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• Man found shot and killed in street; Victim identified

  04-06-2017 21:30
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Baton Rouge area Sunday night.The shooting occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the 1500 block of Rosenwald Road.  Police said Quenton Gilmore, 27, was shot and killed.There are no suspects or motives in the case. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Police detain large crowd near Portland rally

  04-06-2017 19:48
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. - Police have detained a large crowd of demonstrators and others several blocks north of a free speech rally in downtown Portland, Oregon.Portland police said on Twitter that people will be identified and released pending further investigation. They say those who have been identified as participating in criminal activity will be arrested.Several journalists at the scene said they were blocked in, along with demonstrators, and were told by officers that they were detained pending i
  
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• Putin dismisses US claims about Trump, election

  04-06-2017 19:42
  
  WASHINGTON - Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing as "a load of nonsense" the idea that Russia has damaging information on President Donald Trump.In an interview with Megyn Kelly of NBC News, the Russian leader denies having any relationship with Trump.In response to questions about damaging information, Putin asks Kelly, "Have you all lost your senses over there?"U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia meddled in the presidential election. Trump himself has been dogged b
  
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• 54-year-old arrested for attacking man outside of Baton Rouge hotel

  04-06-2017 19:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man after he allegedly attacked a person for taking pictures at the hotel he was staying in. Baton Rouge police responded to the hotel at the corner of Lafayette and Main Street around 4 a.m. Sunday. There, police found a man with a swollen jaw who had blood covering his face and clothes. The man had allegedly been beaten by 54-year-old Gregory Hudson, who was staying at the hotel.According to BRPD, Hudson was&
  
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• LSP: Man faces 7th DWI arrest after hit-and-run in Lake Charles

  04-06-2017 17:32
  
  LAKE CHARLES - A man is facing his seventh DWI arrest after he fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash early Sunday morning. The crash occurred around 4 a.m. on Highway 90 near Goodman Lane.According to Louisiana State Police, 43-year-old Eric Grisham was arrested after he crashed into a parked vehicle in a driveway, pushing it into a second parked vehicle.Police say they found Grisham's vehicle about a half-mile away from the crash scene after it became disabled. Grisham was found insi
  
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• Report: 13 people shot in New Orleans Saturday

  04-06-2017 15:50
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Officials say 13 people were shot in a 24-hour period in New Orleans Saturday in what is being called the city's most violent day so far in 2017.According to a report from WWL-TV, two victims died early Saturday morning, with a third death announced during a press conference with Mayor Mitch Landrieu.According to preliminary information from the New Orleans Police Department, the victims were wounded at the following locations:- 3700 block of Tulane Avenue, five victims
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• Illinois man found dead in river after skipping meal tab

  04-06-2017 15:16
  
  ALGONQUIN, Ill. - A man who jumped into the Fox River after allegedly skipping out on a restaurant tab in a northwest Illinois suburb has been found dead.Algonquin police said in a statement that the body of 29-year-old Ernest Prentic of Carpentersville was discovered in the river around 6:30 p.m. Friday. The Chicago Sun-Times reports police did not specify where his body was located.Police were called about 9:20 p.m. Thursday to Nero's Restaurant in Algonquin after reports that a man later iden
  
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• GOP senator says Trump served with info out

  04-06-2017 14:40
  
  WASHINGTON - Lawmakers should get the chance to hear from fired FBI Director James Comey - and President Donald Trump "is better served by getting all this information out."That's the view of Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate intelligence committee. That committee is expected to listen to Comey's testimony about the investigation into Russia's alleged election meddling last year and Comey's private conversations with the president.Blunt says "let's find out what happened and bring this to a
  
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• Woman kidnapped in Lowe's parking lot in Iberia Parish

  04-06-2017 14:37
  
  NEW IBERIA - The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking a woman who was reportedly kidnapped in a Lowe's parking lot Saturday night.According to the sheriff's office, Pamela Tignor was last seen around 8 p.m. while trying to escape from 40-year-old Bradley Boudreaux's vehicle. Witnesses say they saw Boudreaux forcibly grab Tignor and push her back into his vehicle in the parking lot of the Lowe's on Center Street.Boudreaux's vehicle was described as a tan 1982 Chevrolet S10 pickup truck. The
  
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• Man faces attempted murder charge after kidnapping ex-girlfriend at Lowe's

  04-06-2017 14:37
  
  UPDATE: The sheriff's office says that a quick public response led to the discovery of Boudreaux's vehicle in New Iberia. Boudreaux will be charged with second degree kidnapping, attempted second degree murder, and violation of protective order. He will be booked into the Iberia Parish Jail.Tignor was transported to a local hospital where she is being treated for her injuries.NEW IBERIA - The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking a woman who was reportedly kidnapped in a Lo
  
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• Quickly reporting cancer complications may boost survival

  04-06-2017 14:20
  
  CHICAGO - A study finds that having cancer patients use home computers to report problems like nausea and fatigue surprisingly improved survival, by almost half a year. That's longer than many new cancer drugs do.The online tool was intended as a way for people to regularly report symptoms rather than trying to call their doctors or waiting until their next appointment. Those who used it had a better quality of life and lived five months longer on average than those who did not.Doctors say patie
  
