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Flamingo that escaped Kansas zoo 17 years ago spotted in Texas

WICHITA, Kan. - One of two flamingos that escaped from a Kansas zoo during a storm 17 years ago has been spotted on the coast of Texas, wildlife officials said.The Coastal Fisheries division of Texas Parks and Wildlife confirmed Tuesday to The Associated Press that the African flamingo — known as No. 492 because of the number on its leg band — was captured on video shot March 10 by an environmental activist near Port Lavaca, Texas, at Rhodes Point in Cox Bay.

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Cheyney University celebrates 40th anniversary of 1982 women's basketball team's historic NCAA game

CHEYNEY, Pa. - Cheyney University's women's basketball team made history in 1982 when it made it to the NCAA Division I championship game. Although the team lost to Louisiana Tech, they remain the only team from a historically Black college or university to play for an NCAA Division I basketball championship. Cheyney University celebrated the team over the weekend with an event to honor the 40th anniversary of the historic game. The significance of the 1982 game is not lost on the team's former players, especially when the team was ranked second in the nation and had a 23 game winning streak. "We realized we were the first HBCU to get there, you know," Valerie Walker told FOX 29. "It was very important for us to get there. We got there.

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New Orleans tornado kills 1, cuts path of destruction through suburbs

NEW ORLEANS - At least one person was killed and many others were injured after a large tornado tore through New Orleans and surrounding areas on Tuesday night, leaving a trail of damage in its wake as it flipped cars and even lifted a house into the air and dropped it onto the street with a family inside.Videos showed a large, multi-vortex tornado that went into the Arabi area, a suburb of New Orleans. It then moved east across the Mississippi River into the Lower 9th Ward and parts of St. Bernard Parish — both of which were badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago.St.

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Girl survives tornado that dropped house onto street in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - The tornado that ripped through a New Orleans suburb lifted one house into the air and dropped it onto the middle of a street with a family of three inside.Neighbors said the parents of a girl climbed out of the wreckage screaming frantically for help. Their daughter was on a breathing machine, and now was stuck inside.Chuck Heirsch told The Times-Picayune / New Orleans Advocate that he called 911 as he saw his neighbor on Prosperity Street trying to reach his daughter.Damage pictured from a tornado on March 22, 2021, near New Orleans, Louisiana. (Credit: WVUE-TV) RELATED: New Orleans tornado kills 1, leaves trail of damage in its wake"They were screaming.

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Tornado tears through New Orleans as storms hit Deep South

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans on Tuesday night, spawned by a storm that produced multiple tornadoes through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing one person and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage.The National Weather Service retweeted a video of the tornado in the eastern part of New Orleans that was visible in the darkened sky.The tornado appeared to start in a New Orleans suburb and then move east across the Mississippi River into the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and parts of St. Bernard Parish before moving northeast.Guy McGinnis, president of St.

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Severe weather could spawn strong tornadoes, destructive winds, large hail Tuesday in South

multi-day severe weather outbreak with tornadoes, destructive winds, large hail and flash flooding is underway across parts of the South, and the dangerous storms will continue to slowly march eastward through midweek.NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued the following severe weather watches:HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVNOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued Tornado Watches in the South.(FOX Weather) The SPC received 20 initial reports of tornadoes on Monday and Monday night, most of which were in Texas, but the number of confirmed tornadoes won't be known until National Weather Service meteorologists are able to assess the damage in the days ahead.As of early Tuesday, FOX Weather can confirm at least seven people have been injured during this severe weather outbreak. Three were seriously injured between Cooper and Crockett, Texas, after an apparent tornado ripped through the area, and another four suffered minor injuries near Ore City, Texas, from a possible tornado.AT LEAST 7 INJURED IN TEXAS DURING MONDAY'S SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKHere's what to expect through Wednesday.

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Woman sues Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, alleges he is her biological father

FILE - Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones looks over warm ups before the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome on Dec. 02, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Mardi Gras 2022: ‘Fat Tuesday’ celebrations return as COVID-19 cases drop

A costumed reveler attends the 2022 Krewe of Freret parade on February 19, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. 2021 Mardi Gras parades were cancelled in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)Mardi Gras couldn’t have come at a better time during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as cases and hospitalizations drop and states ease restrictions. Revelers decked out in traditional purple, green and gold came out to party on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans’ first full-dress Mardi Gras since 2020.

