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• Baton Rouge celebrates veterans during Flag Day parade

  11-06-2023 20:35
  
  BATON ROUGE - Residents across the capital area celebrated veterans in the community with a Flag Day parade downtown on Saturday. "Being a veteran it's just phenomenal when you get with other people who are veterans," Roland "Blade" Sanchez with Patriot Guard said. "They know what the flag means. They know what people sacrificed for it."The day started with a parade. There were flags, motorcycles, and music. After, a crowd gathered in front of the U.S.S. Kidd for a perfect summer time
  
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• Tony Awards kick off with plenty of Broadway razzle-dazzle, despite writers' strike

  11-06-2023 20:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Awards host Ariana DeBose opened a blank script backstage before dancing and leaping her way to the stage as the main show’s telecast kicked off Sunday, seizing the moment after the Hollywood writers’ strike left Broadway’s biggest night without words but with plenty of razzle-dazzle.An exciting, hectic opening number down the aisle gave a jolt of electricity to what is usually an upbeat, safe and chummy night. The strike by the Write
  
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• Six people shot in parking lot outside Houston club, police say

  11-06-2023 20:06
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Police in Houston say six people were shot and injured after someone opened fire in a crowded parking lot outside of a club in Houston early Sunday.Police Chief Troy Finner said officers found six people shot following a disturbance inside the Tabu nightclub that spilled out into the parking lot. Finner said one of the six victims is in critical condition and underwent emergency surgery. The victim’s prognosis was uncertain. The other five victims are expected
  
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• LSU fans show up early at Alex Box for Sunday's game despite yesterday's delays

  11-06-2023 16:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Despite multiple delays postponing Saturday's game for seven hours, many Tiger fans were back at the Box on Sunday for what could be the series finale. "We've had double headers where we're out here till 12, 1, 2 o'clock in the morning. I mean prick me, I'm purple and gold in my blood. I will be here sunup to sundown, 24 hours, whatever needs to be to watch those boys play," LSU fan Renee Beard"And I'll be right there with her," her mother, Rose Beard, said.The game was o
  
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• I-95 collapses in Philadelphia after tanker truck carrying gasoline catches fire

  11-06-2023 15:43
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed early Sunday in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire, closing a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely, authorities said.Transportation officials warned of extensive delays and street closures and urged drivers to avoid the area in the northeast corner of the city. Officials said the tanker contained a petroleum product that may hav
  
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• Man riding lawnmower killed while trying to cross highway

  11-06-2023 15:16
  
  THIBODAUX - A man riding a lawnmower along a south Louisiana highway was killed when he tried to cross the road. According to State Police, 77-year-old Larry Helm was riding a Craftsman lawnmower and tried to cross LA-1. Helm was hit by a GMC truck and died at the scene. The occupants of the truck were not injured. Troopers said impairment is not suspected. Permalink| Comments
  
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• What now? Here's what you need to know ahead of Game 2

  11-06-2023 12:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - The big stories on Saturday were the dominance of the Tigers on the mound and at the plate -- along with the epic delay for storms that never came.So what's next for the Baton Rouge baseball Super Regional?Game time is set for 5 p.m. at Alex Box Stadium as the Tigers look to punch their ticket to the College World Series. An LSU win sends the team to Omaha and sends Kentucky home.If the Wildcats can rebound from a 14-0 drubbing in Game 1, a third and final contest will take place
  
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• Suspect wanted in shooting that left one dead in Hammond, police say

  11-06-2023 08:39
  
  HAMMOND - The Hammond Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one dead at a Hammond venue early Sunday morning.Authorities responded to The Livin Room on Nashville Avenue, near North Morrison Boulevard, around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning to a call of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased man lying in the ditch with a gunshot wound to the chest.He was later identified as 23-year-old Tykerstien Lusk of Springfield.A witness was able to identify one of the offenders as
  
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• Suspect in shooting that left one dead in Hammond now in custody, police say

  11-06-2023 08:39
  
  UPDATE: Malik Andrews was taken into custody by Hammond Police around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning.Read the original story below.________________________________________________________________________________________________HAMMOND - The Hammond Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one dead at a Hammond venue early Sunday morning.Authorities responded to The Livin Room on Nashville Avenue, near North Morrison Boulevard, around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning to a call of shots fired.
  
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• Police investigating Hammond shooting early Sunday morning

  11-06-2023 08:39
  
  HAMMOND - The Hammond Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one dead at a Hammond venue early Sunday morning.Authorities responded to The Livin Room on Nashville Avenue, near North Morrison Boulevard, early Sunday morning to a call of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased man lying in the ditch with a gunshot wound to the chest.He was later identified as 23-year-old Tykerstien Lusk of Springfield.A witness was able to identify one of the offenders as 19-year-old
  
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• Police investigating early Sunday morning shooting in Hammond

  11-06-2023 08:39
  
  HAMMOND - The Hammond Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one dead at a Hammond venue early Sunday morning.Authorities responded to The Livin Room on Nashville Avenue, near North Morrison Boulevard, early Sunday morning to a call of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased man lying in the ditch with a gunshot wound to the chest.He was later identified as 23-year-old Tykerstien Lusk of Springfield.A witness was able to identify one of the offenders as 19-year-old
  
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