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NEW YORK – Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a decade long tradition of jump-starting Black Friday doorbuster sales. The move, announced Monday, come as stores are rethinking the Black Friday in-store bargain shopping as they try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has seen a resurgence…

MIAMI (AP) — A pet dog that jumped out of a car window on a South Carolina highway has been found two weeks later, nearly 600 miles away in Miami, according to a relative of the owner. The dog named Belle escaped from the moving car near Charleston on July 15, according to Tim Whitfield,…

BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police Detectives are investigating the death of 52 year-old, ALFRED PACK, of Eddie Robinson Drive. He was found  last night around 10:00pm suffering from apparent stab wounds. Pack was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. This investigation remains ongoing. Permalink| Comments Top Featured Tags: -…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Every week, it seems, Kaila Barker, her husband and their five children change their minds about whether to travel from their home in Connecticut to Florida’s Walt Disney World as planned in September. On the one hand, the lack of crowds means more opportunities to go on rides without long waits.…

NEW ORLEANS- Lawyers for New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson asked a federal judge in North Carolina on Friday to disregard an affidavit alleging a $400,000 payment was made to Williamson’s family before the former Duke star began his lone college season. The new filing by attorney Jeffrey Klein reiterates his earlier public assertion that…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours Saturday, shooting fireworks at the building as plumes of tear gas dispensed by U.S. agents, lingered above. The demonstration went until federal agents entered the crowd around 2:30 a.m. and marched in a line down the…

BATON ROUGE – Contact tracing is being ramped up across Louisiana as more COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are reported daily. That means more people are being trained to make calls. But who exactly runs the program that trains new contact tracers? It’s a group from LSU, including a few students, who developed and manage the…

CHICAGO (AP) — Two statues of Christopher Columbus that stood in Chicago parks were taken down early Friday at the direction of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a week after protesters trying to topple one of the monuments to the Italian explorer clashed with police. Crews used a large crane to remove the statue in downtown Chicago’s…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Hanna was expected to strengthen Friday as it moves toward the Texas coastline, threatening to bring heavy rain, rough waters and strong winds, all while another tropical storm continued to approach the Caribbean. Hanna was located about 285 miles (460 kilometers) east of Corpus Christi, Texas, the National Hurricane Center…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying he believes the government retaliated against him for writing a book about Trump. Michael Cohen’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was ordered back to prison on July 9 after probation authorities said…

CareSouth Medical and Dental is hosting a COVID-19 drive-thru community testing and a Back to School Giveaway in Plaquemine and Donaldsonville. On Tuesday, July 28 the event will take place in Plaquemine at 59340 River West Dr. On Wednesday, July 29 the event will take place in Donaldsonville at 904 Catalpa St. The events will…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are stalling on Wall Street Thursday, undercut by a discouraging report showing that layoffs are picking up across the country with coronavirus counts. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in morning trading, easing off a rally that had sent it higher for four straight days. Other stock indexes around the…

WASHINGTON – As negotiations continue on a fourth COVID-19 stimulus package, hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers in Louisiana and millions more across the country are days away from losing hundreds of dollars weekly in federal aid provided through the CARES Act earlier this year. “We’re head on a trajectory where the current unemployment assistance…

BATON ROUGE – Two people were critically injured Wednesday evening in a shooting on Dalton Street that may have involved people making a rap video there. The attack happened about 7:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of Dalton. A rap video was being shot in he area, and police say it appears some of the…

LOUISIANA – A new poll, commissioned by House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, suggest that most people in the state of Louisiana are supportive of the mask mandate set by Governor Edwards just weeks ago. According to the Advocate, the survery shows 61% of those polled says the public health emergency in the state should not be…

A week after the coronavirus forced Louisiana to cancel its bar exam, the state Supreme Court says certain “qualified candidates” will be allowed to practice without taking the test. According to the announcement from the Supreme Court Wednesday, those candidates will be allowed to practice law if they meet all of the other usual requirement,…

NEW ROADS – A disturbing discovery has been made at the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office after former Sheriff Bud Torres vacated office at the end of June. Under his watch, a ghost employee collected a salary and billed taxpayers for a lot of gas with no record of any cases being worked. The ghost…

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Prince Philip has made a rare public appearance in attending a military ceremony at Windsor Castle to transfer a long-held ceremonial role to his daughter-in-law Camilla. The 99-year-old Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has been Colonel-in-Chief of The Rifles since 2007. He has served in the same role for earlier regiments…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — There’s no bench. The courtside broadcasters will not be courtside. And the stat crew will be doing their work inside what loosely can be described as an oversized hockey penalty box. The NBA comes back Wednesday with a very different look. The league’s marketing motto for the restart of…

ALBANY – Henry Dantzler of Albany is being tested for the coronavirus for a second time. “I took it once, but I didn’t get any results. So I came out to take it again to make sure,” Dantzler said. He was the first to get tested at the mobile testing site at Albany High School…

BATON ROUGE – A woman punched a man over a dispute about wearing a mask inside a Walmart on Burbank Drive Tuesday evening. According to East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, the man confronted the woman for not wearing a mask as they were both walking out of the store.  As they approached near the exit,…