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• Report: Man knocked woman unconscious before kidnapping her in New Orleans

  23-07-2017 21:54 via wbrz.com
  NEW ORLEANS - Police are seeking a man accused of kidnapping a woman after he beat her unconscious Sunday.According to police, the attack happened around 5:15 p.m. Sundya in the 1200 block of Poydras Street. Police say the woman was having drinks and playing video games with the man before the two got into an argument.According to a report from WWL, police say the man followed the woman outside, struck her multiple times and punched her in the face, knocking her unconscious.&a
  
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• Diocese announces changes to address priest shortage

  23-07-2017 20:22 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - As the number of available priests continues to shrink and the number of practicing Catholics continues to rise, the diocese is taking steps to ease the burden placed on remaining clergy.The Pastoral Planning Task Force of the Diocese of Baton Rouge released a summary of its recommendations for the diocese Sunday. The task force, which was commissioned by Bishop Robert Muench, has made a number of recommendations to address the growth in the Catholic population and a dwindling num
  
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• Baton Rouge diocese announces changes to address priest shortage

  23-07-2017 20:22 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - As the number of available priests continues to shrink and the number of practicing Catholics continues to rise, the diocese of Baton Rouge is taking steps to ease the burden placed on remaining clergy.The Pastoral Planning Task Force of the Diocese of Baton Rouge released a summary of its recommendations for the diocese Sunday. The task force, which was commissioned by Bishop Robert Muench, has made a number of recommendations to address the growth in the Catholic population and
  
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• BRPD: 4 hurt in shooting on Avenue H; 4 arrested after pursuit

  23-07-2017 17:38 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Police say four people have been hurt and four have been arrested after a shooting Sunday afternoon.The shooting occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday on Avenue H near Elmer Avenue. According to BRPD, all four victims were transported to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries.Police pursed the shooting suspects to south I-110 near the Governor's Mansion curve.  The suspects bailed from the fleeing vehicle and ran into the adjacent neighborhoo
  
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• Mollylea Bridge opening delayed, to open soon

  23-07-2017 17:20 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Weather and unforeseen issues has pushed back the opening of a bridge.The Mollylea Bridge off of Sharp Road in Baton Rouge has been closed since July 2016 and drivers are anxious for it to reopen.While it's been under construction, Greg Bradley says people have been using his street as a cut through."Cars on my street have tripled," he said.When it's open, Bradley says he typically drives over the Mollylea Bridge at least four times a week."It's a lot easier than going out on Good
  
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• Wisconsin company to implant microchips in employees

  23-07-2017 17:01 via wbrz.com
  RIVER FALLS, Wisc. - A company in Wisconsin is about to become the first in the US to offer microchip implants to its employees."It's the next thing that's inevitably going to happen, and we want to be a part of it," Three Square Market Chief Executive Officer Todd Westby told KTSP. The company designs software for electronic break room markets, are commonly found in office complexes. People are currently able to purchase items at the market using phones, but Westby w
  
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• BRPD: Police confront man with stolen firearm in Marriott Hotel parking lot

  23-07-2017 16:15 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a man Sunday after he allegedly threatened a victim with a firearm and tried to resist officers.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officers responded to the 2300 block of Brightside Drive around 1 a.m. after receiving a report of a man threatening a victim with a firearm.Upon arrival, police were informed that the suspect had left the scene in his vehicle.Officers soon found the suspect, 18-year-old Michael Morris, a few blocks away in the par
  
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• Service held for missing couple found in glacier after 75 years

  23-07-2017 16:11 via wbrz.com
  Switzerland -A couple was laid to rest after their remains were found in the Swiss Alps after 75 years. The Dumoulins went missing in 1942 when they left their home to milk their cows. Marcelin, 40, and Francine, 37, never returned home leaving behind their six children. A Swiss worker found the remains of  the frozen couple, while doing a maintenance check on a glacier in the Swiss Alps. He thought the remains were nothing more than rocks and debris, but he eventuall
  
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• Authorities identify man found shot to death in Livingston Parish

  23-07-2017 16:06 via wbrz.com
  WALKER - Deputies are investigating the death of a 61-year-old man after his body was found in Livingston Parish Sunday.According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, Rick McBride was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound in the 13000 block of Pine Park Drive. The sheriff's office suspects foul play in McBride's death, but is still working to determine exactly what happened.The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Livingston Pari
  
