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• Authorities ID suspect in deadly mall shooting

  24-09-2016 21:38
  
  BURLINGTON - Authorities say the captured suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting is 20-year-old Arcan Cetin.Washington State Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis said via Twitter that Cetin was a resident of Oak Harbor, Washington.Authorities announced earlier that the suspect had been apprehended Saturday evening. A news conference was scheduled for later Saturday night.A gunman opened fire at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, Friday night, killing four females and a male before fle
  
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• Police: 8 injured, including 3-year-old in Baltimore shooting

  24-09-2016 21:12
  
  BALTIMORE - Baltimore police are saying there's been a shooting in that city and that several people have been injured.Police spokeswoman Nicole Monroe released an email statement Saturday night saying the shooting occurred in an eastern district of the city in Maryland. But the statement only said there were "multiple victims injured" and gave no immediate details of what happened.Monroe said police were converging at the site of the shooting and that more details would be released later.&n
  
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• NYC 'Trump Tombstone' on display after police confiscate it

  24-09-2016 21:05
  
  NEW YORK - A granite tombstone bearing the name Donald J. Trump that police confiscated in Central Park months ago is now on display at a Brooklyn gallery.The year of Trump's birth and the words "Made America Hate Again" also are chiseled into the 500-pound slab.Artist Brian Andrew Whiteley says he created it to remind the Republican presidential nominee that he has "stirred the pot of racism, anger and fear." He says he wants to help Trump reflect on the legacy he's leaving.Dubbed "The Trump To
  
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• Aerial spraying scheduled for Tuesday in Iberville Parish

  24-09-2016 19:33
  
  IBERVILLE PARISH – Officials in Iberville Parish say due to increased mosquito populations, teams will conduct a parish wide aerial spraying Tuesday.Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso Jr. said the spraying will start at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 27 weather permitting. Residents with existing respiratory problems or sensitivity to irritants should stay indoors.Ourso says multiple planes will be flying at an altitude of 300 ft.Parish officials say that planes may need to fly either Wednesd
  
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• The New York Times endorses Clinton

  24-09-2016 17:32
  
  WASHINGTON - The New York Times is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.The newspaper's editorial board on Saturday praised Clinton for bringing "a record of service and a raft of pragmatic ideas" to the election. It calls her "one of the most tenacious politicians of her generation, whose willingness to study and correct course is rare in an age of unyielding partisanship." Donald Trump is described as the worst nominee put forward by a major party in modern times.The Times has endo
  
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• Poll: Most in US frustrated over presidential race

  24-09-2016 17:27
  
  WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say they're frustrated, angry - or both - with the 2016 presidential election. That's according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.The poll finds most Americans aren't feeling hopeful about the race, and half feel helpless. Majorities of Americans want more focus on issues that are important to them, starting with health care, Social Security, education, terrorism and homeland security.The survey found that apathy is
  
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• North Carolina police release shooting footage (Warning: Graphic Video)

  24-09-2016 15:51
  
  CHARLOTTE - Charlotte police have released body and dashboard camera footage of the fatal shooting of black man.A file sent to the media Saturday also includes pictures of a handgun and marijuana that police say Keith Lamont Scott possessed.The shooting of Scott on Tuesday has prompted several days of demonstrations that coalesced around protesters' demands that police video be seen by the public.Police have said Scott was shot on Tuesday because he refused commands to drop a handgun. Residents
  
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• Charlotte police footage shows shooting of black man (Warning: Graphic Video)

  24-09-2016 15:51
  
  CHARLOTTE - Charlotte police released dramatic video footage Saturday that shows officers surrounding a black man with his hands at his side before shots are fired and he buckles to the ground.Keith Lamont Scott can be seen in police dashboard camera video backing away from his SUV with his hands down, and it's unclear if there's anything in the man's hands. Four shots are heard, and he falls to the ground.The footage was released after several days of demonstrations that have coalesced around d
  
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• Charlotte police chief says he'll release video of shooting Saturday

  24-09-2016 15:51
  
  CHARLOTTE - A North Carolina police chief has announced he has decided to release police bodycam and dash cam video footage of Tuesday's police shooting of a black man in Charlotte.Chief Kerr Putney of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department didn't immediately say when the footage would be made public but said he had decided the release would not hinder an ongoing investigation of the shooting.He said he had determined recently that releasing footage would have "no adverse impact on
  
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• Jackson statue remains despite protest to remove monument

  24-09-2016 15:28
  
  NEW ORLEANS – Police and protesters confronted each other Saturday in the French Quarter during a planned protest to pull down the Andrew Jackson statue in Jackson Square by force.Malcolm Suber, the leader of “Take ‘Em Down NOLA” told WGNO that his group planned to use ropes and manpower to remove the statue during Saturday’s protest at 1 p.m. Suber said that the protest was called after New Orleans has taken no action in the pa
  
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• Louisiana accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco has died

  24-09-2016 14:50
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana musician Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who introduced zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, has died. He was 68.His longtime manager Ted Fox told The Associated Press that Dural died early Saturday morning. He had suffered from lung cancer.Fox said the musician and accordionist died at 1:32 a.m. Louisiana time at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. He gained fame by introducing zydeco music of southwest Lou
  
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• Mexican Red Cross travels to Baton Rouge to join American Red Cross in flood recovery

  24-09-2016 14:42
  
  BATON ROUGE- Members of the Mexican Red Cross, Cruz Roja Mexicana, are joining the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge this week to help Latino families that have suffered from the flood.The ten volunteers from Cruz Roja Mexicana are set to visit communities around Baton Rouge next week. The workers are tasked with casework operations that connect families to Red Cross resources and services.The Cruz Roja Mexicana and American Red Cross Outreach Event is set for today, Saturday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m.
  
