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• Alton Sterling shooting: Images from Baton Rouge the week after

  13-07-2016 21:30
  
  It's been just over a week since 37-year-old Alton Sterling was killed during an altercation with two Baton Rouge Police officers
  
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• Trump to announce VP pick Friday morning in NYC

  13-07-2016 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON- Donald Trump says he will announce his choice for running mate at 11 a.m. Friday in Manhattan.
      
  The presumptive Republican presidential nominee posted the news on Twitter Wednesday night, adding, "Details to follow."
      
  Trump, his adult children and key staffers have been meeting with vice presidential prospects all week. The top names under consideration include Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, A
  
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• What Alton Sterling's aunt talked about with President Barack Obama

  13-07-2016 19:38
  
  Obama said to keep it peaceful.
  
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• Alton Sterling's son remembers last time spent with his father

  13-07-2016 18:51
  
   BATON ROUGE – The son of Alton Sterling, the man who was shot to death by two BRPD officers in front of a convenience store, spoke out for the first time since his father's death.Cameron spoke about his relationship with his father while calling for peace and unity in the aftermath of the tragedy.
  "There should be no more arguments, disagreements, violence, crimes," Cameron said.Cameron said that his father's death has put a spotlight on a hot topic amongst citizens- police r
  
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• Workers' hands taped during BR eatery robbery

  13-07-2016 17:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Three employees were inside an area restaurant when robbers tied them up and stole the store's cash, WBRZ has learned.The heist happened Monday night before midnight at the Olive Garden on Siegen Lane. Authorities said the workers' hands were taped by the crooks.Little information was available about the robbers. The sheriff's office is investigating and did not have security video or images available of the perpetrators. ****************Follow the publisher of this post on Twitter
  
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• Thousands without power as afternoon storm passes

  13-07-2016 17:51
  
  BATON ROUGE – Thousands of people are without power Wednesday afternoon after a small thunderstorm brought heavy rains and lightning to the Baton Rouge area.According to Entergy, more than 5,500 people are without power in East Baton Rouge Parish. As of 5:45 p.m., outages include areas south of Government Street between Interstate 10 and areas south of Airline Highway near Interstate 110.Entergy said crews are working to restore power in those areas as quickly as possible. Customers ca
  
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• Alton Sterling's son calls for peaceful protests, lawyer asks for 'character assassination' to stop

  13-07-2016 17:30
  
  "I want everyone to protest in the right way." - Sterling's son said.
  
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• ACLU files lawsuit claiming BRPD violated rights of protesters

  13-07-2016 15:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - The ACLU of Louisiana and other civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Baton Rouge Police Department and other law enforcement agencies that were present for protests last weekend.In that lawsuit, the ACLU claims that the First Amendment rights of demonstrators were violated due to tactics employed as officers tried to break up protests of Alton Sterling's shooting last weekend. Law enforcement is accused of using excessive force, making wrongful arrests and p
  
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• New peak for US health care spending: $10,345 per person

  13-07-2016 15:42
  
  WASHINGTON - A new government report says the nation's health care tab is expected to surpass $10,000 per person this year for the first time.The new peak means the Obama administration hasn't solved the problem of high health care costs and will pass it on to its successor.Number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human Services project that health care spending will grow at a faster rate than the national economy over the coming decade. That squeezes the ability of federal and state gov
  
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• Police: Memorial officer statue vandalized

  13-07-2016 14:42
  
  RICHMOND - A memorial to police in Richmond, Virginia has been vandalized with a message referring to the police killing of a black man in Louisiana.
      
  A large red "X'' was spray-painted on the torso of the statue of an officer carrying a child, and "Justice for Alton" is written on the stones below, an apparent reference to 37-year-old Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge.
      
  Richmond Police Deputy Chief Steve Drew said that people have left b
  
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• Layoffs planned in Gov. Edwards' office to balance budget

  13-07-2016 14:35
  
  BATON ROUGE - Layoff notifications have gone out to some of the employees of Gov. John Bel Edwards' office.
      
  Edwards spokesman Richard Carbo said Wednesday the governor's office will reduce its staff to cope with a $1 million budget cut for the financial year that began July 1. Some employees were told Tuesday that they'll be losing their jobs.
      
  Carbo says he didn't have an exact number of how many layoffs would be made to balance the
  
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• Police brutality causes the anger; Black Lives Matter gives it voice

  13-07-2016 14:30
  
  The city of Baltimore, between 2011 and 2014, paid $5.7 million to more than 100 people, most of them black, who had been brutalized by that city's police force.  According to the Baltimore Sun, the police broke jaws, legs and...
  
