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• Multiple people transported to hospital following crash on Florida Blvd.

  19-04-2017 20:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - Multiple people were transported to the hospital after a crash on Florida Blvd Wednesday.The crash occurred after 8 p.m. on Florida Blvd. near Flannery Road.Sources say two people were trasported with minor injuries. However, a person involved in the accident told WBRZ three people under the age of 10 were transported from the scene.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Louisiana coastal land loss declared a state emergency

  19-04-2017 17:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency for Louisiana's coast, saying he hopes to draw national attention to coastal land loss.The Democratic governor issued the emergency proclamation Wednesday.His office said the proclamation will be sent to President Donald Trump and members of Congress, trying to raise the profile of the state's erosion troubles as it seeks federal assistance to speed up restoration projects.In a statement, Edwards described the Louisiana coast
  
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• Insurance company paying up following 2 On Your Side report

  19-04-2017 17:16
  
  BAKER - A man's house is being fixed thanks to 2 On Your Side.Mike Burnette's Baker home was pushed off of its pilings during the August flood. The rushing current from the Comite River nudged the house about an inch and a half making it uneven. He lives just a few lots over from the river.In January, Burnette's insurance company said it was going to pay $38,000 to replace the floor and insulation, but it was not going to pay to level the house until 2 On Your Side aired a story."I said, 'What d
  
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• Four arrested in drug bust at Nicholson Dr. apartment

  19-04-2017 17:15
  
  BATON ROUGE - Four were arrested in a drug bust at a Nicholson Drive apartment Wednesday.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Durrell "Trap" Dupard Jr. was arrested at his apartment at Red Stick Lofts on Nicholson Drive. Agents, SWAT, and a K-9 unit executed the search warrant.Upon searching Dupard's apartment, deputies found over two pounds of marijuana, $3,200 cash, a digital scale, and a handgun. Dupard admitted to possession of t
  
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• Trailer dumped into swamp near Tickfaw River; homeowner cited

  19-04-2017 16:47
  
  LIVINGSTON- A man has been cited with illegal dumping, after officials discovered he dumped a trailer into a swamp near the Tickfaw River.WBRZ was first at the scene Tuesday evening, when law enforcement and environmental officials went out to the property on Perrin Ferry Road."I heard it was a house dumped into the river," said Jim Morris, who rides his boat regularly along the Tickfaw.Wednesday afternoon Livingston officials said they found the trailer in a swamp a few feet a
  
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• Man arrested for beating 8-month-old son with belt

  19-04-2017 16:38
  
  LOUISIANA - A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly struck his 8-month-old son with a belt. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, 28-year-old Darius Hasbert was arrested after his live-in girlfriend found several bruises on their 8-month-old son.After the child's mother came home from work, she noticed several marks on the child's forehead and a scratch under his left eye. She called Hasbert, who was watching her children while she was away, to ques
  
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• Cleveland man imprisoned 23 years in girlfriend's slaying is released

  19-04-2017 16:30
  
  CLEVELAND - A man who spent 23 years in an Ohio prison for the killing of his girlfriend has been released after a prosecutor said evidence presented at his trial wasn't valid based on today's forensic science.Fifty-nine-year-old Evin King was enveloped by joyous family members after a Cleveland judge vacated his conviction Wednesday. King thanked Cuyahoga County prosecutor Michael O'Malley before leaving the courtroom.The Ohio Innocence Project has been working to free King since 2009. O'Malley
  
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• Caretaker accused of financially exploiting federal judge

  19-04-2017 15:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana authorities are investigating allegations that a personal assistant financially exploited a federal judge whose alcoholism is so severe that a colleague asked a court to rule she cannot take care of herself.Records show a "caretaker" for U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi is accused of using her credit cards and checking account to rack up more than $51,000 in debt, including checks purportedly signed by Minaldi while she was getting substance abuse treatment in Florida
  
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• Bill O'Reilly loses his job at Fox News

  19-04-2017 15:04
  
  Bill O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations.21st Century Fox issued a statement Wednesday that "after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O'Reilly have agreed that Bill O'Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel.He had been scheduled to return from a vacation next Monday. O'Reilly was photographed in Rome shaking Pope Francis' hand o
  
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• Retrial denied for killer of NFL's Will Smith

  19-04-2017 14:45
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana judge has denied a new trial for the killer of retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith.State District Judge Camille Buras rejected numerous defense arguments for a new trial, including the claim of a newly found witness who said he heard more than two weapons fired the night Smith was killed.The ruling clears the way for the sentencing of Cardell Hayes later this week. Hayes faces up to 60 years in prison for manslaughter and attempted manslaughter after shooting Smi
  
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• Parent flagged down ambulance in unsuccessful attempt to save infant's life

  19-04-2017 14:39
  
  BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating the death of an infant after the child's guardian flagged down an ambulance as the parent was trying to drive the child to the hospital Wednesday.The parent awoke to find the infant not breathing. In an effort to seek care, the unidentified parent started driving and found an ambulance at the corner of Airline and Beechwood where they got the help of the ambulance's medical team.Paramedics examined the infant and called for the coroner and police.
  
