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• Pentagon: ISIS leader in Afghanistan killed in April raid

  07-05-2017 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says a military raid last month killed the head of the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan.In a statement Sunday night, the Pentagon confirmed the death of Abdul Haseeb Logari. At the time of the raid officials said they thought Logari had been killed, but were not certain.U.S. officials said Logari was among several high-ranking Islamic State in Afghanistan leaders who died in the April 27 raid. It was carried out by Afghan Special Security Forces in partnership wit
  
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• Woman burned by bible camp heater awarded $1.4 million

  07-05-2017 20:22
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - A woman who was severely burned by a propane heater at a Connecticut bible camp has been awarded $1.4 million in a negligence lawsuit.Nicole Andrew was visiting her boyfriend at the Mountain Lake Bible Camp in Warren in January 2014 when her flannel shirt caught fire while she was standing about an arm's length away from the heater. Andrew was 19 at the time and suffered burns on 90 percent of her back.The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that a six-person jury awarded Andrew
  
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• LSU Baseball scores walk-off win against South Carolina

  07-05-2017 19:26
  
  BATON ROUGE - LSU sophomore left fielder Antoine Duplantis lined a single into left field to score Zach Watson and give the Tigers a thrilling 7-6 victory over South Carolina in 10 innings Sunday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.With runners on the corners and one out, Duplantis dropped his fifth hit of the contest into shallow left field for the game winner and a series victory over the Gamecocks. The win pushed LSU to 32-16 and 15-9 in the SEC. South Carolina dropped to 27-19
  
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• Jazz Fest wraps with performances by Trombone Shorty, Meters

  07-05-2017 17:06
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The seven-day New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival wraps up with hometown favorites Trombone Shorty and The Meters.Trombone Shorty and his Orleans Avenue band close out the venue's Acura Stage Sunday while The Meters will be closing out the Gentilly Stage.Trombone Shorty, whose real name is Troy Andrews, just released a new album, Parking Lot Symphony. Since 2013 he's been the closing act for the festival's main venue.The Meters are considered one of America's pioneering funk b
  
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• Memorial ride honors fallen Baton Rouge, Dallas officers

  07-05-2017 15:48
  
  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement offices participated in a memorial ride Sunday in honor of officers who were slain in multiple 2016 attacks.The memorial ride, hosted by the Los Angeles Police Department, honored the lives of those killed in the Baton Rouge and Dallas attacks last year. According to a post on EBRSO's Facebook page, members of the sheriff's office rode 50 miles from Krotz Spring to the B-Quik on Airline Highway around 2 p.m.,
  
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• BRFD: Unattended stove causes fire at Alvin Dark apartment

  07-05-2017 15:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to an apartment fire on Alvin Dark Avenue Sunday.The fire was reported around 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters said that a pot left unattended on a stove was the cause of the fire.According to BRFD, the fire was contained to the kitchen of the second floor apartment, but the rest of the unit suffered heavy smoke and heat damage. The apartment on the first floor below also suffered water damage as a result.The fire reportedly took about 30 mi
  
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• Emmanuel Macron wins in historic French election

  07-05-2017 14:32
  
  France's prime minister says that centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election.Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement minutes after the last polls closed that the vote "testifies to the lucidity of the voters who rejected the deadly project of the extreme right." He said the vote shows an embrace of the European Union.French polling agencies have projected that Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen 65 percent to 35 percent, with a record number of blank and spoiled ball
  
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• Confederate monument demonstrations close roads, streetcars Sunday

  07-05-2017 14:20
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Police Department has plans to shut down several streets and the streetcar line due to planned demonstrations for and against the three remaining Confederate monuments Sunday.According to a report from WWL-TV, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Aaron Miller said the event is being treated as a homeland security issue.“Our law enforcement intelligence partners have what we believe to be serious and credible threats of violence
  
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• Barack Obama to receive Profile in Courage Award

  07-05-2017 14:17
  
  BOSTON, MA - Former President Barack Obama returns to the spotlight when he officially receives an award for political courage from the John F. Kennedy family.Obama has been named this year's recipient of the Profile in Courage Award. The Sunday night award presentation takes place at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.The award is named after a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book by the late president that profiles eight U.S. senators who risked their careers by taking principled though unpo
  
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• 'Guardians' sequel has big opening on slow weekend

  07-05-2017 14:02
  
  NEW YORK  - "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" rocketed to an estimated $145 million debut. It kicked off Hollywood's summer movie season with something the movie business has been lacking: a sequel more successful than the original.Studio estimates released Sunday said James Gunn's second "Guardians" film opened 54 percent higher than the 2014 runaway hit. That release debuted with $94 million in its first weekend.Once a little-known, oddball property in Marvel's vault, the "Guardians of
  
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• 'Guardians of the Galaxy' sequel has big opening on slow weekend

  07-05-2017 14:02
  
  NEW YORK  - "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" rocketed to an estimated $145 million debut. It kicked off Hollywood's summer movie season with something the movie business has been lacking: a sequel more successful than the original.Studio estimates released Sunday said James Gunn's second "Guardians" film opened 54 percent higher than the 2014 runaway hit. That release debuted with $94 million in its first weekend.Once a little-known, oddball property in Marvel's vault, the "Guardians of
  
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• 21 people lose visas, other vital documents in Baton Rouge apartment fire

  07-05-2017 13:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - Massive flames destroyed eight units at the Hub apartment complex over the weekend. Crews arrived around 1 p.m. Saturday to find the entire roof of one building completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters even had to back out of the apartment at one point due to a roof collapse.As the fire ravaged the building, more than 30 people watched helplessly as the fire destroyed their homes. But 21 of those victims also lost some incredibly important documents."We lost ou
  
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• 82 Chibok girls free in exchange with Boko Haram

  07-05-2017 13:13
  
  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Eighty-two Chibok schoolgirls seized three years ago by Boko Haram have been freed in exchange for detained suspects with the extremist group, Nigeria's government announced early Sunday, in the largest release negotiated yet in the battle to save nearly 300 girls whose mass abduction exposed the mounting threat posed by the Islamic State-linked fighters.The statement from the office of President Muhammadu Buhari was the first confirmation that his government had m
  
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• Parents teach children about gun safety after deadly accident at apartment complex

  07-05-2017 12:44
  
  BATON ROUGE - Over the weekend, a mother mourned the loss of her 13-year-old son after he was shot and killed at a Baton Rouge apartment complex."He was the life of the house. He was a good kid," Anita Barthelemy said.Family and friends gathered to console Barthelemy after her son was killed Friday, in an accidental shooting."I saw when the ambulance and the cop came and they told me someone had got sick back there an then I had weird feeling," Barthelemy said. "But th
  
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• Man arrested after terrorizing Twin Peaks

  07-05-2017 12:31
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man after he repeatedly yelled at patrons and employees at the Siegen Lane Twin Peaks Restaurant Saturday morning. According to East Baton Rouge Sheriffs Office, 57-year-old James Dantoni threatened to "blow up the restaurant," according to arrest records.  EBRSO say Dantoni was asked to leave several times and was already banned from the property.Once arrested, Dantoni shouted an expletive at the officer and denied thr
  
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• University of Texas stabbings put campus carry law to test

  07-05-2017 09:58
  
  AUSTIN, Texas  - The nightmare scenario of a knife-wielding attacker cutting through a crowd of students put Texas' college campus concealed handgun law to the test but provided no real conclusion.Both gun rights and gun control activists insist the attack bolstered their argument that guns do or don't belong on campus.Police say a 21-year-old University of Texas student with a history of mental health problems killed one student and injured three others Monday before he was subdued by
  
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