.54-year-old George Mabon from
  
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• East Baton Rouge deputy loses job after using pepper spray at H.S. band event

  22-05-2016 05:51
  
  The deputy was fired Friday, sheriff's office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks told The Advocate, but she wouldn't release his name because he hasn't been charged with a crime.
  
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