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• Police stage killing to snag suspect in murder-for-hire plot

  24-09-2017 21:45
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE, Ohio - Police say a makeup artist helped them stage an Ohio crime scene to make the suspect in a murder-for-hire plot believe his requested target was killed by the would-be hitman, who actually was working with investigators.North Ridgeville police say 39-year-old suspect Seljami Idrizi, of Grafton, was arrested this week after paying the informant, who provided him photos of the faked scene to prove the killing was done.Idrizi was jailed on an init
  
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• St. Louis King of France Church to close in November

  24-09-2017 21:31
  BATON ROUGE – St. Louis King of France Catholic School will close in May, the diocese Announced Friday.The closure comes as the parish church is consolidated with nearby St. Thomas Moore. In a letter to the school community, Reverend Michael J. Alello wrote the school cannot remain open without its home church.“As a ministry of the parish, SLKF School follows the closing of the parish,” he wrote.Sunday, days after the date was set for the school's closure, the dioc
  
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• Police responding to reported accidental shooting on Avenue G

  24-09-2017 20:02
  BATON ROUGE - Emergency crews are responding to a reported accidental shooting on Avenue G.Sources tell WBRZ the shooting happened in the 10400 block of Avenue G near Elmer Avenue before 8 p.m.Preliminary information suggested the male victim was accidentally shot according to police. Sources said the victim was shot in the leg. Police said it appeared that the victim had accidentally shot himself.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Trump administration announces new travel ban

  24-09-2017 19:46
  WASHINGTON - Travelers from eight countries will face restrictions on entry to the U.S, ranging from a total ban to more targeted restrictions, under a new proclamation signed by President Donald Trump Sunday.  The new rules, which will impact the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, will go into effect on October 18. Officials stressed that valid visas would not be revoked as a result of the proclamation.  Some cou
  
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• Suspected gunman identified in Tennessee church shooting that left 1 dead

  24-09-2017 18:11
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police have released the identity of a suspect in a Tennessee church shooting.  Metropolitan Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron identified the suspect as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson of Murfreesboro.  Aaron says Samson has been discharged from Vanderbilt University Hospital and charging warrants are being obtained.  Aaron says the gunman arrived in the parking lot as services were being let out Sunday at the Burnett
  
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• Report: Brees, Payton displeased with President Trump's statements on players' protests

  24-09-2017 18:10
  NEW ORLEANS - Saints Head Coach Sean Payton and Quarterback Drew Brees weighed in on controversial NFL protests Sunday after players from several teams knelt during the national anthem. At a rally in Alabama Friday night, President Donald Trump had choice words for players who chose to protest the national anthem."Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field righ
  
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• Merkel wins fourth term, vows to form stable government

  24-09-2017 17:12
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pledging to form a stable government for Germany and is making clear that she doesn't plan to try running a minority government.  Merkel's current coalition partners, the center-left Social Democrats, said after Sunday's election that they won't join the next government. Germany has no tradition of minority governments, so that would leave Merkel trying to thrash out an untried coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats and left-leaning G
  
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• President Trump: 'Standing with locked arms is good, kneeling is not acceptable'

  24-09-2017 17:00
  NEW YORK - President Donald Trump has continued to express his displeasure on Twitter about how NFL players are choosing to kneel or sit for the national anthem before games.  In one tweet, Trump said that "Standing with locked arms is good, kneeling is not acceptable. Bad Ratings!" In another tweet, he says people "MUST honor and respect" the American flag.  More than 130 players around the NFL sat, knelt or raised their fists in defiance during the league's
  
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• Witness: Usher who confronted gunman a 'hero'

  24-09-2017 15:35
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A witness to a shooting at a Tennessee church is calling an usher who confronted a gunman "a hero."  Minerva Rosa has been a member at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in the Nashville neighborhood of Antioch for eight years. She was inside when a suspect opened fired Sunday.  Rosa says the suspect said nothing as he shot churchgoers. As the gunman made his way down the aisle, Rosa says the pastor started shouting, "'Run! Run! Gunshots!
  