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• USS Arizona survivors welcomed to Washington 75 years after Pearl Harbor attack

  23-07-2017 15:06 via wbrz.com
  WASHINGTON - Hundreds of service members lined the halls of the Pentagon Friday to welcome three of the five remaining survivors from the USS Arizona, 75 years after the ship was attacked at Pearl Harbor.Lauren Bruner (Fire Controlman), Donald Stratton (Seaman First Class), and Ken Potts (Coxswain) traveled to Washington, D.C. to posthumously honor a fellow sailor who saved their lives, and those of four others.During the attack, Bruner and Stratton, trapped on the burning Ari
  
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• Jordan Spieth wins British Open for third career major championship

  23-07-2017 14:48 via wbrz.com
  SOUTHPORT, England - Jordan Spieth is the British Open champion.  Spieth used a remarkable string of holes on the back nine to hold off Matt Kuchar and win the third major championship of his career. He won by three shots - the same margin he started the day with - after a final round 1-under-69.  He played the last five holes in 5-under-par.  Spieth was behind by a shot after 13 holes when he went birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie to snatch the to
  
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• Residents report series of burglaries in Baton Rouge subdivision

  23-07-2017 14:38 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Residents of the Parkview Oaks subdivision are becoming increasingly concerned after a series of burglaries which have been reported over the past couple weeks.Surveillance video released by a resident shows one such burglary that occurred Friday just off Sherwood and Coursey Boulevard. In the video, a masked suspect can be seen rummaging through a truck for some time before walking away from the scene.The victims told police that prescription drugs, hea
  
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• Team Sky rider Chris Froome wins 4th Tour de France title

  23-07-2017 14:31 via wbrz.com
  PARIS - Riding a bright yellow bike to match his shiny leader's jersey, defending champion Chris Froome won his fourth and most challenging Tour de France title on Sunday.  The 32-year-old Kenyan-born British rider finished 54 seconds ahead of Colombian Rigoberto Uran overall, the smallest margin of his wins.  This was the third straight win for the Team Sky rider. His first in 2013 came the year after hformer teammate Bradley Wiggins sparked off a mini-era o
  
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• Ohio brewery producing 2M cans of water for disaster victims

  23-07-2017 14:14 via wbrz.com
  TRENTON, Ohio - An Ohio brewery will skip the hops and barley to produce 2 million cans of water for disaster victims.  The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports the water will be canned at the MillerCoors Trenton, Ohio, brewery over the next three years in a partnership with the American Red Cross.  Red Cross officials say clean drinking water is one of the most urgent needs after a disaster because normal supplies are often contaminated or inaccessible.&
  
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• Man arrested after victim is beaten, forced into vehicle

  23-07-2017 14:02 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man was arrested after he and five others allegedly beat a man and forced him into a vehicle over a stolen electrical meter box.According to arrest records, on July 17, a victim went into the Baton Rouge Police Department First District to make a report. He told authorities, around 4 a.m., he was walking in the 5500 block of Evangeline Street when 19-year-old Darrel Williams and five other suspects jumped out of a vehicle and battered him.The victim said tha
  
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• North Carolina: Search on for armed man in national forest

  23-07-2017 13:24 via wbrz.com
  MILLS RIVER, N.C. - Authorities are telling visitors to stay away from a national forest in North Carolina while they search for an armed suspect, saying he escaped by stealing a mountain bike at gunpoint.An area of the Pisgah National Forest extending between Asheville and the South Carolina border was closed Sunday while officers were seeking 38-year-old Phillip Michael Stroupe II of Weaverville. The Transylvania County Sheriff's Department says he's a suspect in a break-in. &nbs
  
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• Man on parole for life sentence arrested for opening fire in front of officers

  23-07-2017 13:17 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man, out on parole for an aggravated rape conviction with a life sentence, allegedly opened fire while riding a bicycle through a neighborhood Saturday.According to arrest records, George Tate Jr., 54, of Baton Rouge was arrested on charges of illegal use of a weapon, illegal carrying of a weapon, felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.The incident took place Saturday in the area of Lobdell and Tom Drive. Two Ba
  
