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After more than 300 Bristol residents, animal rights activists and geese aficionados flooded a Board of Parks meeting on whether to use lethal means to deal with the abundant flock and its waste, officials are now seeking help raising money for alternatives. At the meeting April 17, the Board of Parks Commissioners decided to table…

By GARY FIELDS (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two cases over whether he attempted to subvert the Constitution by overturning the results of a fair election and illegally remain in power. Yet it’s a New York case centered on payments to silence an adult film actor that…

By ED WHITE (Associated Press) DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016, a critical time gap that allowed the sports doctor to continue to prey on…

LIVINGSTON – A man from Springfield was sentenced to 50 years in prison and physical castration after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times.  District Attorney Scott Perrilloux’s Office said 54-year-od Glenn Sullivan Sr. pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape on Wednesday.  The DA’s office said in July of 2022, a…

BATON ROUGE – LSU gymnastics coach Jay Clark stopped by the WBRZ studios just days after his Tiger team won the school’s first ever national championship in the sport. Clark and the Tigers took home the title in Fort Worth, Texas on Saturday beating Cal, Utah and Florida for the programs first national title. LSU…

BATON ROUGE – Firefighters were called to a scene on Cloverfield Avenue in response to a house fire Tuesday morning.  The Baton Rouge Fire Department arrived to the apartment building on Cloverfield at Gladiola Street shortly after 7 a.m.. The building sustained heavy smoke and water damage and two residents were displaced.  There were no…

By MORIAH BALINGIT and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press and DANIEL BEEKMAN of The Seattle Times AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — After a series of lower-paying jobs, Nicole Slemp finally landed one she loved. She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a…

Twenty-four family members related to the six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse have secured passage to the U.S., according to a news release from two immigrant-focused service organizations. According to CASA and the Esperanza Center, the latter of which is operated by Catholic Charities of Baltimore, 16 family members are currently in…

By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. The case, to be argued Thursday, stems from Trump’s attempts to have charges against…

The arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia last week led to more campus demonstrations, at Yale, M.I.T. and as far away as the University of Michigan. Press Release Distribution Service