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Family Dollar recall hits 6 states for contaminated products in rodent infestation

A Family Dollar store is seen in Orlando, Florida on March 6, 2019, the day that Dollar Tree announced it will close up to 390 Family Dollar stores and rebrand about 200 stores as Dollar Tree stores, as Dollar Tree reported a $2.3 billion loss. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Friday that products at hundreds of Family Dollar stores could be potentially contaminated due to unsanitary conditions at one of the company’s distribution facilities. An FDA inspection at a distribution facility in West Memphis, Arkansas in January 2022 found unsanitary conditions, including a rodent infestation, that could cause many of the products, such as foods and medicines, to be contaminated.The products were purchased from Jan.

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Louisiana teacher Cynthia Perkins sentenced after lacing students' cupcakes with ex-husband's sperm

Cynthia Perkins, 36, pleaded guilty to sex crimes. A disgraced Louisiana teacher will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to "horrific crimes" against children and admitted to serving her students cupcakes that contained sperm from her ex-husband, who is awaiting his own trial on child sex crime charges.Cynthia Perkins, 36, agreed to plead guilty and testify against her ex, 44-year-old former Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT member Dennis Perkins, who is also charged with dozens of child sex crimes, according to prosecutors.She was sentenced Friday to 41 years at hard labor without parole, according to local media.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app! | Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersPrior to sentencing, the 36-year-old issued an apology to her victims.Perkins pleaded guilty to second-degree rape, production of child pornography, and conspiracy mingling of harmful substances."She not only waived any right to appeal, and attempt to avoid conviction, but she also spared the victims from reliving her horrific crimes during this particular trial," Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said Monday.

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Louisiana Senate candidate burns Confederate flag in latest ad

US Senate Candidate Gary Chambers burns the confederate flag. (Gary Chambers)NEW ORLEANS (AP - A Louisiana candidate for the U.S.

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Remote COVID trial design, social media outreach may boost enrollee diversity

Remote clinical trials with inclusive social media recruitment may help improve racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity among clinical trial participants, according to a US study published early this week in JAMA Network Open.

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Sarah Palin loses lawsuit against New York Times

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in a New York courtroom for her libel lawsuit against the NY Times. (Jane Rosenberg) NEW YORK (AP) - Former Alaska Gov.

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With low COVID vaccine uptake, rural US bore brunt of Delta surge

Rural US counties with low COVID-19 vaccination rates had 2.4 times more infections per 100,000 people than urban counties amid the summer 2021 Delta surge, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.

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Kanye West threatens to pull out of Coachella after Billie Eilish disses Travis Scott at concert

Los Angeles - Ye, commonly known as Kanye West, is threatening to cancel his performance at Coachella over comments Billie Eilish made about rapper Travis Scott at a recent concert.The rapper posted a screenshot to his Instagram Thursday regarding Eilish’s reported comments about Scott at a concert in Atlanta. "Billie Eilish dissed Travis Scott at her concert after she stopped the show to give her fan an inhaler! ‘I wait for the people to be okay before I keep going,’" the post West screenshotted read. In the comments, West wrote, "COME ON BILLIE WE LOVE YOU PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO TRAV AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES."He continued: "NO ONE INTENDED THIS TO HAPPEN TRAV DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED AND YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA BUT NOW I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM." At a recent concert, Eilish was seen stopping her show to make sure a fan who could not breathe was given an inhaler and seemingly dissed Travis Scott by saying "I wait for the people to be OK before I keep going."Billie Eilish performs onstage during her "Happier Than Ever" tour opener at Smoothie King Center on February 03, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation) Scott was the headliner for the sold-out Astroworld Festival in NRG Park in Houston in November, which was attended by an estimated 50,000 people.

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‘Incredibly scary’: How Canada’s trucker convoy protest is galvanizing the U.S. far right

The trucker convoy protest against COVID-19 measures that has brought Canada’s national capital to a standstill for the past 11 days is garnering growing interest across the border in the United States.

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COVID-19 Scan for Feb 07, 2022

Nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients at highest risk for severe outcomes are often the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), finds a study of more than 1.9 million Medicare beneficiaries published late last week in JAMA.A team led by a Harvard Medical School researcher examined a sample of

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The top-selling Valentine’s Day candy by state revealed

Los Angeles - From a traditional box of chocolates to the resurgence of conversation hearts, CandyStore.com has compiled data to determine this year’s most popular Valentine’s Day candy by state — and some of the results are cloyingly surprising.The national candy company used sales data from its online bulk candy stores and industry partners to determine the outcome.Cue the results (and we won’t sugar-coat it).Valentine’s Day candy is a personal choice, but there are two types of candy that seemed to shine in 2022: conversation hearts and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates.This year, CandyStore.com said conversation hearts have claimed the top spot as Valentine's Day's top-selling candy.Percentage of total Valentine's Day candy sales (Credit: CandyStore.com) However, the candy retailer also broke down the state-by-state data, which showed slightly different results. Yes, 12 states favored conversation hearts this year (Alaska, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Hawaii, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin).However, a whopping 16 states, along with Washington, D.C., still preferred a heart-shaped box of chocolates (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and Washington D.C.).In addition, M&M’s continue to gain traction.

