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• Louisiana delegation returns from Cuba, waiting for U.S. to change policies

  08-10-2016 20:48
  
  Louisiana and Cuba would like to trade more with each other, but they need the U.S. government to lift its embargo to do so.
  
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• Report: 3 Palm Springs Police Officers shot, one dead another critical

  08-10-2016 18:04
  
  PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Palm Springs police say three officers have been shot but there's no word on their conditions.According to a Los Angeles Times report, one officer was killed and another is in critical condition. A police statement says the shooting occurred Saturday afternoon north of Racquet Club Road and east of Sunrise Way.The Los Angeles Times report says a manhunt is currently underway for the shooter.There are no immediate details of the shooting, which comes days
  
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• John Bel Edwards disappointed LSU-Florida game canceled

  08-10-2016 16:35
  
  "I don't know what the solution is going to be." - Gov. John Bel Edwards on the LSU-Florida game being cancelled
  
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• 4 years later, last evac orders lifted at sinkhole site

  08-10-2016 14:48
  
  BAYOU CORNE - More than four years since a massive sinkhole that in 2013 swallowed trees in Assumption Parish and forced more than 300 residents from their homes now no longer poses a risk to the public.Assumption Parish officials declared Friday that they've completely lifted the remaining voluntary evacuation orders in the last parts of the Bayou Corne community where the few remaining residents had remained. Officials say risk from instability and seeping, flammable natural gas released in th
  
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• Pence won't "condone" or "defend" Trump remarks

  08-10-2016 14:44
  
  WASHINGTON - Republican Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence says he cannot condone or defend Donald Trump's comments about women.Pence says in a statement Saturday: "As a husband and a father, I was offended by the words and actions described by Donald Trump in the 11-year-old video released yesterday. I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them. I am grateful that he has expressed remorse and apologized to the American people."He continues: "We pray for his family and look forward to t
  
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• NuBlu Energy building natural gas plant in Port Allen

  08-10-2016 14:18
  
  PORT ALLEN - NuBlu Energy has started construction on a natural gas liquefaction plant in Port Allen.The facility will have a startup capacity of 30,000 gallons per day, expandable to 90,000 gallons. The company announced Thursday it also will have storage capacity of 100,000 gallons. NuBlu didn't disclose its investment cost, but says it will employ up to 10 people.The Advocate reports the plant is located along the Mississippi River off La. 1 north near the U.S. Railway Terminal. The Center, T
  
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• Ex-boyfriend charged with first degree rape, aggravated burglary

  08-10-2016 14:13
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested for first degree rape and aggravated burglary after he forced his way into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and sexually assaulted her.Officials reported on Aug. 4, around 8 a.m., the victim was at her apartment on Monet Dr. with a male friend when she answered a knock at the door. After she cracked the door to see who was there, the assailant, Rodell Patterson, 44, shoved the door open, pushing the victim down in the process.Patterson then grabbed the victim by the
  
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• Official: 470 dead in 1 district of Haiti's southwest

  08-10-2016 13:40
  
  JEREMIE, Haiti - A civil protection official says at least 470 people have died in one district of Haiti's hard-hit southwest region after Hurricane Matthew pummeled that area earlier this week.Fridnel Kedler told The Associated Press on Saturday that he expects that number to rise because authorities haven't been able to reach two communities in the Grand-Anse department on the peninsula's northern tip.The overall death toll remains unknown. Death counts are frequently difficult to tabulate in
  
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• Greek air traffic controllers cancel planned strikes

  08-10-2016 13:26
  
  ATHENS, Greece - Greek air traffic controllers have canceled a plan for successive 24-hour strikes next week after meeting with the country's transport minister.The air controllers' union said in a statement Saturday evening that Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis had promised to make changes to a draft bill that reorganizes Greece's civil aviation authorities.The reforms are one of a handful of outstanding actions that Greece's left-led government must do to receive a 2.8 billion-euro ($3.1 b
  
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• Kuwait arrests Egyptian after failed attack on US soldiers

  08-10-2016 13:19
  
  KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait says it has arrested an Egyptian who tried to ram his car into another vehicle carrying five American soldiers in a failed suicide bombing.The state-run Kuwait News Agency identified the attacker as Ibrahim Sulaiman, born in 1988. It said he was driving a "cleaning truck" at the time of the attack.KUNA said the five soldiers were not injured. It said Sulaiman had multiple fractures and injuries.It was not immediately clear if the Egyptian had a lawyer. The KUNA report did no
  
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• Saudi-led coalition airstrike hits Yemen funeral, kills 82

  08-10-2016 13:14
  
  SANAA, Yemen - A senior health official in Yemen says an airstrike by a Saudi-led coalition that targeted a funeral hall packed with mourners has killed at least 82 people.Nasser al-Argaly, the Health Ministry's undersecretary, says Saturday's strike also left 534 people wounded.Al-Argaly, addressing a news conference, says the casualty figures are not final.Yemeni security and medical officials say the dead and wounded include military and security officials from the ranks of the Shiite Houthi
  
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• LSU touts fellowships for 2 faculty members, 2 alumnae

  08-10-2016 13:08
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU says four of its researchers have received "early career' fellowships from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.The Gulf Research Program was developed to improve understanding of Gulf of Mexico ecosystems while fostering improved safety and environmental practices in offshore oil and gas development.LSU said Friday that two recipients are faculty members and two are graduates who received doctorates at the university.The LSU
  
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• Trump vows "zero chance" he'll quit race

  08-10-2016 13:06
  
  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will not quit the presidential race.The Republican presidential nominee told the Washington Post on Saturday morning, "I'd never withdraw. I've never withdrawn in my life."He also told the Wall Street Journal there was "zero chance I'll quit."The comments come as a growing number of Republican officeholders call on Trump to leave the race.Trump said he's been getting calls of support after a video tape surfaced Friday that captured him making vulgar and sexuall
  
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• Trump vows to never quit the race

  08-10-2016 13:06
  
  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is again vowing to continue his campaign even though he says the "media and establishment want me out of the race so badly."Trump vowed in capital letters on Twitter Saturday to "never drop of out the race." He also pledged to "never let my supporters down."The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly - I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! #MAGA— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2016The emb
  
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• Teacher faces inquiry after video shows her dragging student

  08-10-2016 12:50
  
  GREENVILLE, Miss. - A Mississippi teacher faces investigations after a video shows her dragging a student by the hair at Greenville High School.The Delta Democrat-Times reports Kesha Williams posted the video on Facebook Thursday. A second video appears to show the teacher striking the student on the head with a cup.The dragging video has been viewed by millions.Williams tells the newspaper that her daughter, a Greenville sophomore, received videos recorded sometime after Sept. 21 of the actions
  
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• Tulane launches new Brain Institute

  08-10-2016 12:24
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University has launched a new initiative to support brain-related research of neuroscience endeavors.The new Brain Institute combines expertise and research from faculty, postdocs and students at the Schools of Medicine, Science and Engineering, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Liberal Arts, and the National Primate Research Center.The university said in a news release Friday that Marta and Bill Marko provided the lead gift to jumpstart the initiative, which has set a fu
  
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• Senator: Louisiana to get $437M in flood recovery assistance

  08-10-2016 12:16
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Sen. Bill Cassidy says Louisiana will get $437 million of the $500 million in flood recovery assistance allocated by Congress.Cassidy announced the news in a press release Friday.Congress approved the $500 million in flood recovery assistance as part of a hybrid spending measure passed in September. But it wasn't clear at the time how much would go to Louisiana and how much would go to other states.Cassidy described the money as a "down payment" and said the delegation will continu
  
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