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• Report: 3-year-old helps to save dad's life after shooting

  29-10-2017 21:40
  NEW ORLEANS - Family members say a 3-year-old boy is responsible for saving his father's life after a shooting last week.According to a report from WWL, 30-year-old Joshua Youngblood was shot twice while driving along Elysian Fields Avenue in New Orleans Wednesday. His son was in the back seat at the time and avoided the gunfire. Youngblood managed to continue driving for a short period, but he soon veered off the roadway and came to a stop. “When h
  
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• Police investigating reported shooting on Madison Avenue

  29-10-2017 18:32
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a reported shooting after an SUV was found in a ditch off Madison Avenue Sunday evening.The shooting was reported around 5:30 p.m. on Madison Avenue near N. 15th Street. Police arrived on the scene to find an SUV had gone off the roadway and into a nearby ditch.Police are still investigating the scene.No injuries were reported.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Steve Gleason brings Hurricane Maria evacuee with ALS to Saints game

  29-10-2017 17:28
  NEW ORLEANS - Former Saints safety Steve Gleason brought a Hurricane Maria evacuee suffering from ALS to Sunday's game.A post from Steve Gleason's Twitter account showed the former Saints hero alongside Carmelo Diaz and his family. According to the Advocate, Diaz, a former tennis player, needs a ventilator to survive and struggled to stay alive after Hurricane Maria plowed through Puerto Rico, knocking out power to the entire island. Gleason reportedly reache
  
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• Texans kneel during pregame protest over owner's comparing players to 'inmates'

  29-10-2017 16:40
  HOUSTON, Tx. - The majority of Houston Texans players took a knee or sat during a pregame protest as a unit before Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks.The unified silent display during the "Star-Spangled Banner" came in the wake of team owner Bob McNair's controversial "inmates running the prison" comment, a league source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.The Texans held a players' meeting Saturday in Seattle to decide how to handle Sunday after McNair's comments surfaced, the source said.Accord
  
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• 3-year-old amputee shows off one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes

  29-10-2017 15:32
  A mother from California is helping her daughter accept her difference by creating special Halloween costumes to show it off.Scarlette Tipton wears a unique costume each year to incorporate the distinction of her missing arm, which she lost because of a rare cancer three years ago."She loves Halloween and she likes being something scary every year," the girl's mom, Simone Tipton of Silverado, California told ABC News. "I wanted to make sure it was rooted deep in her subconscious that it doesn't
  
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• Police: Boy jumps from overpass onto car, kills driver

  29-10-2017 15:23
  FAIRFAX, Va. - Police say a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass above Interstate 66 in northern Virginia and fell onto a car, killing the driver.  The incident took place Saturday afternoon in Fairfax County. Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a statement Sunday afternoon that the boy landed on a Ford Escape and the impact incapacitated the vehicle's driver.  The statement says the front-seat passenger steered the vehicle off the int
  
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• Facebook is obsessed with this giant hog roaming around Alabama

  29-10-2017 14:48
  PHENIX CITY, AL – One woman's sighting of a massive hog in an Alabama neighborhood is causing a stir on social media.“I was in Fontaine Park in Phenix City. I'm not sure if anyone called Animal Control,” Angela Price told WTVM.Price says she was scared and shocked that it was just walking around a neighborhood, but she couldn’t resist the temptation to snag a few pictures and video.“I just had to turn back around and take some pics,&
  
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• Gonzales man arrested after stabbing victim during argument

  29-10-2017 13:20
  GONZALES - A 71-year-old Gonzales man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a man during an argument over money.According to the Gonzales Police Department, on Saturday, Oct. 28, officers were called to St. Elizabeth Hospital where a 37-year-old victim was suffering from a stab wound to the center of his chest.Detectives interviewed the victim and learned he was stabbed at a home in the 200 block of Oleana Drive, according to Gonzales PD. The residence is owned by a subject the victim identif
  
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• Gonzales man arrested after allegedly stabbing victim during argument

  29-10-2017 13:20
  GONZALES - A 71-year-old Gonzales man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a man during an argument over money.According to the Gonzales Police Department, on Saturday, Oct. 28, officers were called to St. Elizabeth Hospital where a 37-year-old victim was suffering from a stab wound to the center of his chest.Detectives interviewed the victim and learned he was stabbed at a home in the 200 block of Oleana Drive, according to Gonzales PD. The residence is owned by a subject the victim identif
  
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• Doctors prepare for deep dive into Las Vegas shooter's brain

  29-10-2017 11:54
  LAS VEGAS - Scientists are preparing to do a microscopic study of the Las Vegas gunman's brain, but experts say whatever they may find likely won't be what led him to kill 58 people.  Las Vegas authorities say Stephen Paddock's brain is being sent to Stanford University for a months-long examination after a visual inspection during an autopsy found no abnormalities.  Doctors will perform multiple forensic analyses, including an exam of the 64-year-old's brain
  
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• Pentagon identifies soldier killed in Afghanistan

  29-10-2017 11:53
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has released the name of a U.S. soldier who died of wounds sustained in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.  The Friday crash in Logar province killed Jacob M. Sims - a 36-year-old chief warrant officer from Juneau, Alaska. He was assigned to 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.  The U.S. military has said six other crew members aboard the helicopter
  
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• Tropical Storm Philippe dumps heavy rain in Bahamas

  29-10-2017 11:46
  MIAMI - Rain from Tropical Storm Philippe has eased up in Florida but continues to batter the northwestern Bahamas.  The National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. advisory that the storm's center was located about 55 miles north of Freeport, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.  Philippe is expected to produce 1 to 3 inches of additional rain accumulations over the northern Bahamas and eastern Cuba. The rainfall could cause flash flooding, especially in
  
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• FBI's use of foreign intelligence driving privacy debate

  29-10-2017 11:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI's use of foreign intelligence is at the heart of a heated debate on Capitol Hill about reauthorizing a law that lets spy agencies collect information on non-U.S. citizens abroad.  The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act is set to expire on Dec. 31.  Lots of legislative proposals are circulating in Congress. They range from leaving the law alone to making big changes aimed at better protecting the communications of Americ
  
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• Hundreds walk to raise Diabetes awareness in Baton Rouge

  29-10-2017 11:35
  BATON ROUGE - Fifteen-year old Blake Stone of Prairieville appears to be an average teenager, but he's suffered from Diabetes since he was a small child.This year, he participated in the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk for Awareness."It's kind of difficult for a teenager to have Type 1, because you have to stop what your are doing sometime during the day and check you blood, give yourself insulin," Stone said.Stone was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 3. He has to give himself s
  
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• One airlifted to hospital after single-vehicle crash in Walker

  29-10-2017 11:13
  WALKER - Police say one person was transported to an area hospital after a single-vehicle crash on Florida Boulevard Sunday night. Police say the crash occurred on Florida Boulevard near LA 449. According to the Walker Police Department, the driver was taken to a hospital via Airmed.The driver is currently being treated for non life-threatening injuries.Police are directing traffic in the area as crews work to clear the scene.Permalink| Comments
  
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