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US COVID-19 cases continue steep decline

Cases of COVID-19 continue to drop significantly across the country, as the most recent surge caused by the Omicron variant is declining at a rapid pace.

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Tom Brady, George Blanda: A look at NFL’s oldest players in history

Tom Brady could retire from Tampa Bay as one of the NFL’s oldest players at 44 years old. However, he wasn’t the only professional footballer to be considered "over the hill" by many Americans.CLEVELAND, OHIO - OCTOBER 06: George Blanda, Oakland Raiders, who played 26 seasons in the NFL and AFL as a quarterback and place kicker scored a total of 8 points during the Raiders defeating the Cleveland Browns 40-24 on October 6, 1974 at Clevelan Hall of Famer George Blanda played for several teams, ending his football career with the Oakland Raiders in 1975 as a placekicker. He played professional football for 26 years before retiring at the age of 48.

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Health official won’t participate in Mardi Gras parade citing threats amid pandemic

The Society of Saint Anne parade during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration the city hosts every year.

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Elton John test positive for coronavirus, postpones US tour dates

Elton John has revealed he’s tested positive for coronavirus which has forced him to postpone a pair of upcoming shows.The legendary singer-songwriter, who is currently in the US on his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour, took to Instagram Stories this evening (January 25) to share with fans that he’s having to postpone a pair of shows in Dallas because he’s caught COVID-19.“Hi everyone, wanted to send a message to let you know that I have contracted COVID and so have had to reschedule my shows in Dallas,” he wrote. “If you have tickets, you’ll be contacted with the new dates really soon.

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Man, 87, tied up during armed robbery; 2 arrested

HOLDEN, La. - An 87-year-old Louisiana man is back at home, recovering from injuries sustained in an armed robbery on Monday.Deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said a masked suspect confronted the victim outside his home, then attacked him. The suspect pulled out his gun and demanded money and valuables from the elderly man, authorities said. Before leaving, the suspect tied up the victim and drove off in the man’s 2005 Ford Taurus.Authorities transported the victim to a local hospital where he was treated for injuries to his head, including a gash near his eye.On Friday, Sheriff Jason Ard announced the arrest of two suspects in this case: 49-year-old John Bailey and 39-year-old Ruman Laurent."I’m very proud to know that we’ve got these people in custody, in jail, where they belong," Ard stressed.

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McDonald's testing McPlant at about 600 new locations

McDonald's will expand its test of the McPlant burger to 600 locations in San Francisco and Dallas-Fort Worth. (McDonald's) The McPlant is taking root across parts of the United States.Late last year, McDonald’s began testing a new plant-based burger at eight locations across four states.

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Georgia teen accepted into 48 colleges, earns over $600K in scholarships

ALBANY, Ga. - A 17-year-old high school student in Georgia has applied to almost 100 colleges and universities and was accepted into half of them — earning more than $600,000 in scholarships.Kenyari Sawyer, a senior at Monroe Comprehensive High School in Albany, Georgia, said she began applying in August. She’s been accepted to 48 of the 92 schools to which she applied. "My first two colleges I applied to was Cleveland and Mississippi, and I didn't think I was going to get accepted into those.

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Louisiana Senate candidate smokes marijuana blunt in campaign ad

Sha’Carri Richardson was told she would not run in the 100-meter race after she tested positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana, at the Olympic trials – voiding her first-place results. President Biden hasn't come out in support of legalizing marijuana at the federal level but has said he supports decriminalizing possession of the drug. AdvertisementSo far, 18 states have legalized recreational use and 37 allow for some sort of medical marijuana.

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NFL reschedules several games this weekend amid COVID-19 outbreak

Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints; A football rests on the sideline during a game in New Orleans Louisiana. (Photo by John Korduner/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Several Week 15 games on the NFL schedule are being postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.According to Jay Glazer, a sports reporter for FOX NFL Sunday, the games between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks will be moved to Tuesday.

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17 COVID-19 cases detected on Norwegian cruise ship docked in New Orleans

Seventeen cases of COVID-19 were detected on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship that docked in New Orleans on Sunday, with one “probable case” of the Omicron variant, the Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed.