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• The internet is worried about La. native Richard Simmons

  19-04-2017 14:17
  
  BEVERLY HILLS – People infatuated with the lifestyle of the rich and famous are confused – and chatting about it on social media – with the whereabouts of Louisiana native and celebrity fitness guru Richard Simmons.Simmons, 68, hasn't been photographed in public in three years and E! News added to the speculation about his health and status Wednesday in a report about an odd post on Simmons' Facebook page. I'm not 'missing,' just a little under the weather.
  
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• Goodwood library to offer free restoration services for flood-damaged photos

  19-04-2017 14:03
  
  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Library is offering photo restoration services for residents whose photos were damaged in the August flood.The library is partnering with Operation Photo Rescue to offer services for two days to those who wish to recover their photos. The two-day event will be held at the Main Library on Goodwood Boulevard on Friday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Those who wish to attend can have up to 20 flood-
  
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• Massive Google health study seeks volunteers to give up medical secrets

  19-04-2017 13:56
  
  Google's health spinout, Verily, is asking 10,000 Americans for intimate knowledge about their bodies. On Wednesday, Verily published a website announcing the launch of the Baseline Project, a multi-year study expected to cost more than $100 million. Verily says the project will search for clues to predicting heart disease and cancer.Volunteers are being asked to submit to an unprecedented regimen of tests and physical monitoring. They’ll be asked to wear a heart-tracking watc
  
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• Three injured in bizarre crash involving car and tree

  19-04-2017 13:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - A man was rushed to a hospital after he was pulled from being pinned between a car and a tree Wednesday afternoon. The man and others were sitting below a tree on Elm Grove Garden Drive when a car crashed into the it. The man who was pinned to the tree was transported to the hospital along with two others.  Sources said the man who was pinned was in critical condition. MORE: rescue workers are trying to get the man out. Sources telling me 2-3 peo
  
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• Funeral for Facebook shooting victim scheduled in Ohio

  19-04-2017 13:40
  
  CLEVELAND- The family of a man killed in a shooting that was broadcast on Facebook says his funeral will be Saturday.Seventy-four-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. was gunned down Sunday afternoon while collecting aluminum cans shortly after spending time with some of his children for Easter.The man who randomly killed Godwin posted a video of the shooting on Facebook. Thirty-seven-year-old gunman Steve Stephens fatally shot himself after a 2-mile police chase in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.Godwin w
  
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• Man accused of breaking into woman's home, attacking her

  19-04-2017 13:36
  
  BATON ROUGE – Police arrested a man after they say he broke into a woman's home and attacked her.The Baton Rouge Police Department arrested 23-year-old Billy Williams for charges of home invasion, second degree battery and domestic abuse battery.According to arrest documents, Williams entered the woman's home and attacked her while she was in the bathroom and punched the woman several times. She later told officers that she did not if she lost consciousness from the attack.&am
  
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• Police identify body found in ditch on Highway 404 in Iberville

  19-04-2017 13:32
  
  PLAQUEMINE - Louisiana State Police identified the body of a man found in a ditch along Highway 404 and Highway 75 Wednesday.Officerss say 46-year-old Randy L. Romig of Plaqumeine was killed after he was hit by a pickup truck Monday.According to investigators, Romig was walking along Highway 75 around 9 p.m. Monday when, for reasons still under investigation, he was hit by a pickup truck.Officers identified the driver of the pickup truck as 56-year-old Darrell Spencer of Plaquemine. Inv
  
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• Body found in ditch on Highway 404 in Iberville

  19-04-2017 13:32
  
  IBERVILLE – The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office says that a body was found in a ditch along Highway 404 and Highway 75 Wednesday.Sheriff Brett Stassi says a man called on Monday and said that he hit something while driving his vehicle.The body was discovered around noon on Wednesday. Louisiana State Police are en route to the scene.This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Still no second chance for juvenile Baton Rouge killer

  19-04-2017 13:18
  
  BATON ROUGE- Family on both sides of a 2005 murder case had to sit through a second sentencing in a Baton Rouge courtroom Wednesday.Judge Richard Anderson told 28-year-old defendant Anthony Johnson "it doesn't appear the defendant has changed much" since being convicted of a murder he committed at age seventeen.Johnson was resentenced to life without parole Wednesday, a move Anderson hoped would satisfy a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.The victim's parents, Mary and Steve Magee said t
  
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• 21-year-old killed after truck overturns in Terrebonne Parish

  19-04-2017 13:10
  
  TERREBONNE PARISH - Police say a Houma man was killed Wednesday morning when his vehicle rolled into a ditch.According to Louisiana State Police, the crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. on Vahli Boulevard, south of Savanne Road. Police say 21-year-old Nicholaus Braud failed to negotiate a turn and drove off the side of the roadway. Braud's vehicle overturned before coming to to a rest on its roof in a drainage ditch.Braud sustained fatal injuries in the crash and the Terrebonne Parish Coroner's Offi
  
