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• 'Pirates of the Caribbean' tops box office, 'Baywatch' sinks

  28-05-2017 21:47
  
  LOS ANGELES - It was smooth sailing to the top spot at the box office for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," but the waters were choppier for the Dwayne Johnson comedy "Baywatch."Studio estimates on Sunday say the fifth installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise commandeered $62.2 million in its first three days in theaters.The Johnny Depp-starrer is projected to take in $76.6 million over the four-day holiday weekend.The R-rated "Baywatch," meanwhile, is sinking li
  
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• Trump says he favors more money for health care

  28-05-2017 20:10
  
  President Donald Trump is turning his attention to domestic issues after his nine-day trip to the Middle East and Europe.In a tweet Sunday night, the president calls for putting more money into the health care system. And he says he wants it to be "the best anywhere."Trump also takes a swipe at President Barack Obama's health care law. He tweets: "ObamaCare is dead - the Republicans will do much better!"Republican lawmakers have struggled to meet their promise to repeal and replace Obama's law.T
  
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• Police fatally shoot burglar after North Carolina woman calls 911 from closet

  28-05-2017 19:05
  
  CARY, N.C. - A woman who couldn't sleep told a 911 operator she saw a man sneak through the garage door of a North Carolina home. Minutes later, he was shot and killed by police.Cary officials released the 911 call from the home in the Raleigh suburb.Two women made the call while hiding in a closet around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. One told the operator she saw the man come into the house while she was on the couch watching TV and made it upstairs to warn the other without being seen.The 911 operator tel
  
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• First cases of Zika virus reported in India

  28-05-2017 16:52
  
  INDIA - India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies.On Sunday, Health Ministry officials said the three patients have recovered since being diagnosed with the infection. They also emphasized that the country's citizens should remain calm."There is no need to panic," said Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, a top Health Ministry official. Officials said two of the three patients gave birth to healthy babies d
  
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• BRFD investigating house fire on Lobelia Avenue

  28-05-2017 16:41
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating after a fire was reported at a home on Lobelia Avenue Sunday.The fire was reported shortly before 4:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Lobelia Avenue. Curt Monte with BRFD says crews believed that the home was abandoned when they found that it had no water or electricity, but later discovered that one person was living inside the home.Firefighters say the man was not home at the time of the fire. Tthe fire was under control as of 4:38 p.m.
  
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• North Carolina man kills father, himself in front of mother, wife

  28-05-2017 16:02
  
  MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. - Authorities say a mentally ill man fatally shot his father and then killed himself in front of his wife and mother in North Carolina before police could intervene.Morehead City Police announced that officers found 67-year-old Benny Burney Sr. dead when they were called to the home around 10:30 p.m. Friday.The police statement says his son Benny Burney Jr. was making threats, and shot himself before officers could safely make their way inside the home.Police say Burney Jr.'s
  
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• Video of EBR sheriff's deputy changing tire goes viral

  28-05-2017 14:58
  
  BATON ROUGE - A local sheriff's deputy has become internet famous after he was filmed changing a young man's tire this past week.In a Facebook post, Nicole Johnson says a flat tire stranded her son, Kaelin, on the side of a road Thursday. Luckily for Kaelin, Lieutenant Chad Parker with the East baton Rouge Sheriff's Office noticed that he was having some trouble and stopped to lend a hand. "I just want to thank this officer for helping my son Kaelin, while also teaching him again (after
  
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• International cyber criminals sentenced

  28-05-2017 14:03
  
  GULFPORT, Miss. - Three Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a large-scale international fraud network.Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain in a news release Friday said 31-year-old Rasaq Aderoju Raheem was sentenced to 115 years in prison; 30-year-old Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan was sentenced to 95 years and 45-year-old Femi Alexander Mewase was sentenced to 25 years.After a three-week trial earlier this year, a federal jury found each defendant guilty of offenses inv
  
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• State insurance chief: Do 'checkup' for hurricane season

  28-05-2017 13:57
  
  BATON ROUGE - Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is urging Louisiana residents to do an "insurance checkup" ahead of next week's start of hurricane season.He says people should talk to their insurance agents to make sure they know what their named-storm and hurricane deductibles are in their homeowner and rental insurance policies. He encourages people to invest in a flood insurance policy.Donelon also suggests people take pictures or video of the items in their homes, to have inventory records
  
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• One killed, one injured in fatal skydiving accident in Slidell

  28-05-2017 13:41
  
  SLIDELL - The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a skydiving accident that claimed the life of one individual and injured another. The incident occurred shortly after 11 a.m. late Sunday morning on the Royal Golf Course in Slidell, according to STPSO.The initial investigation indicates that a skydiving instructor and a trainee were performing a tandem jump when, for reasons still under investigation, the instructor loss consciousness shortly after leaving the
  
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• Officers, teens discuss difficult issues at Baton Rouge conference

  28-05-2017 13:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - Law enforcement officers held a special conference over the weekend to discuss difficult topics with teens in the community.The conference was organized by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives as a chance to give young people a chance to ask questions and voice their concerns with police. "The two reasons that we wanted these kids here is, one, to invest in them. And two is to invest in my future and my safety," said Perry Tarrant, the president of
  
