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• Man arrested for vehicular homicide after deadly crash on US 90

  11-06-2017 20:54
  
  ST. MARY PARISH - Police have arrested a man following a crash that left one dead on US 90 Sunday.According to Louisiana State Police, 24-year-old Thaiim Guilbeau was arrested for vehicular homicide after the crash that claimed the life of his passenger, 28-year-old Clarence Verrett Jr.Police say Guilbeau was traveling east on US 90 near LA 318 in a pickup truck when it traveled off the left side of roadway. The vehicle reportedly struck a metal guardrail and
  
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• Crews extinguish house fire on Nottingham Street

  11-06-2017 20:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a house fire on Nottingham Street Sunday afternoon.According to BRFD, crews responded to the fire in 6600 block of Nottingham Street around 5:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived on scene and found the fire smoldering in one of the rooms. The fire department says the fire was contained to one room but the rest of the home suffered heavy smoke damage.No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.The fire is still under investigation;
  
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• That's no average runner: Bear crosses through Colorado race

  11-06-2017 18:51
  
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Some runners didn't expect to see a bear on their Colorado race route.  Donald Sanborn says he was about 5 miles into the Garden of the Gods 10 Mile Run on Sunday when the bear ambled across a roadway near Colorado Springs.  Sanborn says the animal seemed to be trying to decide whether to zip across the road filled with runners when a large enough gap finally emerged for the bear to get through.  
  
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• Fellow Republicans press Trump about tapes

  11-06-2017 17:24
  
  WASHINGTON - Fellow Republicans are pressing President Donald Trump to come clean about whether he has tapes of private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey.  And if he does, they want the president to hand them over to Congress or else possibly face a subpoena.  The request is a sign of escalating fallout from riveting testimony from Comey last week of undue pressure from Trump. Trump has responded to Comey's assertions by accusing him
  
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• Trump makes surprise appearance at wedding reception

  11-06-2017 16:37
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. - A New Jersey couple have welcomed a surprise guest at their wedding reception: President Donald Trump.  The Republican president made a brief appearance Saturday at the reception, which was held at his golf club in Bedminster. He has been spending the weekend at the club and holding a major fundraiser there for a Republican congressman who helped revive their party's push to dismantle the U.S. health care law.  Trump posed for photos with th
  
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• Police: Suspects in Manchester bombing freed without charge

  11-06-2017 16:19
  
  LONDON - British police say everyone arrested over the Manchester concert bombing has been released without charge, but detectives are still not sure whether the attacker had accomplices.  Salman Abedi detonated a knapsack bomb as crowds were leaving an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, killing 22 people. He also died.  Shortly after the attack, police said they had rounded up members of Abedi's network. But Greater Manchester Police say all 22 suspects have no
  
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• Ohio pizzeria demolished after sinkhole opens underneath it

  11-06-2017 15:10
  
  CROOKSVILLE, Ohio - A small Ohio village has demolished a popular pizzeria after a sinkhole opened up beneath it.WBNS-TV reports Sprankle's Village Pizza in Crooksville had to close and be demolished after a 20-foot-deep sinkhole appeared Friday, causing the first floor to partially collapse.  Sprankle's has been a staple for 47 years in Crooksville, 60 miles (97 kilometers) southeast of Columbus. While crews prepared to demolish the building, employees and community members sa
  
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• Headless body located after severed head found in Mississippi

  11-06-2017 15:03
  
  JACKSON, Miss. - A headless body has been found after the head of a young man was discovered on the front steps of a Mississippi home.  Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance told WAPT-TV that a resident discovered human remains in an open field around 3 p.m. Saturday. The remains were located about a mile from where the severed head was found hours earlier that day.  Police say the body was severely burned and the man couldn't be immediately identified. &
  
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• UK says Trump trip invite still stands after report of delay

  11-06-2017 14:33
  
  LONDON - The British prime minister's office says the state visit invitation to U.S. President Donald Trump still stands, after a newspaper reported that Trump wants to postpone the trip.  The Guardian reported Sunday that Trump told Prime Minister Theresa May that he doesn't want to come if there will be protests - a likely prospect. The newspaper cited an unnamed Downing St. aide in the room.  May's office declined to comment on "private phone conversations.
  
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• BRPD seeking suspect in fatal stabbing on N 13th Street

  11-06-2017 14:21
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a man in connection with a fatal stabbing on North 13th Street Saturday night.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 120 block of North 13th Street. Police say 59-year-old Elvis Graham is responsible for stabbing the 52-year-old victim, Vinell Eisley.Police say Graham struck Eisley over the head and stabbed him with a beer bottle after a verbal a
  
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• Sinkhole swallows car in Florida restaurant parking lot

  11-06-2017 14:11
  
  OCALA, Fla. - A sinkhole that opened up in a restaurant parking lot during a spring storm in north Florida swallowed a car and ruptured a gas line.  The Ocala Star-Banner reports that the sinkhole opened up on Saturday around 5 p.m. after a strong rainstorm that caused flash flooding and the closure of multiple roads.  Seventy-nine-year-old Janet Coyne and her husband returned to their car after picking up food from an Ocala restaurant when the rains began.&am
  
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• Man with history of home burglaries arrested after latest incident

  11-06-2017 13:46
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 38-year-old Baton Rouge with a history of burglarizing homes under renovation was arrested after his latest incident involving a familiar accomplice.According to arrest records, Raymond Carter, 38, of Baton Rouge was spotted leaving the scene of a home burglary by a Baton Rouge Police Department helicopter on June 9. Officials with BRPD followed Carter and a second suspect, 20-year-old Kevin Carter, and conducted a traffic stop.Officials determined that Raymond Carter wa
  
