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• Mississippi governor orders emergency to protect crash site

  13-07-2017 20:25
  
  ITTA BENA, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he's declaring an emergency in the area affected by the KC-130 crash that killed 15 Marines and a Navy corpsman this week.  Bryant, speaking to reporters Thursday, said the step will allow the state to continue to provide security at the crash site "as long as they need us" as crews work to catalog and remove debris.  The Republican governor also says he's ordering flags lowered to half-staff statewide Frida
  
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• Ascension Sheriff seeking suspected trespasser

  13-07-2017 19:34
  
  GONZALES - The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is trying to identify a man accused of trespassing on Chase Street.Video shows the man walking near a carport and jumping a fence onto the next property. The Sheriff's Office also says the man resisted an officer and had marijuana, but the Facebook post with the video does not show those crimes, nor does it say when the video was recorded.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office or Crime Stoppers. 
  
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• Gun shop owner starts Armor for Officers foundation following ambush

  13-07-2017 19:01
  
  BATON ROUGE – A Denham Springs gun shop owner gave 700 law enforcement officers more protection last year and looks to give even more this year. Brandon Cavin owns Bayou Gunslinger and started the foundation Armed for Officers last year after the shooting deaths of an East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office deputy and two Baton Rouge Police Department officers during an ambush on Airline Highway. Three other law enforcement officers were wounded during the ambush. "At that
  
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• WBRZ's 10th annual Stuff the Bus collects nearly $40,000 worth of school supplies

  13-07-2017 17:46
  
  BATON ROUGE - WBRZ News 2 collected nearly $40,000 worth of school supplies and stuffed four buses during the 10th annual Stuff the Bus Campaign, a school supply drive to benefit children in the community.On July 12th at two area Walmart stores, viewers helped WBRZ fill three East Baton Rouge Parish school buses along with one and a half West Baton Rouge Parish school buses with things students will need as they head back to school next month. The school supply drive assists parents and teachers
  
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• Attorney says client killed 4 Pennsylvania men

  13-07-2017 17:21
  
  NEW HOPE - A defense attorney for a jailed man connected to the search for four missing men in Pennsylvania says his client has admitted killing the four and told authorities the location of the bodies.  Lawyer Paul Lang said Thursday his client Cosmo DiNardo confessed to "the four murders" and is ready to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. He says his client has deep remorse.  Authorities found the body of one of the men, 19-year-old Dean Fin
  
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• Suspect in deadly Times Square crash pleads not guilty

  13-07-2017 17:03
  
  NEW YORK - A man accused of intentionally mowing down pedestrians on a Times Square sidewalk, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, has pleaded not guilty.  Richard Rojas was arraigned Thursday in the May 18 melee on murder and attempted murder charges. His lawyer had no comment afterward.  Police say the U.S Navy veteran steered his SUV onto the sidewalk and hit the gas. He told police he'd been smoking marijuana laced with the hallucinogen PCP.&n
  
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• Congressman Scalise in fair condition after another surgery for infection

  13-07-2017 15:30
  
  WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Scalise is in fair condition as of July 13  after he underwent another surgery for infection related to his wounds and remains in the hospital, according to MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
  The hospital’s full statement on Scalise’s condition is below:"Congressman Steve Scalise remains hospitalized at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Today, he underwent surgery for the management of deep tissue infection related
  
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• Reggie's bar placed on suspension for 45 days

  13-07-2017 14:56
  
  BATON ROUGE – Reggie's, a bar in Tigerland, has been placed on suspension for 45 days, according to the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. The business must close for 45 days as the result of an ATC hearing on Thursday that discussed the bar's violations. The ATC first pulled the bar's license following a BRPD sting operation that resulted in the arrest of 37 people in Tigerland earlier this month, several of whom were arrested for underage drinking.  At
  
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• Former President Jimmy Carter taken to hospital 'as a precaution'

  13-07-2017 14:42
  
  ATLANTA - A spokeswoman for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he was taken to a hospital "as a precaution" after becoming dehydrated at a Habitat for Humanity construction project in Canada.  Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo says the 92-year-old Carter was taken to St. Boniface General Hospital for rehydration. Congileo says Carter's wife, Rosalynn Carter, is with him.  The Carters were at a build site in Winnipeg on Thursday when he became ill. The co
  
