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• Bradford, Vikings cruise past Saints 29-19 in opener

  11-09-2017 21:46
  MINNEAPOLIS - Sam Bradford started his second season with Minnesota in style, passing for 346 yards and three touchdowns to help the Vikings beat New Orleans 29-19 on Monday night and spoil Adrian Peterson's first game with the Saints.  Stefon Diggs had seven receptions for 93 yards, two for scores, and Adam Thielen racked up 157 yards on nine catches as Bradford carved up a Saints defense that looked again like one of the worst in the league despite a major renovation. Rookie
  
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• Parent upset after child suffers from severe bullying at school

  11-09-2017 21:37
  BAKER - A Baker High School parent is fed up with her daughter's school's response to her bullying situation over the past several weeks.Tianne Moore says her daughter was jumped by six girls in her Baker neighborhood, leaving her with a black eye and a bruised leg. She says her daughter was approached by the same group of girls Monday at school."It went from them being friends to the girl just lashing out at my daughter constantly picking, constantly aggravating her basically bullying because
  
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• Police chief arrested for taking money from secret account

  11-09-2017 21:16
  KAPLAN - The elected police chief of a south Louisiana town has been arrested for stealing town money.  Louisiana State Police arrested Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams Monday, on charges related theft and malfeasance in office.  Master Trooper Brooks E. David, a State Police spokesman, says Adams couldn't provide receipts for $19,000 in spending. David says investigators determined Adams took more than $7,000.  KATC-TV reports Adams was booke
  
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• Irma blamed for six deaths in Florida

  11-09-2017 21:13
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida man appears to have been electrocuted by a downed power line following Irma.  Winter Park police spokesman Garvin McComie says officers responded Monday morning following reports of a man lying in the roadway.  The officers determined that 51-year-old Brian Buwalda was dead at the scene. A medical examiner will determine an official cause of death, but McComie says it appears to be an accident.  
  
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• UN approves watered-down new sanctions against North Korea

  11-09-2017 21:11
  UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea but not the measures sought by the Trump administration to ban all oil imports and freeze international assets of the government and its leader, Kim Jong Un.  The resolution, responding to Pyongyang's sixth and strongest nuclear test explosion on Sept. 3, does ban North Korea from importing all natural gas liquids and condensates. It also bans all textile exports and prohibit
  
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• Pileup on Interstate 55 in south Mississippi leaves two dead

  11-09-2017 20:27
  MCCOMB, Miss. - A multi-car pileup on Interstate 55 in southern Mississippi has left two people dead.  Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Brandon Fortenberry tells local media that seven vehicles, including an 18-wheel truck were involved in the Monday accident in McComb. He says several other people have been hospitalized.  Fortenberry declined to name the people who had died, saying officials were trying to notify their families.  I
  
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• Stolen truck chase: crashes into bus, 3 other vehicles

  11-09-2017 20:06
  SHREVEPORT - Louisiana police say a chase ended after a stolen pickup truck crashed into four vehicles, including a school bus.  Shreveport police say there were not any students on the bus, and nobody was hurt in any of the crashes.  They tell KSLA-TV that the truck's 20-year-old driver ran from the final crash and was caught. His name hasn't been released.  Police say the truck was driving without lights and pulling a camper trailer with i
  
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• Report: Former LSU player and coach Mel Didier dies

  11-09-2017 20:00
  BATON ROUGE - Former LSU player and coach Mel Didier died Sunday night in Phoenix, Ariz., according to the LSU Athletic Department. He was 90 years old.Didier was a former baseball and football letterman at LSU. He was also an assistant coach for LSU football, and was a longtime Major League Baseball executive, according to LSU Athletics.Didier was employed by the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assignments scout at the time of his death, LSU Athletics said.A Baton Rouge native, Didier
  
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• Irma spreads flooding, misery in Southeast; At least 9 dead in US

  11-09-2017 19:51
  MIAMI (AP) - A weakened Irma spread misery around the Southeast on Monday, triggering coastal flooding in parts of Georgia and South Carolina while dumping heavy rains around the region. Meanwhile, authorities have sent an aircraft carrier and other Navy ships to Florida to assist in search-and-rescue operations amid reports of devastation in the Keys, which felt Irma's full fury when it blew ashore Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane.  ___  WHAT DAMAGE WAS DONE
  
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• 9/11's 'Tribute in Light' beams in NYC

  11-09-2017 19:38
  NEW YORK - Two giant towers of light have lit up the lower Manhattan skyline as a visual memorial to those who lost their lives on 9/11.  The September 11 Memorial & Museum's "Tribute in Light" art installation switched on just after sundown Monday.  The light beams reach up to four miles into the sky and are comprised of 88 searchlights positioned into two squares that represent the twin towers.  The Memorial Plaza will be open to the p
  
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• Florida evacuees find refuge in Baton Rouge

  11-09-2017 19:14
  BATON ROUGE - Nearly a third of Florida residents were told to leave the state as Irma encroached on the area over the weekend. Some of those evacuees made their way to Baton Rouge for safety."We caulked windows, did everything we had to do, moved cars to higher ground, met at one location, and we started driving," said Kim Bauer, an evacuee from Tampa Bay. Her family left home in Tampa Saturday morning. "It was really when we saw that it had shifted west and would hit us dire
  