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• BRPD seeking man wanted in fatal domestic shooting, considered armed and dangerous

  28-05-2017 13:07
  
  BATON ROUGE - Detectives issued an arrest warrant for a 31-year-old Baton Rouge man for second murder and illegal use of a weapon, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.According to BRPD, Demarcus Jackson shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, 30-year-old Jessica Dunbar, of Baton Rouge on Sunday morning around 3:20 a.m. in the 2000 block of Silverest Ave.Jackson shot Dunbar as she was sitting in her vehicle after leaving a party with a relative, BRPD says.Jackson fled the scene in a grey Do
  
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• Feds: Man jumps from plane after trying to bite attendant

  28-05-2017 12:57
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A 22-year-old man jumped out of an airplane waiting to take off in North Carolina and had to be stopped from running onto the runway.A federal air marshal said in a sworn statement that 22-year-old Tun Sein was flying from Charlotte to New Bern on Thursday when he stood after the American Airlines flight had pulled away from the gate and was waiting to take off.Authorities say Sein ignored a flight attendant, then tried to bite her and fought off two passengers. He ran to the d
  
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• No public events planned for one-year anniversary of Harambe's death

  28-05-2017 12:47
  
  CINCINNATI - No public events are planned at the Cincinnati Zoo marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of an endangered gorilla.The zoo's dangerous-animal response team concluded the life of a 3-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure last May 28 was in danger and killed 17-year-old Harambe. That led to global mourning, criticism and satires that made him a pop culture phenomenon.Zoo officials are looking ahead to an expanded Gorilla World exhibit in June and also are working
  
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• No public events at Ohio zoo where gorilla killed 1 year ago

  28-05-2017 12:47
  
  CINCINNATI - No public events are planned at the Cincinnati Zoo marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of an endangered gorilla.The zoo's dangerous-animal response team concluded the life of a 3-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure last May 28 was in danger and killed 17-year-old Harambe (huh-RAHM'-bay). That led to global mourning, criticism and satires that made him a pop culture phenomenon.Zoo officials are looking ahead to an expanded Gorilla World exhibit in June and a
  
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• Manchester police arrest man, 25, in bomb probe

  28-05-2017 12:31
  
  LONDON - British police say they have made another arrest in connection with the Manchester bombing, bringing the total to 12.Greater Manchester Police says a 25-year-old man was arrested in the city Sunday on suspicion of terrorist offenses. Eleven other men, aged between 18 and 44, are in custody.Bomber Salman Abedi killed 22 people and himself in Monday's bombing after an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.Police say they are also searching a new property in the Moss Side area of the c
  
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• US official mulling greatly expanding airplane laptop ban

  28-05-2017 12:28
  
  WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says he's considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States.That would dramatically expand a ban announced in March that affects about 50 flights per day from 10 cities, mostly in the Middle East. The current ban was put in place because of concerns about terrorist attacks.The ban prevents travelers from bringing laptops, tablets and certain other devices on board with them in their
  
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• Trump attacks news reports on son-in-law, Russia

  28-05-2017 12:26
  
  WASHINGTON - The White House has been battered in recent days by a relentless stream of sourced reports about alleged Trump campaign contacts with Russia, and President Donald Trump is hitting back on Twitter.Trump tweets that "it is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies" from what he calls the "FakeNews media."He says that "whenever you see the words 'sources say' in the fake news media, and they don't mention names ... it is very possible that thos
  
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• New Roads community commemorates Memorial Day with a 'blessing of the boats'

  28-05-2017 12:25
  
  NEW ROADS - A wreath was tossed into False River at New Roads to remember fallen solders over the Memorial Day weekend."We set aside this Memorial Day to give thanks and recall all the blessings of life," Deacon Bob McDonner said.The services for those who died in war are held simultaneously here every year here with a blessing of the boats.Dozens of boats line up, waiting to get their blessing. It's a tradition that dates back longer than anyone can remember, and it's a must f
  
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• BA says 'many' of its IT systems up and running

  28-05-2017 12:20
  
  LONDON - British Airways says "many" of its IT systems are up and running, but travelers still face cancellations and delays after a global computer failure grounded hundreds of flights.BA chief executive Alex Cruz says the airline is running a "near-full operation" at London's Gatwick Airport and plans to run all scheduled long-haul services from Heathrow on Sunday. But he says there will still be delays, as well as some canceled short-haul flights.Passengers still face hours-long lines to chec
  
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• Witness says Mississippi shooter gunned down family, deputy

  28-05-2017 09:59
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - A witness says a Mississippi man had been arguing with his estranged wife about their children when he opened fire inside his in-laws' home after a sheriff's deputy arrived.Vincent Mitchell told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday the slayings of eight people "all stemmed from domestic violence."Mitchell says three family members were killed at his home. He says: "I'm devastated. It don't seem like it's real."He's the stepfather-in-law of suspect Willie Corey Godbolt.
  
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