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• Freeze Warning in effect tonight

  20-11-2016 19:29
  
  A FREEZE WARNING is in effect for the Florida Parishes, southwest Mississippi, as well as Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge parishes.A FREEZE WARNING means that freezing conditions (32°F/0°C) are expected for three hours or more and is issued during one of the first freezes of the season.Please remember to protect plants and pets and bring them inside if possible. It is a smart idea to protect exposed pipes, but indoor pipes will be okay.The FREEZE WAR
  
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• Attacks give way to endorsements in US Senate race

  20-11-2016 18:06
  
  BATON ROUGE - Those prostitution allegations? Forget about them. Claims of ties to a white supremacist? Ignore that. Trash-talking about performance in office? All water under the bridge.In Louisiana's U.S. Senate race, one-time rivals who hammered each other in bitter exchanges ahead of the primary election are now suggesting they're forgiving and forgetting in the runoff as they endorse intra-party competitors who earlier in the election cycle said awful things about them.It's one of the lesso
  
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• Police: drunk man threatened to kill paramedic

  20-11-2016 16:28
  
  BATON ROUGE – A 32-year-old man was arrested after police say he was intoxicated and threatened to kill a paramedic Saturday.According to arrest documents, LSU Police requested medical assistance for 32-year-old Micah West because he was intoxicated, confused and walking into traffic while carrying ‘a handle of Fireball’ whiskey.Police say West was cooperative as EMS buckled him down onto a gurney and prepared to leave. While he was being transported, police say Wes
  
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• Alaskans vow pushback if Trump targets mountain's new name

  20-11-2016 15:51
  
  ANCHORAGE - Donald Trump's many promises on his way to the White House included a tweeted vow to change the new name of North America's tallest mountain back to Mount McKinley.Last year, the Obama administration renamed the Alaska peak Denali in a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives ahead of the president's visit to the state.Alaskans long have informally called the mountain Denali - "the great one" in Athabascan.But the federal government recognized the name invoking the 25th president, William
  
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• Kanye West rants about Beyonce before cutting concert short

  20-11-2016 15:44
  
  SACRAMENTO - Just days after telling fans that he would have voted for Donald Trump, Kanye West delivered another public screed Saturday night, this time about Beyoncé and Jay Z at the Sacramento, California, stop of his Saint Pablo Tour.Captured on video by concert goers, West told the audience he heard Beyoncé refused to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards unless she won Video of the Year over him, and he also urged her husband Jay Z to call him.West said he was putting
  
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• Box office: 'Fantastic Beasts' spins magic, 'Billy Lynn's' tanks

  20-11-2016 15:42
  
  LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter spinoff "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" cast a spell over audiences, summoning $75 million according to studio estimates Sunday and unseating "Doctor Strange" from the top spot.The success of the J.K. Rowling creation is a promising kick-off for the planned five film franchise, but it didn't leave much room for other wide releases to find their footing this weekend.Ang Lee's ambitious wartime drama "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" tanked in its expansion fro
  
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• WWII mystery: Are 'missing' sailors actually in NY cemetery?

  20-11-2016 15:39
  
  It's a confounding mystery of World War II: What happened to the 136 missing sailors from the explosion and sinking of the USS Turner?The ship went down while anchored near New York Harbor in 1944, so close to the city that shockwaves from the onboard munitions blasts shattered windows in some buildings.Now, newly discovered documents show that the remains of four of the missing sailors were indeed found and buried not long after the disaster in separate graves for unknowns in a Long Island vete
  
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• San Antonio police seeking man with info in officer's murder

  20-11-2016 14:08
  
  SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Police Department has posted a photo of a man on its Facebook page, saying "he might have information on the murder" of Det. Benjamin Marconi. Police are asking for assistance in identifying the man shown wearing a hat and walking in the photo.Marconi was fatally shot late Sunday morning while writing a ticket in his squad car.Chief William McManus says an unknown suspect shot 50-year-old Marconi twice in the head. Marconi was a 20-year veteran of the force
  
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• San Antonio police officer fatally shot while writing ticket

