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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly 100 calls to report rapes this year have been quickly downgraded from emergency status, leaving survivors to wait hours for police — and, increasingly, to leave before officers arrive, a New Orleans newspaper and TV station report. The change is highlighted in a report that City Council crime analyst Jeff…

NEW ORLEANS – A 17-year-old girl was found shot to death in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans late Saturday night. The New Orleans Police Department told WWL-TV they responded to a shooting on Franklin Avenue near Filmore Avenue shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, officers found the teen lying on the sidewalk with…

BATON ROUGE – Officials are investigating after flames erupted at a duplex in a neighborhood off Gardere Lane Saturday afternoon. The St. George Fire Protection District said they responded to the fire shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday at a duplex on Skysail Avenue. Crews found smoke billowing out of the roof vents of the residence.…

It was a busy week of New Orleans Saints football as the coaching staff got a better grip on the final 53 man roster. The team closed out the preseason Friday night very strong, giving fans a lot to look forward to ahead of the regular season. ROSTER MOVES Dennis Allen and his coaching staff…

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Saints finish up preseason with a win, beating the Los Angeles Chargers 27-10.  The Saints first team offense got some reps tonight, as quarterback Jameis Winston went 4 for 4 throwing for 59 yards in his first action this his injury. Running back Mark Ingram finished with two rushing…

BATON ROUGE – Two men were booked for the production and possession of child porn Friday. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said Emanuel “Trevon” Johnson III, 23, and Kameron Bilbrew, 22, were taken into custody Friday. Johnson was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for 100 counts of producing child pornography…

Workers plan to reopen Alligator Bayou Road next week after the highway connecting Ascension and Iberville parishes was closed for a over a year.  Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment announced Friday that the road will finally reopen around 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29. Cointment said the new Fish Bayou flood control structure, the cause of…

BATON ROUGE – A teenager was questioned Friday morning after another child was reportedly shot and wounded at an apartment complex. The shooting was first reported shortly before 8 a.m. at the Copper Ridge apartments on Lobdell Boulevard, south of Greenwell Springs Road.  Sources told WBRZ that the victim was taken to a hospital by…

Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech for infringing patents central to Moderna’s mRNA technology platform used to develop the COVID vaccine, the company said in a press release Friday. A widely-distributed vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, Comirnaty, allegedly infringed on patents claimed by Moderna used in mRNA technology vital to the vaccine’s creation and…

BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating a reported shooting that took place Thursday morning in downtown BR only blocks from another shooting that took place late Wednesday night. Officials said they are responding to the 700 area of North 19th Street.  Police say one male victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.…

BATON ROUGE – An LSU student who was shot during an attempted robbery outside a dorm building reportedly got into a struggle with his attacker before the gun went off. A newly filed arrest warrant identified the suspected shooter as 19-year-old Clarence Hypolite, who met the victim during LSU’s “Welcome Week,” an orientation period for…

BATON ROUGE – A local food bank received a massive donation of fresh and shelf-stable goods to help it keep up with unprecedented demand after a WBRZ report highlighting its needs gained traction. The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank supplies goods to more than 100 food banks in 11 other parishes and has been an…

BATON ROUGE – Police are investigating reports of two people shot in a neighborhood off Plank Road late Wednesday morning.  The gunfire was first reported around 11 a.m. on Madison Avenue. The Baton Rouge Police Department said the extent of the victims’ injuries is unknown at this time. This is a developing story. Permalink| Comments…

BATON ROUGE – Detectives are searching for a suspect in an early-morning armed robbery that happened at a gas station earlier in August.  The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a reported armed robbery at a Circle K gas station on O’Neal Lane on Aug. 15. The victim told detectives that around…

GONZALES – Officers are searching for three people seen on camera fleeing from a Tanger store with arms full of stolen clothing. The Gonzales Police Department posted pictures from the security cameras of Ralph Lauren Polo, taken from footage on Sunday, Aug. 21. Officers say the theft happened between 11:55 and 11:58 a.m. that day. …

Edward Buckles, Jr. was 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and completely upended his life. Buckles and his family moved from New Orleans to Lafayette, Louisiana for several months while their hometown began to recover from the catastrophic storm. He told The Associated Press he doesn’t remember much from those months living in Lafayette,…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists. The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze.…

BATON ROUGE – A man accused of killing a woman with his car as he recklessly fled police earlier this year has a new warrant for his arrest after he skipped a court hearing related to the deadly pursuit. The East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office said a bench warrant was signed for Darrien Rogers,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service. Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical…