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• Man arrested after reports of obscene gestures in Kenilworth, Webb Park areas

  14-04-2017 20:00
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a 28-year-old man Friday on charges related to women in separate areas of the city reported he was doing obscene things while watching them.Robert Overby of Stearness Street in Baton Rouge was booked into jail on obscenity charges.  Authorities said for a few hours Friday morning, he exposed and touched himself in front of women in the Webb Park and Kenilworth areas.  First, a woman reported a man matching Overby's description wal
  
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• Residents fighting industrial expansion in St. Gabriel

  14-04-2017 19:00
  
  ST. GABRIEL- Retired chemical plant worker Peter Booker believes a nearby recycling facility is the chief cause a strong smell in his neighborhood. "It's really bad sometimes," he said.The company in question, Adsorbent Solutions, sits in an industrial park about a quarter mile from Booker's house. The facility often emits a thick cloud of smoke. Booker's and many of his neighbors blame the company for causing strong odors and health problems among the residents."They burn at different
  
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• Tony's Seafood a hot spot for Good Friday crawfish

  14-04-2017 17:56
  
  BATON ROUGE – Tony's Seafood and Deli in Baton Rouge is a popular spot for seafood lovers, offering a large selection of fish, but on Good Friday, it's all about the crawfish.Store owner Bill Pizzolato says he begins preparing for Good Friday long beforehand."We started at the beginning of the week. We started buying heavy as mush as we could possibly, trying to quality up. When you are dealing with nature, you get what's she's gives you," Pizzolato said.The store boils them by the ton
  
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• Train stuck in tunnel between NJ, NY finally makes it out

  14-04-2017 16:55
  
  TRENTON - A New Jersey Transit train with about 1,200 passengers aboard has made it to New York's Penn Station after being stuck in a Hudson River tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours.Authorities say the train became disabled around 3:25 p.m. Friday due to an Amtrak overhead power problem.A New Jersey Transit spokeswoman says the train finally reached Penn Station just before 6 p.m.The loss of power caused delays of an hour or more on both Amtrak and New Jersey Transit.A
  
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• Power problem leaves train stuck in Hudson River tunnel

  14-04-2017 16:55
  
  TRENTON - A New Jersey Transit train with about 1,200 passengers aboard is stuck in a Hudson River tunnel between New York and New Jersey.Authorities say the Northeast Corridor train became disabled around 3:40 p.m. Friday due to an Amtrak overhead power problem. The train had departed from Trenton and was scheduled to arrive at Penn Station in New York at 3:15 p.m.Authorities say no injuries have been reported, and there are no reports of anyone needing assistance.Officials say delays of up to
  
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• Human remains may have been inadvertently taken from cemetery

  14-04-2017 15:04
  
  BATON ROUGE – In a bizarre sequence of events, it appears an attempt at being friendly turned into a strange case of disturbed graves and possible missing human remains.Friday, crime scene investigators were called to the Winnfield Memorial Park on Plank Road where workers had discovered human remains in a dirt pile. Baton Rouge Police said it appeared someone “dug where they shouldn't have” when excavating.Later, a source said the cemetery managers were allowing pe
  
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• Vehicle crashes into backyard of Fairchild Street home

  14-04-2017 14:41
  
  BATON ROUGE – A vehicle crashed into the backyard of a home of Fairchild Street on Friday.The crash happened around 2:30 p.m. The driver of the vehicle tells WBRZ News 2 that the vehicle's brakes went out. The vehicle, appearing to be an SUV, came to a rest on its side in the backyard.There are no reports of injuries at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man says heavy equipment damaged street, wants it fixed

  14-04-2017 14:33
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man says a construction crew tore up his street and he wants it fixed.The project along Marilyn Drive off Florida Blvd. is part of the Baton Rouge SSO Program and recently wrapped up.Glen Blankenship lives along Marilyn Drive and watched the project from start to finish. He says after months of work, heavy duty trucks damaged the street leaving potholes, busted asphalt and cracks in the road. Blankenship tells 2 On Your Side the crew should have left the road th
  
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• I-12 east reopens at Holden exit due to camper fire

  14-04-2017 14:30
  
  HOLDEN - A vehicle fire closed  I-12 east for 40 minutes near the Holden exit Friday afternoon.According to DOTD, as of 3:18 p.m., the left lane has reopened to traffic. Congestion has reached Satsuma. The fire happened around 2:10 p.m. Friday afternoon. Photos from the scene showed large flames coming out of the front windows of a camper. A large cloud of smoke was also seen.Google Maps shows heavy congestion before the Holden exit on I-12 east.  I-12 East is closed a
  
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• EBRSO wins top awards at U.S. Police Canine Association trials

  14-04-2017 14:25
  
  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office K-9 Division won the Top Dog award for the fourth time at the K-9 Sweeps Trail.The trial was held by the United State Police Canine Association (USPCA) Region 10 on April 10 – 13. Captain James Broussard and his K-9 Indo brought home the Top Dog award for the fourth time in five years.The trails were for patrol K-9's, bomb detection K-9's and narcotics detection K-9 teams.The EBRSO K-9 Division also received the following aw
  
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• Verdict reached in Aaron Hernandez's double-murder trial

  14-04-2017 13:52
  
  BOSTON - The jury deliberating in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez has reached a verdict.The verdict will be read Friday. Jurors have been deliberating first-degree murder charges against Hernandez for more than 40 hours over six days.The former New England Patriots tight end is accused of shooting two men in 2012 after one of them accidentally spilled a drink on Hernandez at a Boston nightclub.Hernandez's lawyers say a former Hernandez friend shot the men over a drug deal.
  