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• Macron's party has clear lead in France election

  11-06-2017 13:40
  
  PARIS - Partial official results show that French President Emmanuel Macron's new centrist party is clearly leading the first round of parliamentary elections crucial to his plans to change France.  With 46 percent of votes counted from Sunday's balloting, the Interior Ministry said Macron's Republic on the Move party had more than 26 percent of votes in the elections for the 577 seats in the National Assembly.  The conservative Republicans had 16 percent, the
  
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• Email to paper claims to be from fugitive Kentucky lawyer

  11-06-2017 13:36
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. - Someone claiming to be a Kentucky lawyer who disappeared a month before sentencing has contacted a newspaper spelling out proposed terms of his surrender.  Disability lawyer Eric C. Conn faces an outstanding FBI arrest warrant. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports terms received by email included that Conn not be charged with crimes related to fleeing.  Conn pleaded guilty in March to stealing from the federal government and bribing a
  
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• 'Wonder Woman' buries 'The Mummy' at box office

  11-06-2017 12:58
  
  NEW YORK - "Wonder Woman" wrapped up Tom Cruise's "The Mummy" at the weekend box office, pulling in an estimated $57.2 million in North American theaters.  Universal's "The Mummy" looked it age, selling a relatively feeble $32.2 million in tickets in its debut weekend.  That couldn't compete with Warner Bros.' "Wonder Woman" in its second weekend. The Gal Gadot superhero film has quickly earned more than $205 million domestically in two weeks. &nb
  
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• Services to mark 1 year since 49 killed in Orlando gay club

  11-06-2017 12:57
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. - Church bells will toll throughout the Orlando area as residents reflect on the 49 patrons killed during a massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse in the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.  Starting in the wee hours Monday, and continuing almost 24 hours later, survivors, victims' families, city officials and central Florida residents will remember the victims with four services.  The first service is closed to the public, and it's being he
  
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• Program teaches responsibility on and off basketball court

  11-06-2017 12:55
  
  GREENWOOD, Miss. - Basketball and motivational speeches are teaching responsibility to some teens and pre-teens in Mississippi.  The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that a few dozen boys ages 10 to 15 are taking part in a program that started in March at the Greenwood Community and Recreation Center.  Michael Bland, a volunteer, has worked more than 20 years as a high school sports referee. He says he is already seeing a transformation as the young men are lear
  
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• US-backed Syrian fighters seize parts of IS 'capital' Raqqa

  11-06-2017 12:51
  
  BEIRUT - A U.S.-backed Syrian force says it has captured a northwestern neighborhood of the Islamic State group's de-facto capital of Raqqa after two days of fighting.  The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says its fighters captured on Sunday the neighborhood of Romaniah after two days of fighting that left 12 IS gunmen dead, including a commander known as Abu Khattab al-Tunsi.  The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said SDF fighters now co
  
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• BRPD, other organizations help flood victims relax for a day

  11-06-2017 12:41
  
  BATON ROUGE - The joining of forces between Young Leaders Academy, Trinity Episcopal, St. Likes Episcopal Church, and the Baton Rouge Police Department has yielded “Men and Dads Unplugged”, a community outreach program developed to let those affected by the August 2016 flood get a day of relaxation."Today is to remind our friends, neighbors, and families that were impacted by the 2016 August flood that they're not forgotten that we're still here for them, that we care about t
  
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• Metro Council to vote on East Baton Rouge Parish smoking ban

  11-06-2017 12:29
  
  BATON ROUGE - Citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish are facing the possibility of a new parish-wide smoking ban.Emma Stalling says she's already frustrated with current laws that force her to leave the local laundromat if she wants to smoke as she does her laundry."They are taxing us, we're pay for these cigarettes," Stalling said. "Then all of sudden we can't smoke here. What about our rights?"Others are concerned over how a ban would affect certain businesses. Smoking is allowed in night clubs i
  
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• LSP: Unrestrained driver killed in single vehicle crash in St. Landry

  11-06-2017 12:15
  
  ST. LANDRY PARISH - A single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a 52-year-old St. Landry man Saturday evening.Troopers from Louisiana State Police responded to the crash, which occurred on LA 10, shortly after 6:30 p.m.The crash claimed the life of Richard Chambers, 52, of Melville.Through the initial investigation, State Police discovered the crash occurred as Chambers was driving a 1999 Chevrolet Malibu eastbound on LA 10. Then, for reasons still unknown, Chambers' vehicle traveled off of the r
  
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• Pittsburgh wins 2nd straight Stanley Cup title

  11-06-2017 12:12
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Stanley Cup is returning to Pittsburgh after Patric Hornqvist scored the go-ahead goal on a bad-angle shot with 95 seconds left in a 2-0 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 6.  Carl Hagelin sealed the win by scoring into an empty net with 14 seconds left in leading the Penguins to become the first NHL team in nearly two decades to win consecutive championships. Penguins goalie Matt Murray stopped 27 shots to register back-to-back shutouts following a
  
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• Bank of America pulls funding from play over Trump assassination scene

  11-06-2017 12:10
  
  NEW YORK - Bank of America is the latest company to have problems with a Manhattan-based theater company's portrayal of Julius Caesar as a Donald Trump look-alike in a business suit who gets knifed to death.  The bank tweeted a statement Sunday night saying it's withdrawing its funding for the Public Theater's production of "Julius Caesar." It said the theater "chose to present Julius Caesar in such a way that was intended to provoke and offend."  Earlier, Del
  
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