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• Group marks 80th anniversary of Hindenburg disaster

  06-05-2017 21:37
  
  Several hundred people have honored the three dozen people who died when the Hindenburg burst into flames 80 years ago.A wreath-laying ceremony was held Saturday evening at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, where the German airship crashed. Thirty-five of the 97 people on board died, along with one person on the ground.Sixty-two others aboard the airship survived. But only one of them remains alive today.The wreath ceremony was organized by the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, whi
  
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• Two juveniles arrested in fatal shooting of teen at Baton Rouge apartment complex

  06-05-2017 19:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - Two juveniles have been arrested after a teen was fatally shot at a Greenwell Springs Road apartment Friday.According to the sheriff's office, a 13-year-old was charged with negligent homicide and a 12-year-old was charged with possession of a firearm. EBRSO officials say the shooting happened at the Mallard Crossing apartments in the 11300 block of Greenwell Springs Road.According to reports, 13-year-old Zion Barthelemy and two friends were playing with a gun in
  
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• Man arrested for violently attacking girlfriend at workplace

  06-05-2017 19:21
  
  BAKER - Police arrested a man Saturday after he violently attacked his girlfriend while she was at work.According to the Baker Police Department, 21-year-old Joshua Davis was arrested after he showed up at the Boost Mobile store where his girlfriend worked on Jan. 18, 2017 and began attacking her. Police arrived at the scene to find the victim crying and having trouble breathing. She told police she was working when her live-in boyfriend entered the store and began shouting at her about
  
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• Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck on N. 32nd Street

  06-05-2017 18:23
  
  BATON ROUGE - One person has been hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle on N 32nd Street Saturday afternoon.The victim was struck in the 1100 block of N 32nd Street shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday.Sources say the victim was transported from the scene in stable condition.This is a developing story. We will update it with more information as it becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Man arrested after bringing firearm to Baton Rouge protest

  06-05-2017 18:12
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man after he brought a firearm to a protest taking place near two schools Saturday afternoon. According to BRPD, 30-year-old Paul Richey of Denham Springs was arrested after he brought the firearm to a protest in the 9100 block of Airline Highway. Police say Richey was spotted walking on private property without permission and around protestors with a Glock semi-automatic pistol. Richey also brought the firearm within 1000 feet of two schools aft
  
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• Sheriff's office seeking suspect in card skimming investigation

  06-05-2017 17:46
  
  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office is seeking a suspect in connection to a card skimming and bank fraud investigation. According to EBRSO, the victim reported an unauthorized transaction of over $120 at a local business using her credit card Saturday. An investigation led to a photo of the suspect leaving the store in a gray, hooded sweatshirt.Deputies say that prior to this incident, a skimming device was also removed from a local ATM Friday.The sheriff's office reccom
  
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• LSU Police arrest man for exposing himself in Middleton Library

  06-05-2017 17:18
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man after he allegedly exposed himself to several people on LSU's campus Friday night. LSUPD arrested 25-year-old William Gillette after several victims said he exposed his genitalia to them in the Middleton Library.LSU Police were called to the library around 9:15 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of a man exposing himself inside the building. Upon arrival, police spoke with four victims who said the suspect exposed himself to them on
  
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• Fired Dallas officer out on bond after fatally shooting teen

  06-05-2017 16:38
  
  DALLAS, Tex. - A Texas police officer is free on bond on a murder charge in the shooting of a black teenager who was inside a car leaving a party.Roy Oliver turned himself in Friday night just hours after an arrest warrant was issued. He was fired from the Balch Springs Police Department in suburban Dallas earlier this week.Oliver shot at a car full of teenagers leaving a party on April 29, killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.The Dallas County Sheriff's Office, which issued the warrant, said in a
  
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• Man accused of poisoning food at Michigan grocery stores deemed mentally ill

  06-05-2017 16:18
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A Michigan man accused of poisoning unpackaged food at grocery stores has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment.The Ann Arbor News reports that 30-year-old Kyle Bessemer appeared in court Wednesday, two months after a judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity.The criminal case is over. But the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office asked that Bessemer be involuntarily committed to mental health treatment. Judge Archie Brown approved the requestBessemer was accus
  
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• Kanye West's Twitter, Instagram accounts go dark

  06-05-2017 16:02
  
  Kanye West has apparently deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts.Both accounts went dark sometime Friday, for unknown reasons. A representative for the rapper did not immediately respond to an email asking for comment Saturday.West did not attend the Met Gala on Monday evening. His wife, Kim Kardashian West, was there with her sisters, and said her husband was at home. She said he'd been "taking some time off and really loving that."In November, West was admitted to UCLA Medical Center in Lo
  
