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• A record 6.6 million seek US jobless aid as layoffs mount

  02-04-2020 07:46 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus.The stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job cuts are mounting against the backdrop of economies in the United States and abroad that have almost certainly sunk into a severe recession as businesses close across the world.The f
  
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• FINAL: LSU baseball beats Missouri 12-1 with run rule

  19-04-2024 21:11 via wbrz.com
  
  COLUMBIA, MO - LSU baseball defeated Missouri 12-1 with a run rule Friday night.This game serves as LSU's first SEC win since April 4, as LSU lost two games to Vanderbilt and got swept by Tennessee since then.LSU's series against Missouri continues Saturday at 4 p.m.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Hooper Road closed in Central due to overturned tanker blocking roadway

  19-04-2024 20:22 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - Hooper Road between Devall and Greenwell Springs Road is currently closed due to an overturned tanker truck blocking the roadway, according to the Central Police Department.A person was extricated from the truck, but no information on any injuries is available.No other information is available at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Hooper Road closed in Central due to overturned 18-wheeler blocking roadway

  19-04-2024 20:22 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - Hooper Road between Devall Road and Greenwell Springs Road is currently closed due to an overturned 18-wheeler blocking the roadway, according to the Central Police Department.The driver is trapped in the vehicle and is still conscious, but no information on any injuries is available.The police advises drivers to seek an alternate route. No other information is available at this time.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Biden's new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid addressing transgender athletes

  19-04-2024 17:54 via wbrz.com
  
  The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday by the Biden administration.The new provisions are part of a revised Title IX regulation issued by the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign pledge by President Joe Biden. He had promised to dismantle rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who added new protections for students accused of sexual misconduct.Nota
  
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• WATCH: Former LSU Gymnastics coach D-D Breaux discusses LSU in NCAA final round

  19-04-2024 17:34 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Former LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux, who is all-too-familiar with the NCAA Championships with 35 appearances, commented on LSU's appearance in the final round of the tournament.When asked if this particular team is any different from LSU's past teams, Breaux said she did not think it was any different, but praised current coach Jay Clark as "the man," saying him being in charge of the team and the team knocking on the door of a national championship is "as gratifying as if I we
  
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• $$$ Best Bets: NBA Playoffs begin! $$$

  19-04-2024 17:04 via wbrz.com
  
  Hunter McCann has the best bets for the March Madness, NBA, college baseball, NHL, and MLB!
  FridayNBA:Bulls @ Heat: Heat -1.5Kings @ Pelicans: Over 210 Total PointsMLB:White Sox @ Phillies: Phillies MLAstros @ Nationals: Astros -1.5Mets @ Dodgers: Dodgers MLCollege Baseball:Florida @ Vanderbilt: Vanderbilt -1.5Kansas @ Baylor: Kansas MLLSU @ Missouri: LSU MLSaturdayNBA:Magic @ Cavaliers: Magic +4.5Suns @ Timberwolves: Timberwolves -1.576ers @ Knicks: Knicks -2.5NHL:Islanders  @ Hurrica
  
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• Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser leads the charge for the annual 'Love the Boot Week'

  19-04-2024 16:13 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE – Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Keep Louisiana Beautiful launched the largest litter removal effort in Louisiana, "Love the Boot Week," on Friday. More than 650 cleanup and beautification events are planned in all 64 parishes over the next week.Nungesser said more than 700 groups are participating in this years clean up event. Many of those groups don't stop after "Love the Boot Week" is over; they continue to beautify the state on a yearly basis.After the conference, volun
  
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• Louisiana's PSC meets in room with no American flag. How did it improvise for Pledge of Allegiance?

  19-04-2024 15:45 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Meeting outside of their usual meeting room in the state capital complex, member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission had to improvise their reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance on Friday when an American flag wasn't available.Their solution? Reciting the pledge to the back of Chairman Mike Francis' American flag shirt.Before the meeting was called to order at the Wyndham Hotel in Many, the audience and the commission's board had a laugh when Francis turned around
  
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• By using Democrats to aid Ukraine and others, Louisiana's Johnson puts speaker's post on the line

  19-04-2024 15:16 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history — but also end his own career — House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance.A conservative Christian, the speaker wrestled over whether to lead the House in approving $95 billion in desperately needed war-time aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, which many in his own Republican majority opposed — some so strongly they would try to boot him from of
  
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• OMV reminds drivers of vehicle registration renewal deadlines after mailing error

  19-04-2024 14:51 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - A notice sent out erroneously in the mail may have spooked drivers into thinking their registrations expired sooner than they did. The OMV said registration for trucks and trailers with an expiration of June 30, 2024 could not be processed until May 1. Residents may have received a renewal notice for these types of vehicles due to a vendor prematurely sending them out. The notice would have affected approximately 100,000 trucks and trailers. The mailing error has
  