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• Trump extends private-sector health care program for vets

  19-04-2017 13:03
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a program that lets some veterans seek medical care in the private sector.The extension will give Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin time to develop a more comprehensive plan to allow veterans to more easily go outside the VA health system for care. The new law allows the VA to operate its Choice program until its funding runs out, expected early next year.Trump says veterans have "not been taken care of properly" and the bill
  
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• Cleanup continues following Glen Oaks High arson

  19-04-2017 12:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - School officials are working to clean up Glen Oaks High School, after two teens broke in and set a fire.The school has been under intense renovations since the August flooding, and the district superintendent said the fire will not set back the scheudle for when the school reopens.Superintendent Warren Drake said two students used a fire extinguisher to knock out a window. The building has been vacant since August, but that did not stop trespassers from breaking in twice in three d
  
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• Payton, Will Smith's family in court for hearing

  19-04-2017 12:30
  
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton took a front row seat alongside family and friends of his former player Will Smith, as hearings for Smith's killer were about to get under way.Twenty-nine-year-old Cardell Hayes faces up to 60 years in prison for manslaughter for shooting Smith to death last year, and attempted manslaughter for the wounding of Smith's wife.But his sentencing Wednesday could be delayed because his lawyers also were to argue a motion for a new trial. Hayes has mai
  
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• Police: Two arrested for using counterfeit money at LSU student union

  19-04-2017 09:45
  
  BATON ROUGE – Two men were arrested after police say they used counterfeit money at LSU's student union.Police arrested 22-year-old Tre Fletcher and Colon Neely for charges of monetary instrument abuse, theft and criminal conspiracy.The incident occurred on March 27 when police responded to a complaint of theft near the student union. According to arrest documents, the victim told police that a man, later identified as Fletcher, approached him and asked if he had change for a $100 bill
  
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• Survivors, family gather for Oklahoma City bombing memorial

  19-04-2017 08:48
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY - Survivors and family members of those killed in the Oklahoma City bombing will gather for a remembrance service Wednesday, the 22nd anniversary of the attack.The explosion killed 168 people. It was the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil until the Sept. 11 attacks six years later.Timothy McVeigh was convicted of the 1995 bombing and was later executed. Terry Nichols was convicted of conspiracy in connection with the bombing and is serving life in prison.The U.S. Department of
  
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• Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff leads in Georgia House race, will face runoff in June

  19-04-2017 08:27
  
  Democrat Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old former congressional staffer, and Republican Karen Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state, will meet in the June 20 runoff.
  
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• People names Julia Roberts 'World's Most Beautiful'

  19-04-2017 07:02
  
  LOS ANGELES - Julia Roberts is more than just a "Pretty Woman." People magazine has named her the "World's Most Beautiful Woman" for a record fifth time.The magazine announced Roberts' selection on Wednesday. The 49-year-old actress has previously claimed the cover spot in 2010, 2005, 2000 and 1991.Roberts, who won an Academy Award for "Erin Brockovich," says she is "very flattered" by the experience.People's 28th annual "World's Most Beautiful" double-issue will be on newsstands Friday.Permalin
  
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• Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez hangs self in cell, pronounced dead at Massachusetts hospital

  19-04-2017 05:52
  
  MILFORD, Mass. - Massachusetts prison officials say former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has hanged himself in his cell and has been pronounced dead at a hospital. He was 27.An official with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections says Hernandez was found hanged in his cell just after 3 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities tried to revive the former New England Patriots tight end, and he was pronounced dead at UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster at 4:07 a.m.Prison officials say the Hern
  
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• Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez dead after hanging self in cell

  19-04-2017 05:52
  
  MILFORD, Mass. - Massachusetts prison officials say former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has hanged himself in his cell and has been pronounced dead at a hospital. He was 27.An official with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections says Hernandez was found hanged in his cell just after 3 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities tried to revive the former New England Patriots tight end, and he was pronounced dead at UMass Memorial - HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster at 4:07 a.m.Prison officials say the Hern
  
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• 3 arrested before white nationalist's speech at Auburn University

  19-04-2017 05:42
  
  AUBURN, Ala. - Police are reporting arrests linked to an appearance at Auburn University by white nationalist Richard Spencer.Capt. Lorenza Dorsey, an Auburn police spokesman, says three people were arrested on disorderly conduct charges before Spencer's speech Tuesday night.Video posted online shows two men scuffling outside the building where Spencer spoke, with one suffering a facial cut and bleeding afterward. Officers led both men away, and one woman also was handcuffed.Spencer spoke in a c
  
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• Amid racially charged Facebook posts, gunman kills 3 random white men on Calif. streets

  19-04-2017 04:19
  
  Kori Ali Muhammad, who is black, fired 16 rounds in one minute at four places within a block.
  
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