Three Baton Rouge Officers Killed In Shooting; Suspect Dead
A deadly shooting in already-tense Baton Rouge killed three police officers and wounded three more early Sunday morning.
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A deadly shooting in already-tense Baton Rouge killed three police officers and wounded three more early Sunday morning.
Police say they've arrested three suspects accused of stealing several handguns as part of an alleged plot to harm police officers in the Baton Rouge area.
Three tumultuous days made it clear that electing a black president hasn't reconciled the nation's fractured history with race. A country that lived through decades of unrest still bubbles with resentment and rage.
President Obama took to Facebook on Thursday afternoon to express his thoughts about this week's police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. "All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings," he said.
Outrage over the officer-involved shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge has ignited protests around the nation, including here in Dallas. Religious leaders plan to hold a march on Thursday night at Belo Garden Park.
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A 27-year-old Texas man faces nearly 15 years in prison for bringing a 14-year-old Dallas girl to northwest Louisiana for prostitution, federal prosecutors say.
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Due to continued flooding from heavy rainfall along the Texas-Louisiana state line, the Texas Department of Transportation has closed Interstate 10 near the state line.
Excessive rainfall could have a huge impact on traffic in and out of Louisiana and Texas.
Severe weather has been moving through southern Louisiana and Mississippi. At least three people have been killed — two in Louisiana and one in Mississippi.
Louisiana state police say two people died in a one vehicle crash on Highway 3062, just west of U.S. Highway 79 Bypass in Claiborne Parish.
New Orleans' leaders on Thursday made a sweeping move to break with the city's Confederate past when the City Council voted to remove prominent Confederate monuments along some of its busiest streets.
A man wanted after the deadly shootout involving rival motorcycle gangs earlier this year in Waco was arrested in northwest Louisiana on Wednesday, according to police in Bossier City.
Blue Bell ice cream will be available in Louisiana and Mississippi stores again on December 21 after listeria contamination halted sales and prompted cleanup of production plants.
New Orleans music great Allen Toussaint has died following a heart attack at age 77.
Texas is cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following videos discussing fetal tissue.
A man from Dallas has pleaded guilty to bringing a minor to Louisiana to engage in prostitution.
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, says its new assembly center in Lafayette, Louisiana is open for business.
President Obama said that New Orleans is "moving forward" a decade after Hurricane Katrina dealt it a devastating blow.
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Police on Saturday thanked the many people providing tips about John Russell Houser as they work to reconstruct his movements before he killed two people, wounded nine and then killed himself.
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft told reporters that nine people in total were wounded in the shooting.
Prosecutors say Taurean Jackson was sentenced last week to 22 1/2 years for conspiring to bring a Dallas-area girl to the New Orleans area for prostitution, and for obstructing a federal investigation.