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• Bayou Teche handicap-accessible paddling docks to be dedicated this week

  23-07-2017 12:46 via wbrz.com
  ST. MARTINVILLE - The national water trail along Bayou Teche has four new handicap-accessible floating docks for canoers and kayakers, and two will be dedicated in the coming week.  Three have a boat slip at one end with two overhead handrails so paddlers on the Bayou Teche Paddle Trail can pull themselves straight up from their boats, rather than leaning over to haul themselves out over one side.  The fourth, at Port Barre has a gangway handrail and other fe
  
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• Louisiana attorney general warns of tobacco settlement scam

  23-07-2017 12:41 via wbrz.com
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's attorney general is warning residents not to believe online ads that say people can receive money from a settlement reached between states and tobacco companies.  Attorney General Jeff Landry says his office has received questions about online promotions suggesting individuals can access thousands per month by signing up to receive cash payments. The ads prompt people to buy a subscription - providing personal information and a credit card number - to
  
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• Free workshop: veterans interested in ag as hobby, business

  23-07-2017 12:33 via wbrz.com
  PINEVILLE - Veterans interested in agriculture can get information at a free workshop where topics will include beekeeping, raising goats and raised-bed gardening.  The Natural Resources Conservation Service's state conservationist, Kevin Norton, says it's a chance "for veterans to learn how to get connected to agriculture either as a hobby or starting a small family farm."  Several agencies are joining in the workshop Friday at the Veterans Administration Me
  
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• Newly restored USS Constitution is returning to the water

  23-07-2017 12:26 via wbrz.com
  BOSTON - The world's oldest commissioned warship still afloat is returning to Boston's waters.  The USS Constitution is undocking Sunday, marking the end of restoration work that started two years ago.  "Old Ironsides" enters dry dock about every 20 years for below-the-waterline repairs. The most recent work included installing 2,200 new copper sheets and replacing 100 hull planks and gun deck waterways.  Officials say the dry dock at the hi
  
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• Pope calls for "moderation" after Jerusalem shrine violence

  23-07-2017 12:24 via wbrz.com
  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has appealed for moderation after recent killings at a Jerusalem holy site.  Francis told faithful Sunday in St. Peter's Square that he was following "with trepidation the grave tensions and violence" unleashed at a contested shrine. Last week Arab gunmen, shooting from the shrine, killed two Israeli policemen, three Palestinians were killed in street clashes and a Palestinian fatally stabbed three members of an Israeli family.  Fr
  
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• Death toll in immigrant smuggling case hits 9

  23-07-2017 12:22 via wbrz.com
  SAN ANTONIO - A U.S. official says the death toll from people found in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a San Antonio Walmart has risen to 9.Originally, officials said the death toll had risen to 10, but they later corrected themselves.  Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Associated Press that two people died in a hospital. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck.  Based on initi
  
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• Death toll in immigrant smuggling case hits 10

  23-07-2017 12:22 via wbrz.com
  SAN ANTONIO - A U.S. official says the death toll from people found in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer in the parking lot of a San Antonio Walmart has risen to 10.  Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Associated Press that two people died in a hospital. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck.  Based on initial interviews with survivors, Homan says there may have been more than 100 people in the truck
  
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• Blistering heat before 8 found dead in truck

  23-07-2017 12:22 via wbrz.com
  SAN ANTONIO - The temperature in San Antonio had been in the 90s just before eight people were found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart store.  Authorities say several other people were found alive in the truck, which didn't have a working air conditioning system despite the blistering summer heat. Those people have been hospitalized.  Police say it's a horrific human trafficking case and the driver has been arrested.  Police say a
  
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• Final flood debris pickup for Denham Springs begins Monday

  23-07-2017 12:13 via wbrz.com
  DENHAM SPRINGS - The final collection of flood debris in Denham Springs is set to begin Monday.Over the weekend, residents in Denham Springs geared up for the first day of the final pass of debris removal. The debris pickup crews will be hitting the streets starting Monday morning.The guidelines are fairly simple, as the crews will pick up anything that was flooded but no new construction materials.For some residents, like Rusty and Darlene Brown, the final debris pass comes as a bittersweet go
  
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