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• St. Landry Parish declares state of emergency following tornado, severe weather damage

  11-04-2021 20:56 via wbrz.com
  
  ST. LANDRY PARISH - The parish has declared a state of emergency Sunday following two days of severe weather.According to local news, the state of emergency is in response to the weekend storms and tornado, which caused extensive damage and killed one parish resident.St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard will file the official declaration with the Clerk of Court's office Monday.Residents who experienced property damage are encouraged to make reports to the state.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Reports: Man kills self after standoff at Honolulu hotel

  11-04-2021 20:05 via wbrz.com
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A standoff between Honolulu police and an armed man who fired shots through the door of his room at a luxury resort ended when the man was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local media reported Sunday.A SWAT team entered the fourth-floor room at The Kahala Hotel & Resort about 3:30 a.m. Sunday and found the man dead, local television stations and a newspaper reported, citing unnamed police officials. All reported police didn’t release furthe
  
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• Iran calls Natanz atomic site blackout 'nuclear terrorism'

  11-04-2021 17:28 via wbrz.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising regional tensions as world powers and Tehran continue to negotiate over its tattered nuclear deal.While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion fell immediately on Israel, where its media nearly uniformly reported a devastating cyberattack orchestrated by the country caused the blackout.If Israel w
  
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• Police arrest man in stabbing death at Baton Rouge senior citizen living facility

  11-04-2021 16:23 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Homicide Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating the Saturday, April 10 murder of a man at a senior residential living facility off Lobdell Boulevard. Police say 67-year-old Francis Marinelli was stabbed to death around 3:10 p.m. at the 7545 Bishop Ott Drive residential facility where he lived.Detectives have arrested 69-year-old Larry King Woodard in connection with the homicide.Police say Woodard was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison
  
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• Police arrest man accused of killing resident of Baton Rouge senior citizen living facility

  11-04-2021 16:23 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Homicide Detectives with the Baton Rouge Police Department are investigating the Saturday, April 10 murder of a man at a senior residential living facility off Lobdell Boulevard. Police say 67-year-old Fraincis Marinelli was stabbed to death around 3:10 p.m. at the 7545 Bishop Ott Drive residential facility where he lived.Detectives have arrested 69-year-old Larry King Woodard in connection with the homicide.Police say Woodard was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Priso
  
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• BRPD investigating body found at senior living apartments

  11-04-2021 16:23 via wbrz.com
  
  Baton Rouge - Police are investigating a death at a senior living home Sunday afternoon.Authorities are trying to determine what happened at the scene, the Calais House on Bishop Ott Drive. The investigation is ongoing.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Police investigating fatal shooting of 16-year-old

  11-04-2021 14:36 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Detectives with the Baton Rouge Homicide department are investigating the shooting death of a 16-year-old killed Saturday night.The victim, Johntrell Cain, was shot by an unidentified man around 11:00 p.m. in a parking lot on Florida Boulevard.Cain died from injuries caused by the shooting.Anyone with information on the shooting should call the Violent Crimes Unit at (225)389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at (225)389-7867 (STOP).Permalink| Comments
  
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• Title IX conversation continues during 2021 legislative session

  11-04-2021 13:51 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE – The 2021 legislative session starts on Monday. A popular topic will be Title IX policies in higher education. There are multiple bills that deal with how university leaders should respond to a sexual assault complaint. One requires mandatory reporting of misconduct and has a termination clause in it for those that don't comply.“We’re looking for accountability and we’re looking for effective change,” said Sen. Regina Barrow.Barrow
  
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• Students lead US push for fuller Black history education

  11-04-2021 13:44 via wbrz.com
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a discussion on slavery. Just like the year before, she said, and the year before that.Then came George Floyd’s death in May, and she wrote to the administration at her school in Cherry Hill, in New Jersey’s Philadelphia suburbs, to a
  
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• Andrew: Philips death has left huge void in queens life

  11-04-2021 13:43 via wbrz.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The death of Prince Philip has left a “huge void” in Queen Elizabeth II’s life, their son Prince Andrew said Sunday, as Princess Anne paid tribute to her father as “my teacher, my supporter and my critic.”As hundreds well-wishers continued to leave floral tributes outside the gates of royal residences in memory of the monarch’s husband, Anne — Philip and the queen’s only daughter —
  
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• WATCH: Baton Rouge bishop, mayor and other community members attend vigil for missing LSU student

  11-04-2021 12:01 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Hundreds gathered in prayer and song at the Sunday night vigil for missing LSU student Kori Gauthier.Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, Bishop of Baton Rouge Michael Duca, Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor and LSU interim president Tom Galligan attended the vigil, along with Gauthier's family and other community members.Gauthier disappeared early Wednesday. Her car was found abandoned on the Mississippi River Bridge with her phone and other belongings still inside.The
  
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