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• Penn. man arrested after alleged online sexual relationship with teen at La. School for the Deaf

  06-05-2017 14:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police arrested a Pennsylvania man who had allegedly maintained an online sexual relationship with a teenager at the Louisiana School for the Deaf.According to arrest records, David Gross, 29, of Levittown, Pennsylvania was arrested on counts of indecent behavior with juveniles and computer-aided solicitation of a minor.The relationship between the two was discovered after a pair of cell phones were confiscated from the student in October. It is against school policy fo
  
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• Contractor admits spending elderly customer's money, arrested

  06-05-2017 13:34
  
  BATON ROUGE - A Mississippi contractor was arrested after he admitted spending over $2,000 an elderly person gave him to complete repairs.According to arrest records, on April 20, a deputy with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office was informed of the case.The victim, who is over 60 years old, explained that on December 8, 2016, the victim and Justin Etheridge, 42, of McComb, Mississippi entered a construction agreement, according to arrest records.The victim said Etheridge was given $2,800 to c
  
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• Eight units destroyed in fire at Highland Rd. apartment complex

  06-05-2017 13:24
  
  BATON ROUGE - A two-alarm fire has been reported at an apartment complex on Highland Road.Fire crews were called to the Hub aparment complex on Highland Road around 1:15 p.m. Saturday afternoon.@WBRZ pic.twitter.com/BwEr58XwwU— Record Dental Center (@RecordDentalCen) May 6, 2017Crews arrived to find the entire roof of one complex building completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters initially had to back out of the apartment due to a roof collapse.The building is being reported as a tot
  
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• Report: LSU students some of the most arrested on the beach this spring break

  06-05-2017 13:14
  
  DESTIN – Students from the two largest colleges in Louisiana were the most to get arrested along the popular stretch of beach in Florida during spring break.Thirty-four of the 508 arrests in Okaloosa County, Florida, were LSU students. Twenty-three were from UL Lafayette. Twenty-three of those arrested were also from the University of Alabama.The number of arrests during spring break 2017 was up from 393 last year.A local news outlet reported on the arrest records HERE.High school stud
  
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• LSU Health researcher gets $2.5M dental fillings grant

  06-05-2017 12:37
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana researcher has a $2.5 million, five-year federal grant to develop better materials for dental fillings.LSU Health New Orleans says the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Health wants professor Xiaoming Xu to create stronger, longer-lasting materials that can also fight bacteria, warding off repeat cavities.A news release says 60 percent of all dental operations are filling replacements, because the materials last five to seven years.Xu says bacterial biofilms
  
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• Irma Thomas preps for another Jazz Fest

  06-05-2017 12:35
  
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans' soul queen, Irma Thomas, hasn't missed a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival since 1974.And she's scheduled for another one on Saturday, paving the way for Stevie Wonder's return to the festival after rain canceled his set last year.Thomas is scheduled to appear on the festival's largest stage at 3:05 p.m.; Wonder takes the same stage at 4:50 p.m. to close out the day.Thomas, at age 76, says she's honored that people still want to see her perfor
  
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• Police: Suspect in officer's shooting found dead at motel

  06-05-2017 12:27
  
  BRAINTREE, Mass. - A man who authorities say barricaded himself in a Massachusetts motel room after shooting a police officer in the face has been found dead.The Boston Globe reported that Braintree Police Chief Paul Shastany said at a press conference early Saturday that the officer underwent surgery at a Boston hospital and is expected to survive.Police said officers were at the Motel 6 in Braintree, just south of Boston, to check a person's warrant status Friday night when the person
  
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• Local church hosts meeting to discuss difficult topics

  06-05-2017 12:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - There's a conversation going on inside Broadmoor United Methodist Church.People from all different walks of life gathered to talk about some very serious subjects, including racism and the relationship between police and the black community.Reverend Donnie Wilkinson organized this meeting made up of small group conversations after the recent decsion in the Alton Sterling case."Conversation is the currancy for change," Reverend Donnie Wilkinson said. "It is apparen
  
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• N.J. man accused of plotting to detonate bomb in NYC to help ISIS, authorities say

  06-05-2017 03:10
  
  Gregory Lepsky pledged allegiance to ISIS and planned to make and set off a pressure-cooker bomb in New York City, authorities said.
  
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