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• New background check policy leads to five game day arrests at LSU

  11-09-2017 18:15
  BATON ROUGE - Police say five people were arrested at LSU's campus Saturday thanks to a new background check policy being instituted on game days.According to the LSU Police Department, all five had outstanding felony warrants. One from Orleans Parish, one from New Orleans Police, another from Jefferson Parish and the rest from East Baton Rouge.During Saturday's game day celebrations at LSU, police screened all third-party vendors through an electronic backgr
  
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• New background check policy leads to five arrests at Tiger Stadium

  11-09-2017 18:15
  BATON ROUGE - Police say five people were arrested at Tiger Stadium Saturday thanks to a new background check policy being instituted on game days.According to the LSU Police Department, all five had outstanding felony warrants. One from Orleans Parish, one from New Orleans Police, another from Jefferson Parish and the rest from East Baton Rouge.During Saturday's game day celebrations at LSU, police screened all third-party vendors through an electronic background che
  
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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle on McClelland Drive

  11-09-2017 18:09
  BATON ROUGE - Authorities are responding to reports of a prson struck by a vehicle on McClelland Drive Monday afternoon.The incident was reported around 6 p.m. in the 5000 block of McClelland Drive. Authorities say one person was taken from the scene with minor injuries.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Speeding mail carrier asked to slow down, stops delivering mail

  11-09-2017 17:46
  DENHAM SPRINGS - A woman says her mail is being held hostage by the postal service and she's been having trouble contacting someone about the issue.For the past week, Courtney Cook has not been receiving mail. On Friday, a U.S. Postal Inspector left a card on her front door with the message, "No mail until someone calls."Monday, 2 On Your Side called the number left on Cook's door and no one answered. Cook says she's left a handful of messages already.Cook first contacted 2 On Your Side August
  
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• Warrant: Woman smuggled 'oxy' to hospital patient who died

  11-09-2017 16:31
  MONROE - A Louisiana woman faces a second-degree murder charge for allegedly smuggling oxycodone to a hospital patient.  The News-Star reports that the warrant names 35-year-old Virginia Wharton of Calhoun as the suspect in the death of 38-year-old Justin Ewing.  He died while being treated for a drug-resistant staph infection known as MRSA at Louisiana Extended Care Hospital in West Monroe.  According to the warrant, Ewing was found dead on
  
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• Police: Surveillance video leads to woman's arrest in fiance's murder

  11-09-2017 14:58
  BATON ROUGE - Police say surveillance video led to the arrest of a woman after she allegedly shot her fiancé in the back, killing him.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officers responded to an early morning shooting on Aug. 20. Police say 38-year-old Joseph Bunch III was found shot dead in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 2100 block of North Lobdell Boulevard.A woman at the scene told police that she was walking with her friend,
  
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• Contractor arrested after failing to complete house remodeling, repairs

  11-09-2017 14:50
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge contractor was arrested after he allegedly took $37,000 for incomplete work on a residence. According to police documents, David Gabriel Jr. was hired by the victim in December 2016 to remodel and repair his flood-damaged house. Gabriel was paid in advance to purchase materials for construction. The victim says by June 2017, Gabriel had only completed a partial amount of the work. In August, Gabriel began ignoring all of the victim
  
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• Judge weighs whether to halt immigration rules

  11-09-2017 14:27
  CHICAGO- Attorneys for Chicago are asking a federal judge to stop President Donald Trump's administration from withholding public safety grants from cities and counties that provide sanctuary to immigrants in the country illegally.In a hearing on Monday, attorney Ronald Safer asked U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber for a "nationwide" temporary injunction" to prevent the Justice Department from withholding public safety grants from cities and counties unless they agree to enforce federal imm
  
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• Irma approaching Tampa Bay area with hurricane-force winds; 7 dead, 3.5M without power

  11-09-2017 14:12
  MIAMI, Fla. - Hurricane Irma is barreling up the Sunshine State, bringing heavy rainfall and powerful winds. The deadly hurricane, which is now a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, was moving east of the Tampa metro area.The storm has killed 37 people in the Caribbean and at least seven people in the U.S., and it's left nearly 6 million Florida customers without power.Millions of Floridians are under orders to evacuate, and many are desperately seeking shelter from the
  
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• Teacher transported to hospital after altercation between two students

  11-09-2017 14:07
  BATON ROUGE - A teacher at Tara High School was transported to the hospital with a head injury after getting involved in an altercation between two students Monday morning. Authorities say one female student charged at another during after an argument. The teacher stood in the way of the attack and was knocked down in the process. The male teacher hit his head on the way down. One female student is being charged with battery on a school teacher. Permalink| Co
  
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• Supreme Court issues temporary refugee ban order