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• EPA moves to undo tougher pollution limits on coal plants

  14-04-2017 13:49
  
  WASHINGTON - The Trump administration wants to trash Obama-era rules to limit water pollution from coal-fired power plants.The Environmental Protection Agency administrator announced the change this week. Administrator Scott Pruitt sent a letter to a coalition of energy companies that lobbied against the 2015 water pollution rule.The rule would have required utilities by next year to cut the amounts of toxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury in the wastewater piped from their plants in
  
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• Navy bans vaping on ships after explosions, burns

  14-04-2017 13:46
  
  NORFOLK - The U.S. Navy is banning vaping on ships after at least a dozen reports of explosions and injuries.Naval commanders said in a statement Friday that the temporary electronic cigarette policy aims to protect sailors and the fleet. It starts next month.Officials cited overheated batteries in vaping equipment as the problem. Explosions have led to fires, first-degree burns and facial disfigurement. During a recent eight-month stretch, 12 incidents put sailors out of work for a combined 77
  
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• St. Vincent de Paul to serve Easter meals

  14-04-2017 13:45
  BATON ROUGE – St. Vincent de Paul will be serving meals on Easter to feed those in need.Meals will be served in the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room located at 220 St. Vincent de Paul Place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Easter baskets will also be giving to guests that are 12 years old and younger.The organization will open its St. Vincent de Paul Easter store so guests can pick from several items to help them with their needs including clothing, shoes and other necessities.According to the
  
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• White House decides against releasing visitor records

  14-04-2017 13:40
  
  WASHINGTON - The White House won't make public the logs of visitors to the White House complex, breaking with the practice of President Donald Trump's predecessor.Senior White House officials cited privacy and national security concerns for the decision, which they say is in line with what previous administrations have done - except for President Barack Obama's. They say continuing to release the records could interfere with policy development, among other things.After some litigation, the Obama
  
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• Delta OKs offers of up to $9,950 to flyers who give up seats

  14-04-2017 13:36
  
  ATLANTA - Delta is giving airport employees permission to offer passengers up to almost $10,000 in compensation to give up their seats on overbooked flights.Delta's move comes as United Airlines struggles to recover from images of a passenger's forced removal from a sold-out flight.In an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press, Delta says gate agents can offer up to $2,000 in compensation, up from a previous maximum of $800, and supervisors can offer up to $9,950, up from $1,350.Permalink
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi teaser trailer released

  14-04-2017 13:29
  
  Star Wars: #TheLastJedi. Arriving in your galaxy December 15. pic.twitter.com/txUht2OtO8— Star Wars (@starwars) April 14, 2017How do you celebrate 40 years of "Star Wars" in 90 minutes?With a surprise Harrison Ford appearance, a touching Carrie Fisher tribute, a John Williams performance and a fair amount of jokes about George Lucas's dialogue, of course.Attendees at Star Wars Celebration were treated to that and more Thursday in Orlando, Florida, at the kick-off of the four-day fan ev
  
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• Truck stolen from New Orleans mentor program

  14-04-2017 13:15
  
  NEW ORLEANS – A truck stolen from a New Orleans non-profit mentor program Wednesday afternoon and has been spotted around the area, but still not returned.According to a report from WWL, the truck is a silver F-150 truck with the Son of a Saint logo on the side and the license plate that reads MENTORS. Son of a Saint is a program that provides mentors and guidance to boys in the New Orleans area without fathers in their lives.The truck was used to transport the program's equip
  
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• Man expected to survive after nightclub shooting

  14-04-2017 13:15
  
  BATON ROUGE – Police say a man will survive after he was shot outside a Baton Rouge nightclub Friday morning.According to Baton Rouge Police, the shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. at a nightclub in the 7300 block of Tom Drive. The victim was shot in the upper torso but will survive his injuries.It is unclear at this time who shot the man.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 2 Secret Service officers to be fired after fence-jumping incident

  14-04-2017 13:01
  
  EAGLE PASS - Two Secret Service officers who were on duty the night a man jumped the White House fence and spent 17 minutes roaming the grounds have been told the agency intends to fire them.That's according to a congressional aide who was not authorized to discuss details of a briefing on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.The agency said in a statement that a review of the March 10 incident is ongoing but that it does not comment on personnel actions.The intruder managed to spend 1
  