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• Ascension Parish officials sell sewer assets to National Water Infrastructure in step toward cleaner water

  19-04-2024 14:47 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES - In a step to address infrastructure issues in Ascension Parish, the parish government has finalized the sale of its sewer assets and maintenance of those assets to National Water Infrastructure. The sale of the assets was voted on in April 2021 and was later sanctioned in July of that same year. Phase 1 of the transfer to NWI's maintenance of the system will see 3.5 million gallons of sewer discharge to be removed from the parish's waterways per day. Officials say t
  
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• LSU baseball looks to get back on track in road weekend series against Missouri

  19-04-2024 14:43 via wbrz.com
  
  LSU baseball begins their road weekend series on Friday night against the Missouri Tigers.The Tigers hold a 23-15 record for the season, including a 3-12 record in SEC play.Missouri is 17-21 on the year with a 5-10 record in SEC play. So. LH Gage Jump (2-1, 4.79 ERA) will take the mound for LSU while So. RH Logan Lunceford (1-2, 6.13 ERA) will be on the bump for Missouri. LSU has a record of 18-3 all-time versus Missouri dating back to their first series in 1986.First pitch is
  
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• No. 4 Tennessee shuts out LSU softball to open series

  19-04-2024 14:33 via wbrz.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The No. 7 LSU softball team couldn't get anything going offensively Friday night.The Tigers dropped the first game of a three-game series at No. 4 Tennessee, 3-0.LSU mustered up just two hits against Tennessee's Payton Gottshall, who tossed 6.1 scoreless innings. Tiger Sydney Berzon pitched six innings and allowed just one earned run in the loss.The Volunteers, 32-8 overall and 13-3 in the SEC, and the Tigers, 33-9 overall and 10-9 in the SEC, play again Saturday at 11 a.
  
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• LSU softball opens series at No. 4 Tennessee Friday night

  19-04-2024 14:33 via wbrz.com
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - The No. 7 LSU softball team has a tough test this weekend on the road.The Tigers start a three-game series with the only SEC team that has better ranking Friday, No. 4 Tennessee. The game will be on the SEC Network at 5 p.m. The Volunteers, 32-7 overall and 12-3 in the SEC, and are coming off a series win over Mississippi State last weekend.LSU, 34-8 overall and 10-8 in the SEC, has lost four of their last six conference games. The last time the Tigers won a seri
  
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• BRPD: Man shot while driving on Old Hammond Highway

  19-04-2024 13:46 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police are investigating a man who was reportedly shot while driving along Old Hammond Highway early Friday morning.A Baton Rouge Police Department spokesperson said that the man was shot shortly after midnight while he was driving in the 13700 block of Old Hammond Highway. The man reportedly heard a gunshot and did not realize he was shot until he reached a friend's apartment on La Annie Drive. Once he realized he was shot, the man called the police
  
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• Inside the 28th annual 'Grandparents Raising Grandchildren' conference

  19-04-2024 13:45 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge hosted grandparents from across the state for the 28th annual "Grandparents raising Grandchildren" conference Friday morning.According to organization president Kathy Coleman, more than 51,000 children in Louisiana are cared for by someone other than a parent."Our mission is to bring resources to the parents that are raising children that are not their own," Coleman said. This year, one of the guest speakers at the conference was Constable Terrica Williams, who
  
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• EBRSO: 17-year-olds arrested in EBR to be placed in Jackson Parish Correctional Center

  19-04-2024 13:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Parish Prison will not take 17-year-olds arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish, officials said Friday afternoon.According to EBRSO officials, an alternative location has been found at Jackson Parish Correctional Center in Jonesboro until the city-parish can provide an adequate facility in compliance with federal PREA laws. The timing of the move is currently unknown.Earlier in the day, the jail had planned to permit 17-year-olds to be held in Central Booking at the jail with guards
  
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• BRPD says 17-year-olds arrested will now be booked into the parish prison rather than juvenile detention

  19-04-2024 13:39 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Officials said starting Friday, any 17-year-olds arrested would be booked into the parish prison rather than the juvenile detention center. The decision comes after the push to house the seven 17-year-olds currently in the overcrowded juvenile detention center in the prison caused confusion and disagreement among parish officials. Those seven teenagers — and any other 17-year-olds arrested — will be held in central booking until proper housing
  
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• Baton Rouge road crews closing Bluebonnet west of Airline late Friday through much of Saturday