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• Jindal added to company's Board of Directors

  13-07-2016 14:30
  
  BATON ROUGE - Former Gov. Bobby Jindal has been added to the Cotton Holdings Inc. Board of Directors.The company announced Jindal's addition to the board on Tuesday.In a news release, CEO Pete Bell says he's worked with Jindal over the past several years and is confident Jindal's "vast expertise and depth of knowledge of government, coupled with his extensive commercial experience, will added tremendous value" to Cotton Holdings.Jindal, a Republican, left office in January after serving two term
  
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• LSU cites national events as need new stadium bag policy

  13-07-2016 14:21
  
  BATON ROUGE – LSU officials deemed backpacks and large bags as “heightened security threats” in a statement Wednesday detailing the university’s new stadium bag policy.LSU cited national and global events as the need for updating its current bag policy for Tiger Stadium and other venues.The new policy will only allow clear bags “smaller than 12" x 6" x 12 into LSU athletic venues.The university said one gallon clear plastic bags or small purses a
  
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• With Baton Rouge in crisis, where is Mayor Kip Holden?

  13-07-2016 14:20
  
  Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden doesn't need to resign, but he does need to be a visible leader of this city.
  
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• 18-wheeler pins vehicle on Airline Highway near Old Hammond

  13-07-2016 13:38
  
  BATON ROUGE – Part of Airline Highway is closed to traffic Wednesday morning after an an 18-wheeler partially pinned a vehicle while turning.The accident is on Airline past Old Hammond Highway. According to DOTD, all lanes are now open after they were closed temporarily earlier on Wednesday morning following the accident.Congestion from the accident is minimal.Photos of the crash show an SUV on two wheels pinned below the trailer of the big rig. According to authoriti
  
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• Lawyer: Sterling family wants indictment in case

  13-07-2016 13:30
  
  BATON ROUGE - An attorney for relatives of a black man who was fatally shot during a struggle with two white Baton Rouge police officers is urging Louisiana's attorney general to "fight for justice" in the case.The lawyer, Justin Bamberg, told reporters Wednesday that Alton Sterling's family is pleased that the Justice Department is investigating the July 5 shooting but said that's not enough. Bamberg said the family wants an indictment in the case and hopes state Attorney General Jeff Landry's
  
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• New Angola warden named to replace Burl Cain

  13-07-2016 12:50
  
  BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections announced its new warden for the State Penitentiary at Angola.
  Darrel S. Vannoy was chosen to serve as the new warden and has been a part of the Department of Corrections since 1975. He first served as a Corrections Cadet at Louisiana State Penitentiary and then rose through the ranks to eventually serve as Deputy Warren. He then transferred to Dixon Correctional Institute as Warden in 2013.
  Two years later he was
  
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• Group continues planning for "Tailgate for Peace"

  13-07-2016 12:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - Organizers for a group calling itself "Roux Lousiana" met Wednesday night to organize a "Tailgate for Peace".The idea for the peaceful potluck was cooked up in an unlikely place: the comments section of a Facebook Live stream. As hungry viewers waited for more than 30 minutes to hear Governor John Bel Edwards address the public at 2:30 p.m. concerning the growing protests in Baton Rouge over the weekend, the conversation turned to food.As more than 2,000 people tuned in to watch Ed
  
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• Poll: Most young people dislike Donald Trump, say he's racist

  13-07-2016 12:30
  
  NEW YORK - Donald Trump is wildly unpopular among young adults and in particular young people of color, and nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 believe the presumptive Republican nominee is racist.That's the finding of a new GenForward poll that also found just 19 percent of young people have a favorable opinion of Trump compared to the three-quarters of young adults who hold a dim view of the New York billionaire.A mere 6 percent of young African Americans, 10 percent o
  
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• Trump assails Ginsburg statements about him

  13-07-2016 12:27
  
  WASHINGTON - Presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump is assailing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a message tweeted late Tuesday."Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me," he posted on realDonaldTrump.Ginsburg had said that she felt Trump was unqualified for the position. She said in an interview with The Associated Press last week that she didn't want to think about the possibil
  
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• 2 arrested on sex trafficking charges in New Orleans

  13-07-2016 12:07
  
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans authorities say a man and woman have been arrested on sex trafficking charges after discovering two 16-year-old girls and a newborn boy at a hotel.Police say 36-year-old Pierre Smith, of Jackson, Mississippi, and 38-year-old Angela Cagnolatti, of New Orleans, were arrested Monday on charges of trafficking children for sexual purposes.Local media outlets report bond for Smith and Cagnolatti was set at $100,000 each after a Tuesday court hearing.Police say one of the girl
  
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• Sterling's 15-year-old son calls for peaceful protests

  13-07-2016 08:15
  
  BATON ROUGE - The teenage son of a black man killed by white police officers told a crowd of reporters gathered at the Triple S convenience store was his father died that he wants everyone "to protest the right way, protest in peace."Mobile users visit the WBRZ Facebook page on your Facebook appCameron Sterling spoke to reporters on Wednesday calling his father, Alton Sterling, "a good man," adding "and he will always be a good man."The 15-year-old, who a week ago had sobbed as his mother talked
  
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• Protesters restart demonstrations at police HQ in Baton Rouge

  13-07-2016 03:34
  
  Protesters took the day off on Monday but were back at Baton Rouge Police headquarters on Airline Highway by Tuesday evening.
  
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• After mention in Barack Obama's Dallas speech, some in Baton Rouge wishing for president's visit

  13-07-2016 01:21
  
  Some people in Baton Rouge didn't even know the president was going to talk about Alton Sterling.
  
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