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• Trump on Dems: 'What a mess they have going'

  25-07-2016 21:23
  
  PHILADELPHIA - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to be reveling in the drama at the Democratic National Convention as he campaigns with running mate Mike Pence."What a mess they have going," Trump tells supporters Monday night at a rally in North Carolina.Trump says rival Hillary Clinton made a mistake by not choosing a more liberal running mate to appease Bernie Sanders' supporters.Trump says: "Crazy Bernie's going crazy right now."Permalink| Comments
  
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• 'It will get better': Montrell Jackson's words are his funeral refrain

  25-07-2016 20:54
  
  Slain Baton Rouge officer remembered for love of cars, family, community
  
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• Indianapolis police officer shot, suspect killed after chase

  25-07-2016 20:47
  
  INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indianapolis police say an officer has been shot and another officer is injured following a chase and exchange of gunfire with a suspect, who was killed.Indianapolis Police Chief Troy Riggs told reporters Monday evening that the officer who was shot was taken to a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. He says the second officer has "very minor injuries."Riggs says the incident began on the city's northwest side when the officers tried to stop a suspicious vehicle.
  
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• Slain officer's wife speaks of forgiveness at funeral

  25-07-2016 18:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Overcast skies and rain moved through as Montrell Jackson's fellow officers removed his flag-covered casket from the hearse that brought him to his final resting place.With her family surrounding her, Jackson's wife felt compelled to give a statement.Ternish Jackson said, "I am deeply hurting right now because I miss him so much, but I also know there is work to be done until we unite. Until we forgive, the killing will not stop. We must come together as one so no one will have to
  
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• Protesters detained at the barricades outside of DNC

  25-07-2016 18:41
  
  PHILADELPHIA - Transit officials are blocking anyone without a credential for the Democratic convention from traveling to the subway stop by the arena after dozens of demonstrators were detained outside.A spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority says police requested the move because of the crowds on the street near the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia.Septa spokesman Andrew Busch says that southbound passengers must have a credential to travel to the final st
  
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• Congressional committee seeks gunman's VA record

  25-07-2016 18:20
  
  ST. MARYS, Kan. - The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs has requested medical records from the Department of Veterans Affairs for the former Marine who killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Florida Rep. Jeff Miller sent a letter dated July 21 to the VA requesting all medical records for Gavin Long, an Iraq war veteran. The Republican also asked for a briefing from VA staff on the VA services Long received.Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a committee mem
  
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• Procession for fallen officer receives huge turnout

  25-07-2016 18:17
  
  BATON ROUGE - Hundreds of people lined the streets for the funeral procession of BRPD Cpl. Montrell Jackson.Most of the people in attendance that spoke with News 2 said they braved the heat and occasional rain out of respect and solidarity for the fallen officer.Signs of unity were visible everywhere during the procession as police passed out bottles of water and posed for pictures with civilians.As the funeral procession rolled by, people crowded the road, waved flags and offered up a deserving
  
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• Wrongful termination lawsuit over Medicaid contract settled

  25-07-2016 17:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - A company whose $200 million Medicaid contract was canceled by former Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has reached a settlement with Jindal's successor and ended its wrongful termination lawsuit against the state.Maryland-based Client Network Services Inc., known as CNSI, announced the settlement Monday. Under the terms outlined by CNSI, the state will change the description of the contract termination and allow CNSI to get additional reimbursement for work it performed.Gov. John
  
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• NYPD buys new vests, helmets in wake of Baton Rouge shooting

  25-07-2016 17:31
  
  NEW YORK - One of the nation’s largest and most illustrious police forces has some new equipment to work with in the wake of shootings in Baton Rouge and Dallas.The new equipment, which includes bulletproof vests and military grade protective helmets, comes at a cost of more than $7 million to NYPD."Vests that would be capable of stopping rounds like we saw fired in Baton Rouge," clarified NYPD Commissioner William Bratton.WABC-TV reports that NYPD special units are already equipped wi
  
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• 19 killed, dozens injured in Tokyo knife attack

  25-07-2016 17:23
  
  TOKYO - According to Japanese media reports, 19 people were killed and at least 20 wounded in a knife attack early Tuesday at a facility for the disabled. The attack happened just west of Tokyo in a rare case of mass violence in Japan.
  Police said they responded to a call about 2:30 a.m. from an employee saying something horrible is happening at the facility in the city of Sagamihara.Police say a man turned himself in about two hours later. He's said to have left the knife in his car wh
  
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• 15 killed, dozens injured in Tokyo knife attack

  25-07-2016 17:23
  
  TOKYO - At least 15 people are dead and another 45 hurt following a rampage by a knife-wielding man in Japan.Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported a suspect was arrested after he attacked residents of the Tsukui Yamayuri En facility in Sagamihara, south of Tokyo.NHK identified him as a 26-year-old man and said he turned himself in to authorities. They also confirmed the suspect was a former employee at the facility where the attack occurred.Police are still looking to determine a mot
  
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• Trump to hold Reddit AMA on Wednesday

