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• Pedestrian struck near bus station on Florida Blvd

  15-10-2016 19:37
  
  BATON ROUGE - Authorities say a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in front of the Greyhound bus station on Florida Blvd Saturday afternoon.Authorities say the incident happened in the 1300 block of Florida Blvd around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Details are limited at this time, but sources tell WBRZ that an East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner is responding to the scene.A WBRZ News 2 crew is en route to the location.This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WBRZ News 2 online and on Facebook and Twitter fo
  
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• Authorities investigating 'loud boom noise' off Elliot Road

  15-10-2016 19:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies are currently investigating a loud boom noise that residents say happened near Hoo Shoo Too Road Saturday afternoon.Multiple residents reported hearing a “loud boom noise” that shook their homes around 6:40 p.m. A spokesperson for Louisiana State Police said that the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating.A spokesperson for EBRSO said that deputies have not yet determined the source of the noise. Casey Hicks said it
  
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• US detects what it says is failed N. Korean missile launch

  15-10-2016 19:08
  
  WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it's detected what's being described as a failed missile launch by North Korea.A military statement says the launch occurred near the northwestern city of Kusong and that the missile is presumed to be a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile.The military says launch was attempted at 11:33 p.m. EDT Friday (12:03 p.m. Saturday local time) and that the missile didn't pose a threat to North America.North Korea has claimed technical breakthroughs in its goal
  
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• Body found inside burning vehicle in New Orleans

  15-10-2016 17:10
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Fire Department has found a man's body inside a burned vehicle.Authorities say firefighters responded to a call of a vehicle fire in eastern New Orleans just before 11 a.m. Saturday.When firefighters arrived, they found a vehicle engulfed in flames. After the fire was extinguished, firefighters discovered the body in the front passenger's seat of the vehicle.The case has been turned over to the New Orleans Police Department and the incident is currently under invest
  
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• Woman describes Trump's effort to kiss her

  15-10-2016 16:57
  
  WASHINGTON - The list of women alleging aggressive sexual behavior by Donald Trump is growing again. This time it's a woman who claims he tried to kiss her on the mouth when he was introduced to her at a Mother's Day brunch at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.Cathy Heller tells The Guardian newspaper that Trump was greeting guests at the event about 20 years ago and she stood and extended her hand. She said Trump took her hand, then grabbed her and "went for the lips." She says she l
  
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• Accusation against Bill Clinton aired in email

  15-10-2016 16:55
  
  WASHINGTON - A January 2016 email from Clinton's personal lawyer, David Kendall, to her campaign chairman, John Podesta, followed up on a phone call to provide a history of allegations made by the woman who accuses Bill Clinton of raping her in the late 1970s.The email appears in a release of hacked material from WikiLeaks.Juanita Broaddrick was among the three past accusers of the former president who attended last week's presidential debate in St. Louis at the invitation of Donald Trump. Bill
  
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• IS suicide bomber strikes Baghdad funeral tent, killing 35

  15-10-2016 14:59
  
  BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber struck a funeral gathering in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 60, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.The attack in the Shaab neighborhood occurred around lunchtime, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency.Hussein Khazem, the owner of a nearby clothing warehouse, sa
  
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• Gun battle at LA restaurant leaves 3 dead, 12 wounded

  15-10-2016 14:48
  
  LOS ANGELES - Police say an early morning argument at a Los Angeles restaurant apparently triggered a gun battle that left 3 people dead and 12 wounded.Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Lopez says that two possible suspects are being questioned.Lopez says a preliminary investigation finds a party was underway at the restaurant at 12:30 a.m. Saturday when an argument started.He says a man and woman left the building, then returned and the shooting started.Three people died at the scene.P
  
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• Contaminated pond ordered closed at Clean Harbors Colfax

  15-10-2016 14:18
  
  COLFAX - The retention pond at Clean Harbors Colfax in Grant Parish will be closed following tests that show it had levels of toxins that exceeded standards.Water from the contaminated pond is released into tributaries that flow into the Red River.State Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Chuck Carr Brown tells The Town Talk Clean Harbors Colfax has been directed to shut down the pond and replace it with a system "that will provide greater protections to human health and the environmen
  
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• Investors anxious as Oregonians again vote on marijuana

  15-10-2016 14:16
  
  AURORA - Eighteen years after Oregon legalized marijuana for medical use and two years after voters decided to allow the use of recreational pot, many Oregonians will think they are experiencing deja vu when they see the issue on their ballots for the Nov. 8 election.Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2014, but Measure 91 gave counties and towns the opportunity to opt out and ban pot businesses. About 100 towns and counties did so. Now, residents of about 50 of them will be voting
  
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• Road to recovery could test patience of Matthew victims

