Baton Rouge news

• LSU student gets his stolen instruments back

  04-06-2016 20:29
  
  BATON ROUGE – Four stolen musical instruments are back in the hands of their owner tonight, thanks to Baton Rouge Police detectives.Last month, we told you the story of an LSU student musician who had multiple musical instruments stolen. Friday, he got them back.Police found Thomas Mckee’s stolen instruments in different pawn shops across south Louisiana. McKee says the man who took them, tried to pawn two trombones, valued at more than $8,000, for just $400.Then, Friday he r
  
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• Police: Felton didn't act in self-defense in deadly shootout

  04-06-2016 20:02
  
  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police say a man suspected in a shootout that left two Southern University students dead wasn't acting in self-defense when he fired on a fleeing gunman.According to an arrest affidavit, 25-year-old Brandon Henderson fired the first shots in the air outside an apartment complex early April 10. In response, 22-year-old Ernest Bernard Felton did not flee to safety. Instead, police say he fired a Glock 9 mm handgun as he walked toward the car Henderson was driving and cont
  
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• Blue Angels Pilot's body flown home

  04-06-2016 15:18
  
  SMYRNA, Tenn. - The body of an elite fighter jet pilot who was killed in a crash near Nashville Thursday has been flown home.The Tennessean reports that a Navy C-130 "Fat Albert" plane flew out of Smyrna Saturday morning with the body of Capt. Jeff Kuss. People braved the rain, some carrying American flags, others wiping tears away as a police procession guided a white hearse from Murfreesboro to the Smyrna Airport, which are just southeast of Nashville.Kuss, 32, was a member of the Blue Angels,
  
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• Ex-Stanford swimmer's jail term decried as too lenient

  04-06-2016 15:16
  
  PALO ALTO, Calif. - A six-month jail term for a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is being decried as a slap on the wrist.A California judge sentenced 20-year-old Brock Turner to six months in county jail and three years' probation after the woman who was assaulted read the court an emotional statement that has gone viral.She described how the attack left her "closed off, angry, self-deprecating, tired, irritable, empty."Prosecutors had aske
  
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• Warren slams Trump, calls him 'fraudster-in-chief'

  04-06-2016 15:12
  
  LOWELL - Sen. Elizabeth Warren is once again taking aim at Donald Trump, calling him a "fraudster-in-chief" whose top goal is lining his own pockets.The Massachusetts Democrat and enthusiastic critic of the Republican presidential hopeful used a speech at the Massachusetts Democratic Party's state convention Saturday to zero in on Trump University.Warren says Trump put together an army of salespeople to focus on how much money prospective students could come up with before pushing them to max ou
  
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• Monster-size alligator big attraction at Florida golf course

  04-06-2016 15:10
  
  PALMETTO - A giant alligator is getting worldwide attention after golfers took a video of it strolling across a Florida course.The Bradenton Herald reports the estimated 15-foot alligator has roamed the Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto for years. But this week people from around the world have been asking about it after a video was viewed by millions on YouTube and other social media websites.Course manager Ken Powell said he's received phone calls from news stations in Scotland, J
  
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• Deadline to apply for FEMA help June 13

  04-06-2016 14:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana disaster survivors in 36 parishes have until June 13 to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for recovery assistance.The Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness requested the extension to provide more time for those with disaster damage that occurred March 8 through April 8, to apply for assistance.The extension applies to homeowners and renters in the following designated parishes: Allen, Ascension, Beauregard, Bienvil
  
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• Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' dies

  04-06-2016 14:45
  
  Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died. He was 74.
      
  Ali suffered for years from Parkinson's disease, which ravaged his body but could never dim his larger-than-life presence. A towering figure in his prime, he still traveled and made appearances in his later years despite being muted by the thousands of hits he took during his remarkable career.
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• One dead, one injured after North Foster shooting

  04-06-2016 13:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say one person is dead and another person is injured after a shooting on North Foster Drive in Baton Rouge Saturday afternoon. The shooting happened in the 1800 block of North Foster Drive around 1 p.m. Saturday. The owner of Q's Auto Sales told WBRZ that one person was shot in the head and a second person was shot in the arm.Police say 42-year-old Drexel Platt and a 50-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds and were both transported to a local hospital. Plat
  
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• Flash flood watch for southeast La. through Sunday morning

  04-06-2016 01:12
  
  Expect 2 to 4 inches of rain, with some locations seeing 6 inches, through 7 a.m. Sunday
  
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