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• 12-year-old fourth person charged in plot to kill police

  15-07-2016 20:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office announced Friday night that a 12-year-old male has been arrested and charged with stealing guns from a pawn shop and plotting to kill police amid recent unrest in Baton Rouge. He's the fourth person charged in the case.17-year-old Antonio Thomas, 23-year-old Trashone Coats, 20-year-old Malik Bridgewater and a 13-year-old male had previously been arrested in the been arrested in connection to the burglary. Thomas, Bridgewater and
  
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• Stanford victim expresses outrage after getting insulting check in the mail

  15-07-2016 17:56
  
  BATON ROUGE- A man who invested $65,000 with the Stanford group received a check recently after a court-appointed receiver located some of the money from the ponzi scheme.LV Reeves got less than a penny on the dollar for his investment, a check for $540. Reeves never joined in on a class action lawsuit. Instead, he tried to take his chances with the court-appointed receiver responsible for recovering money to Stanford investors."Year after year, I'd get a little paper saying they still handling
  
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• Surveillance video shows employees helping 11-year-old who was shot

  15-07-2016 17:39
  
   BATON ROUGE - According to sources, an 11-year-old was shot near the intersection of North Foster Drive and Winbourne Avenue Friday night. The child's injuries appear to be non-life threatening.#BREAKING scene on N. Foster. Apparently there was a car crash, and then someone got shot. @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/lnwwmyD9I1— Brett Buffington (@BrettBuffington) July 15, 2016
  This shooting happened just before 5:30 p.m. According to BRPD, a car was traveling down North Foster when some
  
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• Turkish military in attempted coup, prime minister says

  15-07-2016 15:30
  
  ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's prime minister says a group within Turkey's military has engaged in what appeared to be an attempted coup.Binali Yildirim told NTV television: "it is correct that there was an attempt."Yildirim didn't provide details, but said Turkey would never allow any "initiative that would interrupt democracy."Earlier, military jets were heard flying over the capital, Ankara.Media reports said ambulances were seen in front of the Turkey's military headquarters.A Turkish news agency
  
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• Burwell calls for more funding for opioid crisis

  15-07-2016 14:51
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell says the Obama administration will continue lobbying Congress for more money to help states fight the opioid epidemic.Congress this week approved a bill that creates grants and other programs aimed at reducing the abuse of prescription pain relievers and heroin.Burwell says President Obama will sign the bill but is disappointed it only provides a fraction of the $1.1 billion in funding he sought. She says
  
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• Louisiana's special sessions on taxes cost at least $1.8M

  15-07-2016 14:10
  
  BATON ROUGE - The two special sessions called by Gov. John Bel Edwards to help stabilize Louisiana's finances cost taxpayers at least $1.8 million.
      
  During the two sessions on taxes held this year, lawmakers raised about $1.5 billion to shrink holes in the current year budget. The House and Senate ran up costs of about $1.3 million for the first session, much of it for the $157 paid daily to lawmakers.
      
  House members received about $4
  
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• LSU law students safe in France after Nice attacks

  15-07-2016 14:08
  
  BATON ROUGE - All of the 45 LSU Law students that were participating in the study abroad program in France are safe after a truck drove into a large crowd during Bastille Day celebrations, killing 84 people and injuring many more.Five LSU Law students were in Nice at the time of the Bastille Day celebrations, but they were not in the immediate area of the attack.
  According to students and professors in Lyon, four students took shelter in a hotel until the attack was over and another was far from
  
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• DeRay Mckesson; woman in 'iconic' photo won't be prosecuted

  15-07-2016 14:00
  
  BATON ROUGE - The District Attorney’s Office has reviewed 185 individual affidavits of probable cause for arrests that happened during last weekend’s protests and more than half of those cases won’t be prosecuted.District Attorney Hillar C. Moore said around 100 of the 185 arrests involved protesters who were only charged with the misdemeanor crimes of obstruction of a roadway or public passage. According to Moore, those particular cases only involve facts where the
  
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• Lightning strike starts fire at Baton Rouge business

  15-07-2016 13:40
  
  BATON ROUGE - Sources say a lightning strike started a fire at a Baton Rouge business as storms moved through the area on Friday morning.The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating the building fire, located at iRefund Tax Group in the 300 block of Roselawn Avenue. According to BRFD, smoke was billowing from the building when fire fighters arrived on the scene.The fire destroyed about 85 percent of the building and its contents before it was brought under control.The building was being used
  
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• Republicans lead in Louisiana's US Senate race fundraising

  15-07-2016 13:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - Republican contenders for Louisiana's U.S. Senate seat are outraising their Democratic opponents and sitting on more cash in campaign accounts for the November election.In the latest fundraising period, GOP U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany brought in the largest haul, raising $1.1 million.But his $2.5 million in the bank is followed closely by Republican U.S. Rep. John Fleming. Fleming raised $536,000 from donors and has $2.4 million for the race.Republican Treasurer John Kennedy raised
  
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• New info on next film expected at annual Star Wars Celebration

  15-07-2016 12:49
  
  LONDON - Lucasfilm’s annual Star Wars Celebration kicked off in London today and will run through the weekend.The event features Star Wars panels and events with this year’s guests including Mark Hamill, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and others,The event is expected to feature plenty of new information about the next expected film set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Rogue One comes to theaters this year on Dec. 16.The event runs until Sund
  
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• Gingrich calls for Sharia ban after Nice attack

  15-07-2016 12:17
  
  WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is responding to Thursday night's truck attack in France by arguing for the expulsion from the U.S. of any Muslim who believes in Sharia law.Gingrich was considered as a possible running mate by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.The former Georgia congressman said on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" that the U.S. "should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they sho
  