  19-04-2024 13:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Road crews plan to close Bluebonnet Boulevard just west of its intersection with Airline Highway after the Friday night rush hour and leave it closed through much of Saturday.All lanes will be blocked. The city-parish transportation department did not return telephone calls seeking comment Friday but referred callers to the sewage and environmental department.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Baton Rouge road crews closing Bluebonnet west of Airline for emergency sewer work

  19-04-2024 13:30 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — Road crews plan to close Bluebonnet Boulevard just west of its intersection with Airline Highway after the Friday night rush hour and leave it closed through much of Saturday.All lanes will be blocked. The city-parish transportation department said the closure was required for emergency sewer work requested by the Wastewater Collections division.Permalink| Comments
  
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• DOTD announces traffic shift starting April 24 on I-10 westbound before College exit

  19-04-2024 13:18 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - DOTD announced there would be another traffic shift on I-10 westbound near the I-12 merge. This shift marks another milestone in the ongoing College Flyover project, DOTD said. Starting at 5 a.m. Wednesday, traffic will be shifted to the right starting at the I-12 eastbound exit. Construction crews will clearly mark all shifts with barricades and temporary road markings overnight on the night before. Upon completion of the flyover project, I-12 westbound
  
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• Gonzales Police searching for three people who stole $1,000 in merchandise from Tanger Michael Kors

  19-04-2024 13:15 via wbrz.com
  
  GONZALES — The Gonzales Police Department are searching for three people that appear to have stolen over $1,000 of retail merchandise from Tanger Outlets.The three people reportedly stole $1,000 from Michael Kors on April 1. Police said the three people appeared to work together to commit the theft.Permalink| Comments
  
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• LSU administration refutes student study about drug use on campus

  19-04-2024 12:19 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - An LSU study exposed high drug use on campus, and now LSU claims the university doesn't have a drug problem and researchers used faulty data.Rylye Young, one of the student researchers, is at a loss for words."I think holistically I don't know how anybody could arrive at the position that lsu doesn't have a drug problem," Young said. "We know with the death of Eli Thomas this past semester that students' lives are at risk from fentanyl."A zip code that includes much of campus and
  
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• For LSU gymnastics, it's the status quo heading into Saturday's NCAA Final

  19-04-2024 12:13 via wbrz.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas - The LSU gymnastics team is the favorite heading into Saturday's NCAA Championship Final.The No. 2 Tigers will face off with No. 3 California, No. 4 Florida, and No. 5 Utah in a quest for LSU's first-ever national title. The two-time defending national champs, (1) Oklahoma, was surprisingly eliminated in Thursday night's semifinals.WBRZ spoke with LSU Head Coach Jay Clark Friday about not having to face Oklahoma, and how it doesn't change his teams preparation."They're human
  
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• Baton Rouge Blues Fest starts today; here's what to expect

  19-04-2024 09:26 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE — This weekend marks the 43rd annual Baton Rouge Blues Fest. All weekend, there will be a variety of artists playing throughout the day starting Friday. This swamp blues celebration is held in the heart of Downtown Baton Rouge each year. It is one of the oldest festivals of its kind in America. To keep the momentum going, Lauren Lambert-Tompkins, the executive director for this year's festival, says that there are some new additions to this year's festivi
  
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• House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow

  19-04-2024 09:17 via wbrz.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad.Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week set in motion a plan to advance the package, which has been held up since October by GOP lawmakers resistant to approving more funding for Ukraine&am
  
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• Police warns parents of vape pens that hold carts and function as writing pens

  18-04-2024 18:34 via wbrz.com
  
  CENTRAL - The Central Police Department warned parents of a vape pen that is shaped and can write being distributed within schools.According to the Facebook post from the police, the "Penjamin Cart Pens" advertise that they are "super discreet," "rechargeable," "writes with ink" and "increases rizz.""It is an actual pen that works as a pen should but also has a vape cartridge to inhale," Central Police Department said in the post. "Some highlighters and Sharpies do the same thing."Permalink| Co
  
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• WATCH: LSU gymnastics discusses finishing first in semifinals, advancing to finals

  18-04-2024 18:03 via wbrz.com
  
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• Assumption High senior touches hearts with custom autism acceptance prom suit

  18-04-2024 17:45 via wbrz.com
  
  DONALDSONVILLE - Quintin Martin, a student at Assumption High School wore a custom suit to his senior prom that went viral on social media for its message, touching thousands of hearts."I'm speechless, that's all I can say I'm just speechless.” Said Martin’s mother, Keila James. “We didn't know it was going to go this big."Martin helps to care for one cousin who was diagnosed with autism earlier this month. He thought of his cousin when picking out his prom suit.&a
  
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