  20-11-2016 14:08
  
  SAN ANTONIO - Authorities say a San Antonio police officer has been fatally shot while writing a traffic ticket outside of police headquarters.San Antonio police Chief William McManus said the officer was killed late Sunday morning. He says the suspect has not yet been apprehended and a motive is not known.McManus says the officer had pulled over a vehicle and while he was inside his vehicle writing a ticket, a vehicle pulled up behind him. He says the driver of that vehicle got out, walked up t
  
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• Analyst: Gas prices dip to US average of $2.20 per gallon

  20-11-2016 13:47
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average price of regular grade gasoline has fallen nationally to $2.20 per gallon, a drop of 6 cents over the past two weeks.Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg updated the figures Sunday, predicting that prices would continue inching down unless a meeting of oil-producing nations later this month culminates in "a credible agreement to freeze or reduce" production.A seasonal weakness in demand was one reason behind the early-November decline. Lundberg cited another influence
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly kidnapping, robbing victim at L'Auberge Casino

  20-11-2016 13:23
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police said 30-year-old Matthew Johnson Jr. was arrested after allegedly forcing a man to leave the L'Auberge casino with him to buy drugs and robbing him.According to The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, on Nov. 5, the victim was at the L'Auberge casino gambling for several hours. The victim told police he was in town for the LSU vs. Alabama game.During his time gambling, he told police he "went up" approximately $700 to $800, and then cashed out and wal
  
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• Woman arrested for attempted murder after altercation, stabbing woman with steak knife

  20-11-2016 13:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - A woman was arrested for attempted second degree murder after getting into a fight with someone in her driveway and later stabbing her with a steak knife, according to police.The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said on Sept. 7 around 11:50 p.m., Jessie Jackson, 59, had gotten into a physical altercation with the co-defendant, Nikeria Payne, in the driveway of the residence.During the flight Jackson was stabbed approximately two times by Payne, according to police. Jackson
  
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• Woman arrested after stabbing another woman with steak knife

  20-11-2016 13:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police say two women were arrested Sunday after stabbing each other in a fight on Evangeline Street in September.Baton Rouge Police say on Sept. 7 around 11:50 p.m., 59-year-old Jessie Jackson got into a fight with Nikeria Payne in the driveway on Evangeline Street.During the fight, Payne used a sharp object to stab Jackson two times, according to police. Jackson then retreated in to her home, retrieved a steak knife and chased Payne to the end of the property.Whi
  
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• Preservation foundation restarted for Governor's Mansion

  20-11-2016 12:25
  
  BATON ROUGE - First lady Donna Edwards says she is restarting a preservation foundation for the Louisiana Governor's Mansion, to help raise money for the home's upkeep and beautification.Edwards talked about the plans during a recent appearance on the governor's radio call-in show. Edwards says she worked with former first lady Alice Foster, who helped create a similar organization when her husband Mike Foster was governor.A Christmas event will be planned at the mansion to help raise money for
  
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• Lafayette offering free bus rides beginning Black Friday

  20-11-2016 12:23
  
  LAFAYETTE - The City of Lafayette is offering free bus rides for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.Lafayette Transit System says its "No Pay Bus Day," on Nov. 25 and 26, is in recognition of Black Friday and Small Business Saturday.Lafayette Mayor-President Joel Robideaux says the promotion applies to all three transit services - daytime, night owl and para-transit.With anticipated higher traffic volume on those holiday shopping days, LTS says it hopes the promotion will help alleviate road conge
  
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• Teens charged in death of congressman's grandson

  20-11-2016 12:05
  
  CHICAGO  - Two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an Illinois congressman's grandson following an argument over basketball shoes.Chicago police said Sunday morning that the 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl were due in bond court later in the day.Authorities say the two were arrested after they were identified as suspects in the shooting death of 15-year-old Javon Wilson, the grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis of Chicago.Police earlier said t
  
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• Egypt to try nearly 300 over attacks, assassination plot

  20-11-2016 12:04
  
  CAIRO - Egypt's state news agency says nearly 300 suspects linked to the Islamic State group have been referred to a military tribunal over attacks and an alleged plot to assassinate President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.MENA reported Sunday that the 292 suspects are accused of taking part in terror attacks and of plotting to kill both el-Sissi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef.An IS affiliate in the northern Sinai Peninsula has carried out scores of attacks in recent years, mainly targeting s
  
