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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorThanks for stopping in today. Here are some of our top headlines: It's a snake: Cara's roam through the Mall of Louisiana is over. The Burmese python was captured early this morning after being on the loose much of the week. She's due for a doctor's visit at the LSU vet school today. There's video of the recovery here. Guard sues state: A former Louisiana prison guard is sued the state Department of Corrections, saying unsafe working conditions led to her being raped by an inmate. Lea Skene writes about the case here. Family sues city police: The family of a boy arrested after a traffic stop last year has sued BRPD, saying officers used too much force. Police officials have said previously that the officers acted properly. Movie time: Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh made his name in Baton Rouge with “Sex, Lie and Videotape.” His latest, “No Sudden Move,” is another winner from the prolific maker of heist movies. Read our review here. |
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| After surveillance video from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center showed an inmate dragging a female guard into a bathroom at knifepoint last su… Read more |
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| The mother of a teenager who Baton Rouge police arrested after a traffic stop last July has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the officers u… Read more |
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| A former board member of the defunct Laurel Oaks Charter School in Baton Rouge has been ordered to pay a total of $16,000 for making a $15,… Read more |
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| Authorities have not commented on a possible motive for the shooting. Read more |
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| An appeals court has refused to reverse a Denham Springs man's second-degree murder conviction and life sentence and won't grant him a new … Read more |
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| Tropical Storm Elsa has killed at least four people. Read more |
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| TOKYO — Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after me… Read more |
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| If "Ocean's Eleven" were grimier, set in the '50s and shot with fisheye lenses, you'd have something close to "No Sudden Move." Read more |
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