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• WATCH: Man proposes to girlfriend as he's arrested

  09-07-2017 21:03
  
  MUSKOGEE, Okla. - In what is perhaps the most unorthodox proposal ever recorded, a couple in Oklahoma became engaged as the husband-to-be was placed in police handcuffs.Police body camera video released by the Muskogee Police Department shows Brandon Thompson as he's arrested for six felony warrants on his birthday. But it also captured a surprisingly tender moment between the arrestee and his girlfriend.Police told CNN that officers were in the process of detaining Thompson when he mad
  
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• Cyclists begin bike ride to honor officers killed in Baton Rouge, Dallas

  09-07-2017 19:56
  
  BATON ROUGE - A team of bicyclists composed of police, first responders and other law enforcement officers are honoring their fallen comrades with a bike ride that will take them all the way from Dallas to Baton Rouge.On Saturday, the Brotherhood Ride Facebook page announced its Texas chapter had begun a 6-day journey that will honor law enforcement officers killed in last year's attacks in Dallas, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.The bike ride, which began in Dallas Sunday, will span 500 miles
  
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• Search and recovery operation implemented for missing Lafayette teen

  09-07-2017 19:31
  
  LAFAYETTE - The family of a missing 18-year-old girl says police have changed the status of the case regarding her disappearance from 'search and rescue' to 'search and recovery'.Jacquelyn "Daisy Lynn" Landry has been missing for nearly seven weeks. According to KATC, she was last seen May 23. On Saturday night, Daisy Lynn's family shared an update on Facebook. In the update, the teen's family says the search has become a search and recovery operation rather than a search and rescue.&am
  
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• 13-year-old boy struck by falling bullet dies at Chicago hospital

  09-07-2017 18:30
  
  CHICAGO - Authorities say a 13-year-old Indiana boy has died after being struck by a falling bullet that was likely fired into the sky by someone in a nearby community.  WMAQ-TV reports that Noah Inman was playing basketball on July 1 when he suddenly fell to the ground in Hammond, Indiana. The city is about 25 miles south of Chicago.  Witnesses called an ambulance, thinking he'd suffered a seizure. Hospital workers soon discovered he'd been hit by a falling b
  
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• EBRSO: 2 arrested after dispute over prostitute turns violent

  09-07-2017 17:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - Two men have been arrested after three victims were injured during a dispute over a prostitute Saturday.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the scene in the 2000 block of Jasper Avenue to find the three victims covered in blood. Upon arrival, the three pointed to a man standing nearby and claimed he was one of the men who had had attacked them. Deputies detained the man, 34-year-old Concepcion Vega, and placed him in the back
  
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• Police: Mom accused of leaving child in hot car complains it's 'too hot' in squad car

  09-07-2017 16:17
  
  SOUTH DAYTON, Fla. - A Florida woman who faces charges for allegedly leaving her child in a hot car wasn't too happy with the conditions inside of the police vehicle during her arrest.According to a report from WSB-TV, police arrested 30-year-old Colleen Walker after her child was left in a hot car while she was shopping last week.Police say they arrived on the scene to find Walker's 5-year-old son sitting alone in a locked Hyundai with the driver's side window rolled down and both passenger sid
  
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• Spider-Man: Homecoming' slings $117 million debut

  09-07-2017 14:58
  
  NEW YORK - "Spider-Man: Homecoming" opened with an estimated $117 million in North America, marking one of the summer's biggest debuts.  The better-than-expected result showed that moviegoers don't necessarily have franchise fatigue, if the new installment is good enough. The well-received "Homecoming" kicks off the third "Spider-Man" iteration in the last 15 years, and second reboot since 2014's "The Amazing Spider-Man," with Andrew Garfield.  But "Homecoming
  
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• Eugene a Cat 3 hurricane off Mexico, but no threat to land

  09-07-2017 14:56
  
  MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Eugene has grown into a Category 3 storm in the Pacific Ocean off of Mexico, but forecasters say it's not expected to threaten land.  The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph Sunday morning while it was centered about 565 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.  The storm was moving toward the north-northwest at 10 mph.  The center s
  
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• Wildfires burn across the US and Canada

  09-07-2017 14:52
  
  SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Wildfires barreled across the baking landscape of the western U.S. and Canada, destroying a smattering of homes, forcing thousands to flee and temporarily trapping children and counselors at a California campground.  A pair of wildfires egged on by record-breaking heat in Southern California quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campground and a summer camp.  In Northern California, a
  
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• Slidell Police: Drunk driver attempts to bail fellow drunk driver out of jail

  09-07-2017 14:47
  
  SLIDELL - The Slidell Police Department shared a story on their Facebook page Sunday morning that simply starts with "We can't make this up."According to the post, Slidell PD pulled over "a car full of drunks" sometime Saturday night.The driver was arrested for DWI, and the car was safely secured in a parking lot. The intoxicated passengers were then given a cab ride home.But the story doesn't end there. An hour or so later, one of the drunk passengers from the traffic stop decided to go back an
  
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• North Shore firefighter dies in crash on way to fire

  09-07-2017 14:43
  
  MOUNT HERMON, La. - A community is mourning the death of a volunteer firefighter after she was killed in a crash while responding to a house fire Thursday.According to a report from WWL-TV, a news partner of WBRZ, the incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Mt. Pisgah Road and Burch Road. The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office says 54-year-old Ronda Varnado was driving a fully-loaded water truck to the scene of a house fire when she was involved in
  
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• Convicted felon arrested for possessing, shooting stolen firearm after altercation

  09-07-2017 14:23
  
  MORGAN CITY - A convicted felon was arrested after he was found to be in a possession of a firearm following an altercation where he allegedly shot the gun.On July 8, around 11 p.m., patrol officers with the Morgan City Police Department responded to the area of Fifth St. in regards to a shots fired complaint.Through the initial investigation, police identified Jalen A. Walker, 25, of Morgan City as a suspect. It was learned that the victims arrived at the residence of Walker, where a p
  
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• Two GOP senators suggest bill to repeal health care law 'dead'

  09-07-2017 13:51
  
  WASHINGTON - The initial GOP bill to repeal and replace the nation's health law is probably "dead" and President Donald Trump's proposal to just repeal it appears to be a "non-starter. That's what two Republican senators are indicating Sunday as their party scrambled to salvage faltering legislation.  Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says "clearly the draft plan is dead."  And Sen. John McCain of Arizona is saying it may now be time for Republicans to come up wi
  
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• Baton Rouge man arrested for forcible rape of family member

  09-07-2017 13:45
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 45-year-old Baton Rouge man was arrested for second-degree rape after he allegedly forced a family member to have sexual relations with him.According to arrest records, Emanuel Johnson called the victim on the morning of July 8 and told her that he had money for her. Johnson told the victim to come to his workplace located on S. Choctaw to obtain the money.The victim arrived at Johnson's workplace alongside her 1-year-old daughter, according to arrest records. The victim appeared
  
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• Unused suit? Louisiana corrections agency seeking donations

  09-07-2017 13:35
  
  BATON ROUGE - Have a business suit or work-appropriate dress that's tucked away in the back of your closet unused?  Louisiana's corrections department is looking for donations of professional clothing to give to men and women leaving prison who need something to wear for job interviews.  The department is asking for the contributions as part of the 10th annual National Suit Drive, a partnership with Refined by Fire Ministries and Men's Wearhouse. &
  
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• Final flood debris removal starts Monday in East Baton Rouge

  09-07-2017 13:33
  
  BATON ROUGE - Crews will start making a final pass through East Baton Rouge Parish to collect any remaining debris from the August floods.  Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's office says the process begins Monday and runs through Aug. 13. Broome's office, in a news release Friday, said that's the deadline in order to qualify for federal cost-share reimbursements.  The Advocate reports the final pass for eligible debris will include the city limits and unin
  
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• Teen's suicide emblematic of problems at New Orleans jail

  09-07-2017 13:31
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Fifteen-year-old Jaquin Thomas was arrested a year ago this month. He was accused of murder and eventually sent to the New Orleans jail to await trial.  That's where he killed himself last fall and became one of the symbols of how a new jail facility that opened in 2015 failed to solve the old jail's problems of inadequate security and violence.  An arrest warrant for the guard who was supposed to be watching Thomas says the teen's lifeless body
  
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• Trump says 'time to move forward' with Russia

  09-07-2017 13:27
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is tweeting that "it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!" after his meeting with Vladimir Putin.  Trump says after returning from a world leaders' summit in Germany that he "strongly pressed" Putin twice over Russian meddling in the 2016 election during their lengthy meeting. He says Putin "vehemently denied" the conclusions of American intelligence agencies.  Trump is not saying, though, whether h
  
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• 1 killed, 8 wounded at pregnant woman's gender reveal party

  09-07-2017 13:16
  
  CINCINNATI - Authorities say two men opened fire on a party where a pregnant woman revealed her child's gender, killing one person and wounding eight, including the expectant mother and three children.  The pregnant woman tells WXIX-TV she lost her baby after being shot in the leg around 11:30 p.m. Saturday in Colerain Township, near Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the woman told guests before the shooting it was a boy.  A Colerain Township police
  
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• Livingston Parish residents honor first responders of the 2016 flood

  09-07-2017 12:28
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - It was an emotional reunion in Livingston Parish as several flood victims met with the law enforcement officers who saved their lives last August.Residents gathered at Lockhart Road Baptist Church Sunday to honor the law enforcement officers of the area who helped them amid 2016 widespread flooding. Many of the victims who gathered at the church on Sunday found sanctuary in that very same building.Now, nearly a year later, the people affected by the fl
  
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• People frustrated when La. concert turns into an anti-Trump rally

  09-07-2017 09:25
  
  NEW ORLEANS – People likened Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters' packed show in New Orleans overnight to propaganda and were frustrated with the second half of the show being devoted to Waters' hatred of President Donald Trump.Attendees told WBRZ, Water featured images of war and protests on giant screens as he performed. During one set, a pig with Donald Trump's image on it floated above the heads of spectators. Graphics spelled out “Trump is a pig” throughout the p
  
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• Motorcyclist killed after collision with dog

  09-07-2017 08:52
  
  ST. AMANT – A motorcyclist was killed late Saturday after he hit a loose dog on the highway, State Police revealed.Gary Fortney, 66, lost control after his motorcycle hit the animal on Gold Place Road east of Highway 431. The wreck happened around nine o'clock Saturday night, authorities said.Crash investigators said the dog ran into the highway from a ditch as Fortney was driving down the road. Fortney was thrown from the motorcycle.The dog also died. The dog belonged to someone who w
  
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