  25-07-2016 17:10
  
  Users of one of the web’s most popular meme distribution depots will have the opportunity to ask The Donald anything they want on Wednesday evening.The Republican presidential nominee will host a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to his campaign on Monday. It will make Trump the first Republican presidential nominee to host an AMA, according to CNN.Trump has seen a great deal of support from the site’s users, known as Redditors. &ldqu
  
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• Average composite ACT score edges up in Louisiana

  25-07-2016 16:58
  
  BATON ROUGE - The average composite score on the ACT college readiness test has edged up in Louisiana, from 19.4 in 2015 to 19.5 this year.Louisiana's Department of Education said in a Monday news release that the average has gradually increased by 0.4 percentage points since 2013.Public school students have been required to take the ACT since 2013. ACT scores are now used in figuring accountability ratings for schools and school districts.The department also says a record 25,144 seniors in the
  
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• National Guardsmen's vehicles broken into at Franklinton armory

  25-07-2016 16:44
  
  FRANKLINTON - Dozens of vehicles belonging to members of the National Guard were broken into over the weekend.The break-ins happened while the guardsmen were away from the armory for training, according to WWL-TV.Franklinton is the site of a new National Guard readiness center.More details are expected on the vehicle burglaries this evening.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 25 National Guardsmen's vehicles broken into at Franklinton Armory

  25-07-2016 16:44
  
  FRANKLINTON - At a yet to be determined point during the weekend, more than 25 vehicles were broken into in the parking lot of the Franklinton National Guard Armory for the 205th Engineer Battalion."You never expect a military installation to be a victim, especially something like this," said Franklinton Police Maj. Justin Brown to WWL-TV, "You don't plan on somebody coming and breaking into a bunch of vehicles. But they are just as shocked as anybody else to have this happen to them.”
  
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• Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83B, marking end of an era

  25-07-2016 16:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.
  The sale announced Monday marks the second time in two years that Verizon has snapped up the remains of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital reach. The nation's largest wireless carrier paid $4.4 billion for AOL last year.
  Verizon won the Yahoo bidding after a five-month auction.
  Yahoo Inc. is parting with its email service and websites devoted to news,
  
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• Flaring expected at ExxonMobil plant during maintenance

  25-07-2016 16:28
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials at the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Chemical Plant released a statement to put the public at ease as flares will be visible lighting up the sky above the plant during maintenance work this week.Intermittent flaring may be visible at ExxonMobil on Monday and Tuesday during the planned work.Plant officials say flares are primarily safety control devices intended to consume excess hydrocarbons during shutdown and startup of operations. They said they apologize in advance
  
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• $50K unclaimed Powerball prize expires next month

  25-07-2016 16:23
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Officials say a lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold in the New Orleans area earlier this year, and the lucky individual has until August 25 to step forward and claim the prize.The winning ticket matched four of the five white ball numbers drawn and the red Powerball number during a Feb. 27 drawing.Lottery officials say they look forward to the winner coming forward to claim the prize, but the winner should treat the ticket with the care that would be given to cash and sign the ba
  
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• Buddhist monk gets prison for stealing from temple to gamble

  25-07-2016 15:20
  
  LAFAYETTE - A Buddhist monk has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $260,000 from the Louisiana temple he led and gambling most of the money at a casino.U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley's office said in a statement Monday that a federal judge also ordered 36-year-old Khang Nguyen Le to pay nearly $264,000 in restitution.Le pleaded guilty in March to one count of wire fraud, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a
  
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• VP Biden, AG Lynch to attend memorial for fallen officers

  25-07-2016 15:12
  
  BATON ROUGE - Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch have announced they are to attend an upcoming memorial service for Baton Rouge officers killed in July 17’s ambush shooting.The memorial for fallen officers Jackson, Gerald and Garafola will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Healing Place Church at 19202 Highland Road.The final funeral of the third officer killed, Montrell Jackson, wrapped on Monday afternoon after Gerald and Garafola were buried on Friday an
  
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• DNC apologizes for 'inexcusable remarks'

  25-07-2016 14:51
  
  PHILADELPHIA - The Democratic National Committee is offering its "deep and sincere apology" to Bernie Sanders, his supporters and the entire party for what it calls "the inexcusable remarks made over email."The statement from incoming interim party leader, Donna Brazile, and six other officials says the comments in the emails "do not reflect the values of the DNC or our steadfast commitment to neutrality during the nominating process."The statement says the party won't tolerate disrespectful lan
  
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• After day of discord, Dems open their convention

  25-07-2016 14:51
  
  PHILADELPHIA - Democrats have gaveled in their convention in Philadelphia - after a day of discord that sent the party chief into exile.It was Baltimore's mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, who called the 47th Democratic convention to order. Her formal welcome was briefly held up a slight oversight - she forgot the gavel and had to retrieve it off stage.Rawlings-Blake is a last-minute fill-in Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the ousted Democratic National Committee leader.The Florida congresswoman was fo
  
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• Dallas Police officer returns home to Baton Rouge for officers' funerals

