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• Windows broken downtown in St. Louis protests

  17-09-2017 21:13
  ST. LOUIS - Vandalism has broken out during a third night of protests in St. Louis over the acquittal of a white former police officer in the shooting death of a black suspect.  After more than 1,000 protesters marched downtown for about three hours Sunday afternoon and early evening, organizers announced the demonstration was over. While most left, a few dozen continued to march downtown and eventually started knocking over large potted plants and throwing objects through win
  
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• Highway Patrol: 2 Oklahoma officers shot serving warrant

  17-09-2017 20:55
  CHICKASHA, Okla. - Authorities say two Oklahoma police officers were shot while serving a search warrant at a house and the suspected shooter was taken into custody after being barricaded inside.  Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Kera Philippi says the officers were shot while serving the warrant Sunday afternoon in Chickasha.  Authorities did not release the names or conditions of the wounded officers other than they were both transported from the scene for medic
  
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• Man booked with 4th DWI after overnight crash

  17-09-2017 18:37
  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested on his fourth DWI charge after an overnight crash on Florida Boulevard.According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, 28-year-old Jesus Cortes crashed his into two other vehicles in front of Club Revolution on Florida Boulevard around 1:40 a.m. Sunday. Police arrived on the scene to find Cortes with bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and a strong smell of alcohol emanating from his body. Cortes was transported 
  
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• Deputy given medal after shootout that killed 2

  17-09-2017 17:54
  WATER VALLEY, Miss. - A Mississippi sheriff has given a deputy a medal for bravery, three months after a shootout in which he was wounded and a Missouri man and woman were killed.  WTVA-TV reports that Yalobusha County sheriff's Deputy Thomas West received the medal at a banquet Saturday night.  Authorities have told news media that that he had just found a stolen all-terrain vehicle in some woods when someone started shooting at him from behind it. 
  
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• One dead after fire in Baton Rouge subdivision

  17-09-2017 16:10
  BATON ROUGE- Authorities say one person is dead after a fire on Hogenville Avenue Sunday.Crews responded to the fire on Hogenville near Wilderness Drive around 4 in the afternoon. Authorities say one person was pronounced dead at the scene. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Authorities: 68-year-old dead after fire in Baton Rouge subdivision

  17-09-2017 16:10
  BATON ROUGE- Authorities say one person is dead after a house fire on Hogenville Avenue Sunday.Crews responded to the fire on Hogenville near Wilderness Drive around 4 in the afternoon. According to the St. George Fire Chief, a 68-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.The chief added that multiple pets were killed in the fire as well.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baton Rouge man arrested in deadly 2016 crash

  17-09-2017 14:45
  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested Saturday in connection to a crash that left one person dead last year. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, 30-year-old Marlon Spurlock of Baton Rouge was arrested over the weekend on a charge of vehicular homicide for his involvement in the May 2016 crash.Police say Spurlock was driving his pickup truck on 22nd Street when he crashed into a car making an illegal U-turn in the middle of the roadway. The dri
  
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• Missing elderly man found, airlifted in critical condition

  17-09-2017 14:17
  ABITA SPRINGS - A 77-year-old man was airlifted in critical condition Sunday after he went missing over the weekend.The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office says Robert Anthony Olsen, Sr. was reported missing by family just after 4 p.m. Friday. He had last been seen working near his home off Highway 435.Following an extensive search of the surrounding wooded area, Olsen was located on a nearby tract of land just before noon Sunday. According to the sheriff's office he was airlifted from
  
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• One hurt in shooting on Elmer Avenue

  17-09-2017 13:51
  BATON ROUGE - Police say one person was hurt after a shooting on Elmer Avenue Sunday night. Officers responded to the shooting on Elmer near Avenue E before 11 p.m Sunday. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, one person was shot in the leg.Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• 'Fly high Max': Alabama long snapper honors late friend Max Gruver

  17-09-2017 13:42
  BATON ROUGE - Alabama long-snapper Scott Meyer honored his late friend Max Gruver during Alabama's win over Colorado State Saturday night with a simple message written on his wrist.On his right arm, Meyer wore a wristband with the words "Fly high Max" written on the front, according to the Montgomery Advertiser. Gruver, an LSU student, died after being transported from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house Wednesday night. His death is being investigated as a possible
  
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• LSU drops from 12 to 25 in AP poll

  17-09-2017 13:33
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU Tigers dropped from No. 12 to No. 25 in The Associated Press college football poll after losing to the Mississippi State Bulldogs 37-7 Saturday night in Starkville, Miss.Meanwhile, Miss. State jumped to No. 17 after being unranked the first two games of their season.The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sep. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25t
  
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• Louisiana uninsured rate falls to 10.3 percent in new data

  17-09-2017 13:05
  BATON ROUGE - The number of Louisiana residents covered by health insurance edged up last year, according to new U.S. Census data tracking state uninsured rates.  The data show that 10.3 percent of Louisiana residents were uninsured in 2016, a drop from 11.9 percent the previous year.  Louisiana's uninsured rate remains higher than the national average of 8.6 percent, but it's down significantly from four years ago, when 16.6 percent of residents had no insur
  
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• 'It' stomps 'Mother' with $60M in its second week

  17-09-2017 13:03
  NEW YORK - The Stephen King adaption "It" continues to scare up record ticket sales, taking in an estimated $60 million in its second week and leaving a paltry $7.5 million for Darren Aronofsky's audacious genre-bending psychological thriller "mother!"  New Line and Warner Bros.' "It" remained easily the top draw in North American theaters. It slid 51 percent from last week's unexpectedly sensational opening of $123 million. Most had expected "It" to open to about half that.&a
  
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• Louisiana's share of EpiPen overbilling settlement is $6.9M

  17-09-2017 13:02
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana is getting $6.9 million from EpiPen maker Mylan as part of a national settlement.  Attorney General Jeff Landry announced the state's share of the $465 million federal agreement completed in August that settled allegations it overbilled Medicaid programs for its emergency allergy injectors for nearly a decade.  Landry called it Medicaid fraud. In a statement, he said people and companies that "deceive the hard-working taxpayers of Loui
  
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• UK raises wounded in London subway bombing to 30

  17-09-2017 12:46
  LONDON - Britain's National Health Service says all but one of the people wounded in the subway bombing attack have been released from the hospital.  The health service said Sunday that one person is still being treated at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, which has a special unit for treating burns.  Officials raised the total number of people injured Friday by the partial detonation of a bomb on the subway train and the stampede that followed to 30. That in
  
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• Protesters expected to reconvene for 3rd day

  17-09-2017 12:43
  ST. LOUIS - Demonstrators are expected to reconvene near St. Louis on Sunday afternoon for a third day of protests following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man.  Protests turned violent for a second night late Saturday, as a small group of demonstrators refused to disperse, breaking windows at dozens of businesses and throwing objects at police, who moved in with hundreds of officers in riot gear to make arrests. &n
  
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• Act of kindness at local school spreads nationwide

  17-09-2017 12:33
  ST. HELENA PARISH - What began as a kind gesture from a teacher has become a message of giving and spreading kindness, and it all revolves around shoes.Middle school can be tough. But when students began teasing fifth-grader Christopher Baker over his shoes, one teacher decided to step in."They are great kids... Just that day, they were being kids and teasing him about his shoes," said Kenisha Callahan, a teacher at St. Helena Arts and Technology Academy.Callahan happens to be
  
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