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• Police: Woman tries to hit deputy with truck, shot in wrists

  15-07-2016 12:13
  
  KENNER - Sheriff's deputies say a New Orleans woman who tried to hit a deputy with her vehicle, was shot by the officer and wounded.A sheriff's statement said 40-year-old Melissa Belanger was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and will be charged with attempted murder.The statement said a deputy spotted a truck early Friday reportedly linked to car burglaries in the New Orleans suburbs of Kenner and Metairie. During a chase, Sheriff Newell Normand says, the truck's driver rammed the
  
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• Trump confirms Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is running mate

  15-07-2016 12:01
  
  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has made the selection of Indiana governor Mike Pence as his running mate official via Twitter.I am pleased to announce that I have chosen Governor Mike Pence as my Vice Presidential running mate. News conference tomorrow at 11:00 A.M.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2016A new conference will the announcement on Saturday at 11 a.m. EST.The vice presidential announcement was set to take place Friday morning in New York City, but it was moved out of
  
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• Truck driver behind Nice attack that killed 84 identified

  15-07-2016 09:53
  
  NICE, France - The Mayor of Nice has identified the driver in Thursday’s attack as 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel.NBC News reported the identity card of the French citizen of Tunisian descent was found in the truck used in the attack that killed at 84 people.France president, Francois Hollande, has said that another 50 critically injured people are “between life and death” on Friday.Terror experts in Europe say the truck attack represents a new method of atta
  
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• Blue Bell's new flavor is cookie dough/cookies 'n cream mashup

  15-07-2016 09:36
  
  BRENHAM, Texas - In honor of National Ice Cream Month (which is apparently a thing now), Blue Bell has unveiled a new ice cream flavor: Cookie Two Step.The creamery says the new flavor is a “beautiful mixture of chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate sandwich cookies and vanilla ice cream.” In other words, it’s a cookie dough/cookies ’n cream mashup."What better way to celebrate National Ice Cream Month than with the release of a brand new ice cream flavor
  
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• Man accused of stealing guns due in court

  15-07-2016 09:22
  
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man accused of stealing guns from a pawn shop told investigators he was motivated by money, despite claims that an alleged accomplice said they stole firearms to shoot police officers.Twenty-year-old Malik Bridgewater is scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court on Friday. Police arrested Bridgewater and two other suspects following a burglary last weekend at a pawn shop where eight handguns were stolen.A court filing Thursday says Bridgewater told inv
  
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• Man accused of stealing guns appeared in court; could be released on bond

  15-07-2016 09:22
  
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man accused of stealing guns from a pawn shop told investigators he was motivated by money, despite claims that an alleged accomplice said they stole firearms to shoot police officers.Twenty-year-old Malik Bridgewater made his initial appearance in federal magistrate court on Friday afternoon. Police arrested Bridgewater and two other suspects following a burglary last weekend at a pawn shop where eight handguns were stolen.A court filing Thursday says Bridgewater tol
  
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• Judge agrees to release man accused of stealing guns appeared in court; bond revoked on previous charges

  15-07-2016 09:22
  
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man accused of stealing guns from a pawn shop told investigators he was motivated by money, despite claims that an alleged accomplice said they stole firearms to shoot police officers.Twenty-year-old Malik Bridgewater made his initial appearance in federal magistrate court on Friday afternoon. Police arrested Bridgewater and two other suspects following a burglary last weekend at a pawn shop where eight handguns were stolen.A court filing Thursday says Bridgewater tol
  
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• Funeral of Alton Sterling

  15-07-2016 08:59
  
  CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR LIVE COVERAGEBATON ROUGE - A large number of family and friends of a man killed during a BRPD officer-involved shooting spent midday Friday at the man's funeral despite mid-morning storms.Hearse just arrived at F. G. Clark Activity Center at Southern for #AltonSterling funeral @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/J08nPQviu1— Michael Vinsanau (@MVinsanau) July 15, 2016Many were leaving visitation, now stopped because of the rain @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/6faMYhBxEP— Micha
  
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• BREC unveils new playground equipment at Baker park ribbon cutting

  15-07-2016 08:37
  
  BAKER - BREC officials are to hold a ribbon cutting on Friday morning to celebrate the completion of renovations and new amenities at T.D. Bickham, Jr. Park.The park is located at 6850 Pettit Road with the ribbon cutting scheduled for 10 a.m.Improvements at the BREC park include new playground equipment with a play area for young children and tot swings. Another new play area features six climbers, two slides and an arch swing. A new half basketball court was also added along with renovations to
  
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• Greyhound expands south Louisiana service

  15-07-2016 08:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - Greyhound says it is expanding its service in south Louisiana to include stops in more cities and towns between Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
  Greyhound says stops in Raceland, Thibodaux, Morgan City and New Iberia will be added along with the two daily roundtrips between Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
  Bill Blankenship, chief operating officer for Greyhound Lines Inc. says thanks to the assistance of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, residents in those ci
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after crash on Scenic Hwy

  15-07-2016 07:05
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man has died from injuries sustained during a motorcycle crash on Scenic Highway Friday morning.Authorities said the 60-year-old motorcyclist happened Friday morning at around 6:30 a.m. in the 8000 block of Scenic Highway when the man was hit by a Ford pickup truck that making a left turn from southbound Scenic onto Harding Boulevard.The motorcyclist was taken to an area hospital where he would later die from injuries sustained in the wreck.The driver of the truck was ticketed fo
  
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• Judge will hear protesters' request for restraining order from police in over a week

  15-07-2016 02:30
  
  Police are being sued for violating people's rights to free speech and assembly.
  
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