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• Obama to meet Australia, Canada leaders

  20-11-2016 12:02
  
  LIMA, Peru - President Barack Obama is holding separate meetings with the leaders of Australia and Canada before he wraps up the final foreign trip of his presidency.He'll meet Sunday with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in between other sessions with world leaders attending an annual Asia-Pacific summit being held in Lima, Peru.Obama also planned to take questions from the journalists who accompanied him to Greece, Germany and Peru before he
  
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• Romney 'under active consideration' for State

  20-11-2016 12:00
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. - Vice President-elect Mike Pence says Mitt Romney is "under active consideration" by President-elect Donald Trump to be nominated as Trump's secretary of state, "along with some other very distinguished Americans."In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Pence says Romney's recent meeting with Trump was a "warm and substantive" exchange. He said the team spent about an hour together and that Romney and Trump did have some private time.Pence says overall, "it was a cordial meetin
  
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• Pence says he's not offended by 'Hamilton' cast

  20-11-2016 11:58
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. - Vice President-elect Mike Pence says he wasn't offended when he was challenged by the cast of the Broadway hit "Hamilton" and encourages everyone to try to see the sold-out show.Pence had attended the show Friday night with his daughter, and said he heard some people in the audience cheer and others "boo" at his presence. Pence tells "Fox News Sunday" that he told his daughter, "That's what freedom sounds like."At the end of the show, actor Brandon Victor Dixon challenged Penc
  
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• Mine collapse death toll rises to 6; 10 miners still missing

  20-11-2016 11:55
  
  ISTANBUL - Turkey's state-run news agency says the country's energy minister is visiting the site of a collapsed mine where the death toll has risen to six.Anadolu Agency says the body of the sixth miner, Sedat Bulut, was recovered from the copper mine on Sunday.The privately-owned mine in southeastern Siirt province caved in late Thursday. Rescue crews are working to reach 10 miners still missing, although a government official said Friday that hopes of finding them alive are slim.Six people we
  
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• Trump rants about SNL on Twitter

  20-11-2016 11:44
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President-elect Donald Trump isn't happy with Saturday Night Live, the popular late-night comedy show that pokes fun at politicians.Trump tweeted early Sunday that he watched "parts" of last night's show and didn't like it: "It is a totally one-sided, biased show - nothing funny at all. Equal time for us?"On the show, actor Alec Baldwin portrayed Trump as ignorant on foreign policy and using Google to ask "What is ISIS?"Also on Sunday, Trump renewed his complaints about the Br
  
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• UK Treasury chief: Brexit uncertainty could drag on economy

  20-11-2016 11:42
  
  LONDON - Britain's Treasury chief says the economy could face a slowdown because of the uncertainty caused by the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union.Philip Hammond said Sunday that "we're going to have an unprecedented level of uncertainty, and that's one of the factors causing many commentators to predict that there will be a slowing of economic growth."Hammond told ITV television that "we just have to plan to accommodate it."Prime Minister Theresa May's government says it will trigger
  
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• St. Louis police officer shot in 'ambush' attack, chief says

  20-11-2016 11:34
  
  ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis police sergeant is hospitalized in critical condition but expected to survive after being shot in what the police chief calls an "ambush."Police Chief Sam Dotson says the 46-year-old officer has been with the force for about 20 years and is a married father of three. Dotson says he was shot twice in the face but is able to talk.The shooting happened about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Dotson says the officer was not involved in a call or a traffic stop but was sitting in traffic when
  
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• 115 dead as train derails in north India; some still trapped

  20-11-2016 11:28
  
  PUKHRAYAN, India - At least 115 people were killed when an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India early Sunday, with rescuers working into the night to pull people out of the mangled coaches, police said.The death toll was expected to rise further because rescue workers had yet to gain access to one of the worst-damaged of the 14 coaches that derailed, said Daljeet Chaudhary, a director general of police. About 150 people were injured, he said.The train derailed at arou
  
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