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• Man arrested Friday in connection with April drive-by shooting

  24-09-2016 14:34
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say a man wanted for attempted first degree murder after a drive-by shooting in April was arrested Friday.According to Baton Rouge Police, 32-year-old Albert youngblood was booked in connection with an April 11 shooting on Enterprise Street as well as other outstanding charges. Arrest records say Youngblood fired multiple rounds from a vehicle while driving on Enterprise Street, striking on person multiple times. One other victim was able to escape the gunf
  
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• Passenger dead and driver injured after crash in Washington Parish, Impairment suspected

  24-09-2016 14:26
  
  WASHINGTON PARISH - One man is dead and another is injured after their vehicle crashed into a utility pole on LA 436 Friday night.State Police responded to a single vehicle crash around 8 p.m. Friday night on LA 436 near LA 21. Investigators learned that 54 year-old Lark Starnes was the driver of the vehicle and 49 year-old Lance Vonhallenbeck was the passenger.State Police said Starnes was speeding on LA 436 when the vehicle went off the right side of road and crashed into a utility pole and a
  
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• Obamas opens Smithsonian African-American Museum

  24-09-2016 13:59
  
  WASHINGTON - The first national museum devoted exclusively to the history and culture of African-Americans is now open.President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama opened the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall by ringing a bell from a historic African-American church.The museum is the 19th and the newest of the Smithsonians.The push for the museum began in 1915 with African-American Civil War veterans looking for a way to commemor
  
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• Obama opens Smithsonian African-American Museum

  24-09-2016 13:59
  
  WASHINGTON - The first national museum devoted exclusively to the history and culture of African-Americans is now open.President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama opened the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall by ringing a bell from a historic African-American church.The museum is the 19th and the newest of the Smithsonians.The push for the museum began in 1915 with African-American Civil War veterans looking for a way to commemor
  
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• Protesters gather for 5th day in Charlotte

  24-09-2016 13:34
  
  CHARLOTTE - Several dozen people have gathered at a Charlotte park located just blocks away from the city's police department for a rally and march.People wore shirts that say "black lives matter" and "support the Charlotte movement" while they waited for speakers to take a makeshift stage in front of a fountain. Two women walked around offering to register people to vote. Others offered bottles of water.Saturday marked the fifth day of rallies since a black man was shot by police earlier in the
  
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• Snapchat changes name to Snap Inc., debuts 'Spectacles'

  24-09-2016 13:21
  
  NEW YORK - Social media app Snapchat is changing its corporate name to Snap Inc. and introducing video-recording glasses called 'Spectacles.'The glasses can record video 10 seconds at a time by tapping a button on the device. The video is then uploaded to the 'Memories' section of the popular app via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. The app will retain the name Snapchat.The glasses are the first hardware from the Los Angeles-based company. The company says it's changing its name since it now has more than on
  
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• Authorities say 5th person dies in mall shooting

  24-09-2016 13:13
  
  BURLINGTON - Authorities say a fifth person has died following a shooting at a shopping mall north of Seattle.A spokesman for the Skagit County Emergency Operations Center says the unidentified male victim died early Saturday at a Seattle hospital. Four female victims died earlier following the Friday night shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington.Authorities continue to search for the shooter.A Washington State Patrol spokesman says police were seeking a Hispanic man wearing blac
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to $64,000 theft from New Iberia company

  24-09-2016 13:04
  
  LAFAYETTE - A Breaux Bridge woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $64,000 from a New Iberia company.U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says in a news release Friday that 66-year-old Joan C. Edgar pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to one count of wire fraud.Finley said the plea will become final when accepted by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell.Edgar worked as an office manager for the company, which was not named, and stole $64,860. Authorities say she hid
  
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• Man dies in a house fire he set after shooting his dog

  24-09-2016 13:01
  
  CHOCTAW- A Choctaw man died in a house fire that he set himself after shooting his dog on Thursday, Sept. 22, officials say.Lafourche Parish deputies and firefighters arrived on scene at around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday after a report of a fire on Choctaw School Road. Just inside the front door of the residence, firefighters discovered 57-year-old Samuel Farace's body after extinguishing the flames.The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office detectives conducted an investigation with the State Fire Marsha
  
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• Baton Rouge airport director to resign

  24-09-2016 12:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport will soon need to fill a vacancy.Aviation Director Anthony Marino will resign his post, effective Oct. 14, to pursue another opportunity in the aviation industry. In a statement issued by the airport Friday, Marino says he's enjoyed his 45-year career as a city-parish employee but it's time to move on.According to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report (http://bit.ly/2daZ4su ), Marino notified the Metro Council and Mayor Kip Holden on Wednesday
  
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