  15-10-2016 14:11
  
  TARBORO - Thousands of displaced Louisiana families are still waiting for government assistance to return home two months after the historically catastrophic deluge from a no-name storm system. An equally stressful housing crunch could await victims of Hurricane Matthew, which just dealt a deadly and destructive blow to the East Coast.If August's floods in south Louisiana are any guide, the road to recovery could test the patience of many people driven from their homes along Mathew's path from F
  
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• Clinton camp rejects claim of 'rigged election'

  15-10-2016 14:07
  
  WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's campaign is hitting back against Donald Trump's assertion the White House race is shaping up as "a rigged election."Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook says participation in the electoral system - and particularly voting - is something to be encouraged, and not, in his words, "dismissed or undermined because a candidate is afraid he's going to lose."Mook points to what he says will be a record turnout on Election Day. And he says voters will turn out in un
  
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• Trump suggests Clinton was on drug during debate

  15-10-2016 14:05
  
  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Donald Trump is accusing rival Hillary Clinton of being on some kind of drug during the last debate, and says that both candidates should be tested for substances ahead of the next one.The Republican presidential nominee offered no evidence to support the bizarre claim, which he appeared to base on his belief that Clinton was energetic at the start of their second debate and downbeat at its conclusion.He says, "I think she's actually getting pumped up" while she's off the trai
  
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• UN chief in Haiti to get glimpse of Matthew's destruction

  15-10-2016 13:53
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Haiti to see firsthand a sliver of the extensive damage and destruction left by Hurricane Matthew.Ban was greeted Saturday by Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles after he stepped out of a U.N. jet at the airport in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince.He then boarded a helicopter traveling to the storm-damaged southern city of Les Cayes, where he was to visit one of many schools serving as an emergency shelter for families who l
  
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• Southern University hosts disaster recovery fair

  15-10-2016 13:47
  
  BATON ROUGE - D'Andrea Lee is looking for help after the August flood forced her out of her home."I lived in my home for 20-years and I have never thought that this would happen," Lee said. She is among dozens of flood victims who attended the Disaster Recovery Fair at Southern University Saturday.FEMA, The Small Business Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are just a few of the agencies at the fair offering to help connect to residents. 
  
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• 2 more N Carolina deaths raise Matthew's US death toll to 43

  15-10-2016 13:46
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. - Searchers have found two more bodies inside vehicles that were submerged in flood waters in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, increasing the toll in the state to 26 dead.Gov. Pat McCrory said at a news conference Saturday that the victims were found in Cumberland County and Wayne County after flood waters from last weekend's rains receded.Flooding triggered by the hurricane has killed at least 43 people in the United States and more than 500 people in Haiti.McCrory says most
  
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• Bryant, other top Mississippi Republicans stick with Trump

  15-10-2016 13:43
  
  JACKSON - Several top Republicans in Mississippi are standing by presidential nominee Donald Trump as he denies accusations that he groped and kissed some women against their will.Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker both say they want a Republican president to make the next nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court.U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo says that electing Trump and keeping a Republican-controlled House will block "the worst parts of the liberal agenda."The state's lone Democrat
  
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• Driver, 7-year-old killed in fiery crash early Saturday morning, impairment suspected

  15-10-2016 13:35
  
  ROUGON – The driver of vehicle and a 7-year-old passenger were killed after their vehicle crashed into a utility pole and caught on fire early Saturday morning.According to State Police, the crash occurred around 1 a.m. Saturday morning on LA 984, south of LA 983. The driver, Javone Reed, 49, was traveling northbound on LA 984 when he failed to turn on a left hand curve. The vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a utility pole and culvert, and began to overturn.Reed and
  
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• Police: Man rushing to see hurt father crashes; 2 killed

  15-10-2016 13:17
  
  PHILADELPHIA, PA- Authorities say a young man was apparently rushing to a Philadelphia hospital to see his injured father when he ran a red light, resulting in a crash that killed his two passengers.Police say the 18-year-old driver ran a red light early Friday morning and was struck by an SUV, then hit a utility pole.The two killed in the crash were identified 17-year-old Maggie Lynn Goloff and the driver's brother, 19-year-old Osman Zeylnov. The car driver and the SUV driver were not identifie
  
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• Elmer's Island to close temporarily for road, parking work

  15-10-2016 12:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - Elmer's Island, a wildlife refuge and barrier island in Jefferson Parish, will be closing for a week for construction work.The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that the island and its public access road will be shuttered Monday, a closure that will continue for seven days to allow time for road repairs and the installation of a parking lot.Elmer's Island, located about 50 miles south of New Orleans, is a popular site for fishing.Permalink| Comments
  
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• $2.7M in refunds going to some retirees in insurance program

  15-10-2016 12:28
  
  BATON ROUGE - More than $2.7 million in refunds have been going out to people in Louisiana's health insurance program for state workers and public school employees who were overcharged for coverage.Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration says nearly 1,200 retirees enrolled in both Office of Group Benefits coverage and Medicare were charged a higher premium rate than they should have been.Division of Administration spokesman Cody Wells said Friday that all refund checks should be sent by the end of
  
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