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• Blue Bell releases new Sweet 'n Salty Crunch flavor

  13-07-2017 13:32
  
  A new Blue Bell Ice Cream flavor is hitting shelves just in time for National Ice Cream Day on July 16. The new flavor is Sweet n' Salty Crunch, vanilla ice cream loaded with chocolate-coated pretzel bites, chopped roasted almonds and milk chocolate chunks, is coming to store this week. Wayne Hugo, vice president of sales and marketing for Blue Bell, said the new flavor was inspired by popular snacks that combine salty and sweet foods. "When developing Sweet 'n Salty C
  
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• North Baton Rouge specialty hospital closing

  13-07-2017 13:21
  
  BATON ROUGE – The specialty surgical hospital many in North Baton Rouge hoped would help echo more health care into the community there is closing.Champion Medical Center will shut down; it's parent company said the closure will occur relativity quickly. Champion has been open for almost four years and was hoping to become a state-supported emergency room when the state went looking for partners for emergency care in North Baton Rouge.Much to the dismay of those involved in the pitch t
  
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• Texas man trapped in ATM slips notes to customers begging for help

  13-07-2017 12:51
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI - Police say a Texas man who became trapped inside an ATM slipped notes to customers via the receipt slot pleading for them to help him escape.  Corpus Christi police Lt. Chris Hooper says the contractor became stuck Wednesday when he was changing a lock to a Bank of America room that leads to the ATM.  The unidentified contractor, who had left his cellphone in his truck, encountered a problem with the lock.  He passed notes th
  
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• Mom starts program after losing sons to drunk driver

  13-07-2017 12:43
  
  BATON ROUGE - Michelle Ramsey is turning her tragic experience into one that will make a difference for others.Ramsey lost her both of her boys, six-year-old Khaiden & four-year-old Samuel, in a accident on Highway 477 involving a drunk driver in April 2016. Now, she's created an event to bring awareness and give back.“If I can just save one life, by saying hey think about what you're doing you call somebody to come pick you up ... if it just saves one life I'm good,” Ram
  
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• Senate Judiciary aims for vote next week on FBI director

  13-07-2017 12:37
  
  WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he hopes to hold a committee vote next week on Christopher Wray's nomination to be FBI director.  Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says he's impressed with Wray, who promised at his Wednesday hearing to never let politics get in the way of the bureau's mission.  Grassley said Thursday Wray is "the independent leader the FBI needs" and he takes Wray at his word that his loyalty will be to th
  
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• Five injured in four shootings during violent night in Baton Rouge

  13-07-2017 12:12
  
  BATON ROUGE – Deputies and police were busy overnight, responding to four reports of shootings.At least one other shooting was reported but appears unsubstantiated. At one of the shooting scenes, there was also a report of a stabbing. District Attorney Hillar Moore said the rise in crime has city leaders' attention."We started to institute weekly meetings amongst all law enforcement agencies, federal state and local," Moore said. "We meet every Wednesday. We go over the last weeks shot
  
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• Trump, Macron meeting in Paris for Bastille Day

  13-07-2017 06:43
  
  PARIS - President Donald Trump will be meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron as part of his visit to France for Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.
   Trump arrived in Paris on Thursday morning, and was traveling to the U.S. Ambassador's residence and then attending a luncheon with U.S. military leaders. He's also expected to tour the museums at Les Invalides with Macron and then holding meetings with the French leader.
   Trump and Macron are expected to discuss possible s
  
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• Ambush leaves 3 shot dead in Alabama, ends in suicide of suspect in Florida

  13-07-2017 04:09
  
  The suicide came just about eight hours after Kenneth Dion Lever methodically shot his victims: 50-year-old Dana Reeves Lever, his ex-wife; her sister, 65-year-old Bonnie Reeves Foshee; and her brother-in-law, 69-year-old Don Foshee.
  
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• Report: Federal prisons violating law, keeping mentally ill in solitary confinement too long

  13-07-2017 02:42
  
  Federal prisoners, including those with mental illness, are being kept in solitary confinement for long periods of time in violation of federal policy, according to a new report.
  
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