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• American Airlines jet out of the mud at San Antonio airport

  04-06-2017 14:14
  
  SAN ANTONIO - Crews have removed an American Airlines plane from the mud after it veered off a runway at San Antonio International Airport.American spokeswoman Alexis Aran Coello said Sunday that investigators are trying to determine what prompted the pilot of Flight 2214 to abort takeoff and slide off the runway Saturday. She says weather wasn't a factor.The incident suspended flights for several hours. No injuries were reported.Aran Coello says the Boeing 737 has been removed from the mud and
  
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• Armed with knives, woman and her children attack boyfriend after argument over Facebook post

  04-06-2017 13:48
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 30-year-old Baton Rouge woman was arrested after she and her children allegedly attacked the woman's boyfriend with knives following an argument over a Facebook post.According to arrest records, the incident occurred in the 2700 block of Ontario Street on June 3.Upon arrival, an officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department was informed by the victim that he and his girlfriend, Ciera Jones, had gotten into an argument about a Facebook post.The victim said Jones then armed hersel
  
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• Fishing to be license-free in Louisiana June 10-11

  04-06-2017 12:56
  
  BATON ROUGE - Want to fish? You won't need a license next weekend.The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is holding its annual Free Fishing Weekend June 10-11. During that time, the requirement for Louisiana residents and visitors to have a fishing license to fish in Louisiana waters is waived.Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Jack Montoucet says the weekend is designed to encourage people to enjoy the state's outdoors.While a fishing license is not required for the weekend, all fishi
  
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• 'Wonder Woman' becomes box-office force with $100.5M debut

  04-06-2017 12:52
  
  NEW YORK - "Wonder Woman" has soared to a $100.5 million box-office debut in North American theaters, making the Patty Jenkins-directed superhero film the biggest opening ever for a movie directed by a woman.According to studio estimates Sunday, the well-reviewed "Wonder Woman" surpassed industry expectations with one of the summer's biggest debuts. Starring Gal Gadot as the Amazonian warrior, "Wonder Woman" is the rare female-led film in an overwhelmingly male superhero landscape.It proved a hi
  
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• Timeline: How events unfolded in London's latest attack

  04-06-2017 12:51
  
  LONDON - Britain suffered its third major extremist attack in three months on Saturday night when three men using a van and knives killed seven people in a busy area of London. This is how the attack at London Bridge and nearby Borough Market, which also left dozens injured, unfolded:9:58 p.m., Saturday, June 3: A van entered London Bridge crossing the River Thames from north to south. The van mounted the sidewalk on the bridge and struck pedestrians. It later crashed outside the Barrowboy &
  
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• Trump slams London's mayor in wake of attacks

  04-06-2017 12:49
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has sent a flurry of early morning tweets in the wake of the London attacks - criticizing the city's mayor and bemoaning what he says is political correctness when it comes to national security.The attack killed seven people in a busy section of London and wounded about 50 people.Trump is calling out Mayor Sadiq Khan for saying there's "no reason to be alarmed."Khan has used those words in a television interview, but it was to reassure Londoners about a steppe
  
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• Lawmakers extend La. domestic abuse laws to dating partners

  04-06-2017 12:40
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's lawmakers have agreed to widen the state's domestic abuse laws to cover dating partners.The proposal by Rep. Helena Moreno, a New Orleans Democrat, would create the crimes of battery of a dating partner and aggravated assault upon a dating partner, with varying penalties.The House gave final passage to the measure with a 67-31 vote Sunday, sending it to Gov. John Bel Edwards for his consideration.The bill is partly a response to domestic violence incidents involving a s
  
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• New bill calls for warning signs ahead of speed traps

  04-06-2017 12:34
  
  BAKER - A new bill could mean that drivers would get a warning before passing through speed traps.They are the ugly, gray contraptions that sit on the side of the highway. And some Baker residents say they avoid Highway 19 altogether because of them."You know to slow down because they've been here too long," said Pat Fernandez, a Baker resident.For all intents and purposes, it's a robotic cop catching speeders in the act on camera."We got a robot in the neighborhood," Baker Police Chief
  
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• LSP: Impaired driver strikes, kills pedestrian in Lafourche Parish crash

  04-06-2017 12:24
  
  MATHEWS - A single vehicle crash on LA 1 claimed the life a pedestrian early Sunday morning.The crash occurred on LA 1 at St. Joseph Street in Lafourche Parish around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The took the life of Lee Matherne, 51, of Raceland.Through the initial investigation, State Police determined 31-year-old Chad Lee of Cut Off, LA was driving south on LA 1 in a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado.Matherne was walking northbound on LA 1 near the southbound lane and was struck by Lee's vehicle, accord
  
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• Series of vehicle burglaries has Central neighborhood on alert

  04-06-2017 12:14
  
  CENTRAL - Police in Central are investigating a string of car break-ins, all happening in one neighborhood.Residents of the Morgan Springs subdivision have never seen problems like this. Now, they're on high alert, doing what they can to stop the thieves in their tracks.“I came outside to find my truck had been broken into. My doors were wide open and my center console,” said Chris Malone, a homeowner whose truck was broken into twice in a single week by two differen
  
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