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• 7 charged with rioting after protest in St. Louis County

  24-09-2017 15:14
  ST. LOUIS - Seven people are facing rioting and resisting arrest charges for their role in a protest that turned unruly at an upscale St. Louis County shopping mall.  Overall, 22 people were arrested Saturday at the St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights, Missouri. It was one of several protests since Sept. 15, when a judge acquitted former police officer Jason Stockley in the 2011 killing of a black drug suspect, Anthony Lamar Smith.  The protest began peace
  
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• President's criticisms spark more protests at NFL games

  24-09-2017 15:01
  President Donald Trump's comments about owners firing players who kneel during the national anthem sparked a mass increase in such protests around the National Football League Sunday, as more than 100 players sat, knelt or raised their fists in defiance during early games.  A week ago, just four players sat and two raised their fists.  Defensive star Von Miller was among the majority of Denver Broncos who took a knee in Buffalo, where Bills running back LeSea
  
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• Jailers face discipline for letting man escape

  24-09-2017 14:45
  COLUMBUS, Miss. - Jailers in a Mississippi county face sanctions for letting a man escape on Sept. 2.  Lowndes County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Marc Miley tells The Commercial Dispatch that all nine employees then on duty at the county's jail have received "pretty serious discipline," although he didn't say if any will be fired.  Delvin Moore, 29, escaped from a holding cell in the Columbus jail after an armed robbery arrest.  Jail offic
  
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• Hungarian Settlement Museum grand opening Sept. 27

  24-09-2017 14:44
  ALBANY, La. (AP) - Louisiana's newest museum opens Wednesday, Sept. 27, in a 111-year-old school in Albany.  The Hungarian Settlement Historical Society restored the building and is leasing it from the Livingston Parish School Board as the Hungarian Settlement Museum.  The school was built in Springfield in 1906 and moved to Albany in 1927.  It was a school until 1944, then a nursing home. After that closed in 1976, the building was ignored until 200
  
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• Mexico: As quake search continues, thousands homeless

  24-09-2017 14:34
  MEXICO CITY - As the search continues for survivors and the bodies of people who died in quake-collapsed buildings in Mexico City, thousands of people have been left homeless because their houses or apartment buildings are uninhabitable.  Specialists are fanning out to inspect buildings and determine which are unsafe after Tuesday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake, which has killed at least 307, more than half of them in the capital.  Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera says
  
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• WATCH: Cop surprises students, leads cheer at high school football game

  24-09-2017 14:30
  APPLETON, WI - Football fans at Appleton East High School in Wisconsin were in the middle of their traditional cheer when police officer Jack Taschner walked into the stands.The crowd thought they were getting in trouble and started to boo him because it looked, at first, like Taschner was telling them to quiet down.But then he surprised them, turning around to actually lead the cheer, stomping his feet and shuffling side to side.“This was an opportunity to build a bridge with the stu
  
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• New Orleans Saints, Pelicans release statement on President Trump's comments

  24-09-2017 13:52
  NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints organization released a statement early Sunday afternoon condemning statements made by President Donald Trump regarding players in the NFL and their right to protest.FULL STATEMENT: "Our organization takes great pride in equality and inclusion and find the comments by the President disappointing and inappropriate relative to our players on the issue. Tom Benson served in the military and continues to this day to support all military branches and fee
  
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• Average US gas price drops 7 cents as refineries bounce back

  24-09-2017 13:45
  CAMARILLO, Calif - The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline fell 7 cents nationally over the past two weeks, to $2.62.  Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the drop comes as flooded refineries continue to come back online after devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey.  Lundberg says she expects prices will continue to fall in the next few weeks.  Gas in San Francisco was the highest in the c
  
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• Police say gunman kills 1, injures 7 at Nashville church

  24-09-2017 13:05
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Authorities in Tennessee say one person is dead and seven people sustained injuries after a gunman opened fire at a church in Nashville.  Metro Nashville Police Department says the gunman was wounded and was taken to a hospital. No details were available about his condition.  The police department said on Twitter that six of the injured were shot and one was pistol-whipped.  The alleged shooting occurred at the Burnette Ch
  
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• Boil water advisory issued for town of Livingston

  24-09-2017 13:05
  LIVINGSTON - A boil water advisory has been issued for the town of Livingston.According to town officials, the boil advisory is due to a busted main water line.It is recommended that residents boil their water for one minute before consuming it. This includes making ice, brushing teeth or using it for food preparation.The boil advisory does not affect residents in the Satsuma area, according to town officials.The advisory is expected to be in place until Wednesday or Thursday of this week, acco
  
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