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• Officials: No need for Trump's approval to use massive bomb

  14-04-2017 12:38
  
  WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials say the U.S. commander in Afghanistan who ordered use of the "mother of all bombs" didn't need President Donald Trump's approval.The officials say Gen. John Nicholson has standing authority to use the largest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped in combat. He had that authority before Trump took office.The officials weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter and requested anonymity.The Massive Ordnance Air Burst bomb, or MOAB, has attracted enormous attention. It
  
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• Group accused of attacking woman with gun, knife and bat

  14-04-2017 12:33
  
  BATON ROUGE – Two women were arrested after police say they attacked two people outside an apartment complex last month.According to arrest documents, the crime happened around 12:46 a.m. on March 25 outside an apartment complex on Denham Street.A victim told police that Ebony Shearill tried to stab her with a knife, then used that knife to slash all four tires on her car. The victim added that Shearill used a baseball bat to smash her car windshield, break the passenger mirror and den
  
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• Trump has made US 'more vicious' and aggressive, North Korean official says

  14-04-2017 09:15
  
  North Korea's vice foreign minister on Friday blamed President Donald Trump for escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula through his tweets and expansion of military exercises, saying the U.S. was becoming "more vicious and more aggressive" under his leadership than it had been under President Barack Obama.
  
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• Daughter of NYC cop killed in 9/11 attacks joins NYPD

  14-04-2017 09:13
  
  NEW YORK - The daughter of a New York Police Department officer killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has been sworn in as a member of the force.Brittney Roy, of Massapequa Park on Long Island, was sworn in Thursday along with 473 other recruits during a ceremony held at the city's police academy in Queens.Her father, Sgt. Timothy Roy, was assigned to the NYPD's surface transit enforcement division. He was working in Brooklyn courts when the terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center
  
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• Report: pedestrian struck, killed off Gardere Lane

  14-04-2017 07:16
  
  BATON ROUGE – A pedestrian was reportedly struck and killed off Gardere Lane in Baton Rouge Friday morning.According to Total Traffic, the crash happened around 7 a.m.  near the intersection of Gardere Lane and Santa Rosa Avenue. Louisiana State Police are investigating the incident. Additional details are limited at this time.The intersection is near the Baton Rouge Wastewater Treatment Facility off Gardere Lane.Accident With Fatality: Pedestrian struck and killed on Gardere
  
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• Insurers say Trump must do more to stabilize 'Obamacare'

  14-04-2017 07:08
  
  WASHINGTON - "Obamacare" is proving more of a challenge than the Trump administration bargained for.With the "repeal and replace" effort at an impasse on Capitol Hill, the administration on Thursday released fixes to stabilize the Affordable Care Act's shaky insurance markets for next year. But the insurance industry quickly said the changes don't go far enough.While calling the administration action a step in the right direction, the industry is looking for a guarantee that the government will
  
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• Judge to hear arguments against Trump sanctuary city order

  14-04-2017 07:02
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities.U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick has scheduled a hearing on Friday on San Francisco's request for a court order blocking the Trump administration from cutting off funds to any of the nation's so-called sanctuary cities.Santa Clara County about 50 miles south o
  
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• Lawyer: Dragged passenger 'poster child' for airline abuses

  14-04-2017 06:59
  
  CHICAGO - A lawyer for a man who suffered a concussion and lost two teeth when he was dragged off a United Express flight hopes the 69-year-old becomes "a poster child" for the mistreatment passengers suffer at the hands of the airline industry.Attorney Thomas Demetrio indicated Thursday Dr. David Dao will sue United and the city of Chicago, which employs the officers who pulled Dao off Sunday's Louisville-bound flight.In widely shared cellphone video, Dao is dragged down the aisle on his back,
  
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• Founder of animation studio keeps company in Shreveport

  14-04-2017 06:55
  
  SHREVEPORT - The founder of an Oscar-winning Shreveport animation studio has decided to stay in town.The Times reports Moonbot Studios founder William Joyce announced Thursday that he'll lead the studio in Shreveport.Joyce said in a release that Shreveport is his hometown and he intends on bringing back the company to its original purpose. That purpose includes original books, feature animation and television that can delight a worldwide audience. The company has also a hired talent who Joyce sa
  
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• Officials: Record-sized black bear killed in vehicle crash

  14-04-2017 06:52
  
  NATCHEZ, Miss. - Authorities in Mississippi say a record-size Louisiana black bear was killed in a collision with a vehicle in Wilkinson County.The Natchez Democrat reports a woman fatally struck a full-grown male bear April 5 on U.S. 61. No other serious injuries were reported. Officials say the bear weighted 468, making it the largest ever recorded in Mississippi.The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Black Bear Program leader Richard Rummel says the bear's body is current
  
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• 1 reportedly dead, 3 others wounded in shooting at Atlanta train station

  14-04-2017 02:22
  
  1 person died and 3 others wounded at West Lake train station Thursday in Atlanta, Ga., according to a WLTX report.
  
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