  11-09-2017 13:51
  WASHINGTON-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has issued a temporary order allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees for the time being.The order is in response to the administration's request for the high court to block a lower court ruling that could allow up to 24,000 refugees to enter the United States.Kennedy ordered challengers to the administration's refugee ban to submit written arguments in support of the lower court ruling by midday Tuesday.Th
  
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• Baton Rouge man accused of sexually assaulting teen on multiple occasions

  11-09-2017 13:31
  BATON ROUGE - A man has been charged with multiple counts of sexual battery after he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old on two different occasions.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, 20-year-old Maurice Reddick was arrested after he sexually assaulted the teen at an acquaintance's home in August. The victim told police that Reddick had sex with her on two different occasions, both times at her home while her mother was away. On both occasions, the v
  
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• Area man gets high, falls asleep in drive-through line

  11-09-2017 13:23
  THIBODAUX - Officers in Thibodaux have arrested a man they say fell asleep in a drive-through early Monday morning. Authorities received a call about a car blocking a restaurant drive-through around 1:15 a.m. When they arrived, they discovered John Sewell, 37, asleep at the wheel.One of the officers carefully reached inside of the car turned it off and removed the ignition key. When officers woke Sewell, he tried to put the vehicle in drive. He kept trying to
  
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• Tangipahoa Parish deputies deliver donations to Orange, Texas

  11-09-2017 13:19
  TANGIPAHOA - Deputies from the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office recently returned from Orange, Texas where they dropped off supplies donated by area residents.Items donated included toiletries, t-shirts, blow up mattresses, baby wipes and more.Deputies also recently prepared and served over 400 meals for first responders who have been working tirelessly to help Harvey victims.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Irma weakens into a tropical depression

  11-09-2017 12:30
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The National Hurricane Center says Irma has weakened into a tropical depression.  The storm, located about 5 miles west of Columbus, Georgia, is still bringing heavy rain to the U.S. Southeast on Monday night.  Irma is expected to drop 2 to 5 inches of rain across South Carolina and northern portions of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.  Irma's top sustained winds are 35 mph, and it is moving northwest at 15 mph.&nbsp
  
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• Louisiana response and recovery teams to assist hurricane impacted areas

  11-09-2017 12:18
  BATON ROUGE - The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is sending employees to areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. "We are ready to help our neighbors during their time of need," Gov. John Bel Edwards said. "Louisiana search and rescue teams saved lives in Texas and thousands of evacuees found refuge in our shelters ... we stand ready to answer any call for support we can help fill." Those employees will work with other state age
  
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• Flights from Louisiana to Georgia, Florida and North Carolina cancelled due to Irma

  11-09-2017 09:22
  BATON ROUGE - Due to the heavy rains, wind and other weather disruptions caused by Tropical Storm Irma, multiple flights from Louisiana to Georgia and Florida have been cancelled. Commercial flights have not flown into Florida all weekend. Travel to Georgia was limited before, but it appears air travel to the area has been postponed altogether. The flight plan listed by Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport shows multiple flights to Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina have been c
  
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• Estimates say Hurricanes Harvey, Irma could cost U.S. $290 billion

  11-09-2017 08:30
  Combined damages from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could cost the U.S. economy as much as $290 billion, according to a new forecast.Hurricane Harvey, which battered Houston with record amounts of torrential rain and flooding last month, is estimated to be one of the costliest weather disasters in U.S. history and Irma is expected to cause record-breaking damages as well, AccuWeather President Joel Myers said in a statement Sunday."We believe the damage estimate from Irma to be a
  
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• Ground zero 9/11 commemoration begins in silence

  11-09-2017 08:06
  NEW YORK- Victims' relatives, survivors and rescuers are observing the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks at ground zero.Monday's commemoration began with a moment of silence and tolling bells at 8:46 a.m. It's the time when a terrorist-piloted plane slammed into the World Trade Center's north tower.Then victims' relatives began reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed when four hijacked planes hit the trade center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001
  
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• Trump and first lady prepare to commemorate Sept. 11

  11-09-2017 06:27
  WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump is preparing to preside over his first 9/11 commemoration in office.Nearly 3,000 people were killed in 2001 when hijackers flew commercial airplanes into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.The president and first lady Melania Trump plan to observe a moment of silence at the White House on Monday morning. The remembrance is scheduled for about the time the first plane struck one of the Twin Towers on the morni
  
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• Trump and First Lady commemorate Sept. 11 at White House

  11-09-2017 06:27
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is presided over his first 9/11 commemoration in office Monday morning. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in 2001 when hijackers flew commercial airplanes into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.The president and first lady Melania Trump observed a moment of silence at the White House on Monday morning. The remembrance is scheduled for about the time the first plane struck one of the Twin Towers on th
  
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• Police: 4 shot outside Louisiana night club; man arrested

  11-09-2017 06:14
  NEW ORLEANS- Authorities say a man has been taken into custody after a shooting outside of a Louisiana nightclub wounded four people.News outlets report 31-year-old Lionel Cheneau was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted second-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery by shooting.A New Orleans police news release says an argument between Cheneau and a man at the nightclub's bar spilled into the parking lot. Cheneau grabbed a gun from his vehicle and fired, striking the man alo
  
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