  25-07-2016 13:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - Hundreds of law enforcement officers from out of town made their way to Baton Rouge over the past week to pay their respects to the three officers killed in an ambush earlier this month.Among that group was Dallas Police Department officer Chris Langlois who has close ties to Baton Rouge.There have been eight funerals for officers killed in the line of duty in the past month, and Langlois has been attendance at half of them.The DPD Senior Corporal is a Central High alum, LSU gradua
  
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• Michael Jordan donates $2 million to deal with police race relations

  25-07-2016 13:21
  
  CHARLOTTE - Michael Jordan has donated $2 million to organizations to help ease racial tensions between police and communities, media outlets reported Monday.ESPN website The Undefeated first reported the details.  ESPN shared the story on Twitter later."As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and
  
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• Bernie Sanders says 'our revolution' continues

  25-07-2016 12:09
  
  PHILADELPHIA - Bernie Sanders says no one is more disappointed than he is over not being the Democratic presidential nominee.But the Vermont senator is urging his supporters to take "enormous pride" in the political revolution to transform America that they've started.Sanders says in his speech at the Democratic National Convention that election days come and go.But, he says, "the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1 percent - a government b
  
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• Likely closures and delays along Airline due to Montrell Jackson's funeral procession

  25-07-2016 09:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - Commuters may want to take an alternate route Monday due to a funeral procession on Airline Highway.Officer Montrell Jackson's funeral is likely to cause closures and delays on Airline from Winbourne Avenue to Florida Boulevard from approximately noon to 3 p.m. There is already heavy traffic in the area as early as 9:30 a.m.News 2's Ashley Fruge is monitoring the roadways. We will have updates on WBRZ.com and Twitter.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Kylie's enjoying time with her new baby; Meet Margaret, our fill-in co-anchor

  25-07-2016 09:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - A new face joined the morning team of WBRZ's '2une-In' show Monday.Margaret Dubuisson, a TV news veteran, will co-anchor the two-hour morning show with John Pastorek while regular host Kylie Dixon enjoys time with her new baby. Dixon and her husband, Brian, welcomed Addison Rae into their lives Monday, July 18. Addison Rae was 9lbs ,12 oz."We are all doing great! Very sleep deprived... But it's worth it! Thank you to all our doctors and nurses," Dixon said. "A 9 pound, 12 ounce bab
  
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• Kylie's enjoying time for her new baby; Meet Margaret, our fill-in co-anchor

  25-07-2016 09:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - A new face joined the morning team of WBRZ's '2une-In' show Monday.Margaret Dubuisson, a TV news veteran, will co-anchor the two-hour morning show with John Pastorek while regular host Kylie Dixon enjoys time with her new baby. Dixon and her husband, Brian, welcomed Addison Rae into their lives Monday, July 18. Addison Rae was 9lbs ,12 oz."We are all doing great! Very sleep deprived... But it's worth it! Thank you to all our doctors and nurses," Dixon said. "A 9 pound, 12 ounce bab
  
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• Greenwell Springs Road closed temporarily due to an accident

  25-07-2016 06:13
  
  CENTRAL - Greenwell Springs Road is closed temporarily for vehicle revcovery.Greenwell Springs Road was closed on Monday morning in both directions between Denham Road and Liberty Road due to an accident. It was reopened, but closed again in order to remove the truck from the road.A concrete mixer truck hit a curb and flipped over while traveling on Greenwell Springs Road. Louisiana State Police and Central Fire Department, who responded to the accident, did not report any injuries.News 2's Ashl
  
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• Greenwell Springs Road closed due to an accident

  25-07-2016 06:13
  
  CENTRAL - Commuters may want to take an alternate route this morning as Greenwell Springs Road is closed due to an accident.A concrete mixer truck hit a curb and flipped over while traveling on Greenwell Springs Road. Louisiana State Police and Central Fire Department are on the scene. There are no reported injuries at this time.This is a developing story. News 2's Ashley Fruge is monitoring the roadways this morning on 2une In. We will have updates on WBRZ.com and Twitter.Permalink| Comments
  
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• All lanes now open on Greenwell Springs Road

  25-07-2016 06:13
  
  CENTRAL - All lanes are now open on Greenwell Springs Road.Monday morning, Greenwell Springs Road was closed in both directions between Denham Road and Liberty Road due to an accident. A concrete mixer truck hit a curb and flipped over while traveling on Greenwell Springs Road. Louisiana State Police and Central Fire Department, who responded to the accident, did not report any injuries.News 2's Ashley Fruge is monitoring the roadways this morning. We will have updates on WBRZ.com and Twitter.Pe
  
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• Authorities: 2 killed, 17 shot at Florida nightclub

  25-07-2016 04:34
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Officials say two people have been killed and at least 17 wounded in a shooting outside a nightclub in Florida early Monday morning.Lee Memorial Health System says in a press release that 16 victims ranging in age from 12 to 27 started arriving at the facility around 1:30 a.m. One of those people died at the hospital.The shooting broked out in the parking lot of Club Blu, where parents were picking up their children from a party for teenagers.Club Blu posted on its Facebook pa
  
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