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• Suspect flees on foot after robbing Government St. store

  06-08-2016 20:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say one suspect fled on foot after robbing a dollar store on Government Street Saturday afternoon. According to Baton Rouge Police, the incident happened at 5652 Government Street around 6:54 p.m. Saturday. Details are limited at this time but police said the suspect grabbed an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot.BRPD did not say whether the suspect had a weapon. Police are still investigating the incident.This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WBRZ News
  
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• Apple will swap revolver emoji with squirt gun

  06-08-2016 20:00
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is disarming - or at least it's dumping an emoji that depicts a realistic-looking revolver and replacing it with a brightly colored toy water pistol instead.The tech giant is releasing some new emoji images for iPhone and iPad users who use the cartoonish icons when they send messages. They'll be available this fall with iOS 10, the next major revision of Apple's mobile software. Other new emoji will depict women in athletic and professional roles, as well as a rainbow flag
  
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• 14-year-old dead after crash on LA 10 in Franklinton

  06-08-2016 18:51
  
  FRANKLINTON – State Police say a 14-year-old is dead after a crash on LA 10 in Franklinton, La. Saturday morning.According to Louisiana State Police, the crash happened on LA 10 west of LA 439 after 11 a.m. Saturday. Police say 25-year-old Earniesha Lott was driving eastbound on LA 10 when she tried to pass a Jeep in a no passing zone.Police say Lott entered the westbound lane, tried to pass the jeep and crashed into an SUV traveling in the other lane.Investigators say Lott’s
  
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• US discloses more conditions for lethal drone strikes

  06-08-2016 16:43
  
  WASHINGTON - The White House has released a version of President Barack Obama's 3-year-old guidance on the use of lethal force against terrorists overseas.It lays out what it says are safeguards to minimize civilian deaths and errant strikes while preserving the capability to take quick action with drone attacks and other means.The "presidential policy guidance" stipulates that the U.S., when operating outside areas of active hostilities, will only take direct action when there is "near certaint
  
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• 'Pokemon Go' players blamed for damage at historic fort

  06-08-2016 16:42
  
  FAIRHAVEN, Mass. - A fort destroyed in the Revolutionary War is again fending off attacks - this time from "Pokemon Go" players.Caretakers of Fort Phoenix in Massachusetts say players of the popular smartphone game are damaging the historic site.Gary Lavalette, volunteer caretaker at the fort in Fairhaven, near the Rhode Island state line, says people have been leaving trash, vandalizing historic structures and publicly urinating.He told WLNE-TV that a stone wall was taken apart with a crowbar a
  
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• Bees escape in Oklahoma Wal-Mart parking lot, sting several people

  06-08-2016 16:39
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY - Three people were taken to a hospital after several bees escaped and stung people in a Wal-Mart parking lot in southeast Oklahoma City.Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Lara O'Leary says two people were transported in serious condition and the third was in good condition after being stung Saturday morning.Each of the three are adults, but no other information about them was released.Oklahoma City Fire Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson says the incident began about 10
  
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• Police protesters and supporters alike support their position with the Bible

  06-08-2016 15:00
  
  In "The Warmth of Other Suns," the true story of six million black people migrating to the North from the South in the 20thcentury, author Isabel Wilkerson tells of the time in North Carolina courtrooms when black witnesses and white...
  
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• Days before first practice, Tech QB arrested

  06-08-2016 13:35
  
  RUSTON - Authorities say Louisiana Tech quarterback Ryan Higgins has been arrested on a drunken driving charge.The Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office says Higgins, a senior, was arrested early Friday in Ruston about a half-mile from the school's football stadium after a police officer stopped him for speeding.  Higgins was released on $1,750 bond Friday afternoon.Head coach Skip Holtz said in statement that he was "aware of the situation" but wanted to gather more information and talk to "
  
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• WATCH: Pete Fountain on Johnny Carson, hear his albums on iTunes

  06-08-2016 13:09
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Fans are remembering Pete Fountain's sound after news of his death spread across the country Saturday.Fountain, 86, was a musical legend. Born in 1930, by 16-years-old he was earning as much as $150 a night playing the clarinet. Click HERE to read more about his life and death.'The Memphis Blues' is Fountain's number one song on iTunes. Forty-one albums are available on iTunes.On YouTube, a Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson memorial page has a video of Fountain's appeara
  
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• Customer leaves $5,000 tip at Utah restaurant

  06-08-2016 13:00
  
  OGDEN, UTAH - Restaurant employees found the suprise of a lifetime in their billfold, when they saw a customer left at $5,000 tip.Six servers at the Timbermine Steakhouse were waiting tables on a busy night Saturday.  They say one group was causing a commotion."They were a bit rowdy," one server recalled, "they were really loud."Rebecca Allred is a waitress at the restaurant. She remembers one of the people at the table was wearing "a hippie outfit and faux vest." She says they took nam
  
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• In bizarre, embarrassing moment, Pete Fountain's group was once kicked out of BR

  06-08-2016 12:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - As South Louisiana remembers and celebrates the life of legendary musician Pete Fountain Saturday, it brings up an embarrassing moment from the first time Fountain's Half-Fast Walking Club appeared in Baton Rouge.Club members were escorted out of a parade through downtown Baton Rouge in February 2010 for walking too slow. It was the first time in the club's history they were scheduled to appear in the Capital City. According to the original WBRZ report from February 8, 2010, the kr
  
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• Youth football coaches become certified safety coaches

  06-08-2016 12:41
  
  ST GABRIEL - Youth football coaches from across the state traveled to St. Gabriel Saturday for USA Football's "Heads Up" Football Player Safety Coach clinic."We want to take care of our kids," football safety trainer Billy Elmore said.Concussions have become a serious issues at all levels of football. It's not just a problem for professional players.New medical protocols must now be followed for players who suffer head injuries. "If there is some kind of head injury, get them o
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in crash on rural highway

  06-08-2016 12:26
  
  KENTWOOD - A 42-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash on a rural stretch of highway.State Police said Robert Dykes of Franklinton died when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a pickup around 6:30 p.m. Friday on Highway 1055.  Dykes died at the hospital a few hours later, troopers said in a news release.Investigators said Dykes was speeding when the driver of the pickup turned into Dykes' path and the two vehicles crashed.  Dykes was thrown from the motorcycle.
  
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• Wrecks, construction slow Saturday drivers on I-10

  06-08-2016 12:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - A car flipped into the ravine between I-10 westbound and the adjacent neighborhood just after the Perkins overpass Saturday morning.The four-door sedan was upside down near the tree line.  Numerous drivers stopped to help until first responders arrived.  The crash happend just before 10 a.m.A fire truck, ambulance, police and the motorist assistance patrol were dispatched.  The far right lane was closed around the crash as rescuers worke
  
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• Overturned car blocks lanes on I-10 Saturday morning

  06-08-2016 12:19
  
  BATON ROUGE - A car flipped into the ravine between I-10 westbound and the adjacent neighborhood just after the Perkins overpass Saturday morning.The four-door sedan was upside down near the tree line.  Numerous drivers stopped to help until first responders arrived.  The crash happend just before 10 a.m.A fire truck, ambulance, police and the motorist assistance patrol were dispatched.  The far right lane was closed around the crash as rescuers worke
  
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• 'Only hope is a miracle,' writes wounded Baton Rouge deputy's dad

  06-08-2016 01:04
  
  Nick Tullier shot in head, stomach in July 17 attack that killed three Baton Rouge law enforcers
  
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