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Cruise ship with COVID-19 outbreak docks in New Orleans

A Norwegian Cruise Line logo appears on a napkin aboard the Norwegian Epic ship as it sits docked at Pier 88 in New York, U.S., on Friday, July 2, 2010. The 1,100 foot long ship is the cruise lines newest, and it holds 4,100 guests and 1,730 crew.

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COVID-19 outbreak on cruise ship approaching New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - Ten people aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Saturday night.The Norwegian Breakaway had departed New Orleans on Nov. 28 and is due to return this weekend, the Louisiana Department of Health said in a news release.

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Covid cases reported on Norwegian Cruise ship

Ten cases of Covid-19 have been detected on a cruise ship with over 3,000 passengers, which is set to dock in New Orleans, the Louisiana Department of Health has said.

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Biden to release 50M barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower prices

the White House statement continued.The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is an emergency stockpile to preserve access to oil in case of natural disasters, national security issues and other events. Maintained by the Energy Department, the reserves are stored in caverns created in salt domes along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coasts.

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‘We can’t blame anybody but the coronavirus’: Popular B.C. restaurants, pubs forced to close for good

COVID-19 hit, the tables were empty and Malak knew the location that relied heavily on tourism – was on borrowed time.At the height of summer pre-pandemic, Malak employed up to 35 staff. Since September of 2020, he’s let 25 go amid sinking sales.“It’s sad, you go from $22,000 a day to $200, $500 – how can you make any money?” said Malak.In May of last year, The Holy Crab was also forced to shut down.The owner of the Louisiana-inspired seafood restaurant, which amassed a loyal following in its three years on Robson Street, told Global News he didn’t want to run away from his obligations – but fell victim to a landlord who refused to participate in the government’s rent relief program.

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States expand access to COVID-19 boosters, ahead of FDA

Though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to make an announcement on widening the access of COVID-19 boosters to all adults ages 18 and older as soon as later today or tomorrow, more states are going ahead with offering boosters to eligible adults who completed their full vaccination series at least 6 months ago.

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Plessy v. Ferguson: Man at center of landmark case on verge of pardon

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a "whites-only" railroad car to protest discrimination led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 "separate but equal" ruling affirming state segregation laws.The state Board of Pardons' unanimous decision to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction now goes to Gov.

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COVID-19 vaccine mandates again in question

Because of the ongoing supply chain crisis and the looming holiday season, the National Retail Federation, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the American Trucking Associations have sued the Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which would require businesses with 100 or more employees to have staff fully vaccinated by Jan 4.

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US court suspends Biden vaccine mandate for businesses

A US federal appeals court has halted a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden's administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 vaccines.

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Dead COVID Victim Dissected In Front Of Viewers At Oddities Exhibit AGAINST Grieving Family's Wishes

The body of an elderly man who died from COVID-19 was allegedly dissected in front of a live, ticket-paying audience last month in Oregon.

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Severe storm threat shifts to Southeast, stretching from Florida to Carolinas

down to the Tampa Bay Area."We have quite a wind event coming our way," FOX 13 Tampa Bay meteorologist Dave Osterberg said, adding that wind gusts could reach 60 mph. "As we go through tonight and tomorrow, we get this west wind and we’re still, tomorrow morning and afternoon, looking at winds gusting well into the 30s."Severe storm threat for Thursday, Oct.

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Louisiana tosses 224K COVID-19 vaccine doses after no-shows

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana’s problem of wasted COVID-19 vaccine shots continues to balloon, with about 224,000 doses thrown out across the state as health providers can’t find enough residents willing to roll up their sleeves.The number of trashed doses has nearly tripled since the end of July, even as Louisiana grappled with a fourth, deadly surge of the coronavirus pandemic during that time that led to increased interest in the vaccines.The latest data provided to The Associated Press by the Louisiana Department of Health showed 223,918 doses of the two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been thrown out.RELATED: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy may be waning over time, survey suggestsThat’s

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Adele reveals her 'mental health is very good' as she 'takes it day by day'

Adele has revealed that her 'mental health is very good at the moment as she went live on Instagram from her home in Los Angeles. The 33 year old, who recently responded to the backlash she got when she posted a photo on her Instagram and sparked a cultural appropriation row, took to social media to go live with her 40.5million followers on Saturday 9 October.

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Adolescent COVID-19 vaccinations lag across US

Only 47% of the nation's 12- to 17-year-olds are vaccinated against COVID-19, and in nine states, less than a third of eligible teens are vaccinated.

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Armed customer fatally shoots robber at Texas restaurant

Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app! | Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersThe robbery suspects took off and were later located by police officers, according to 12 News.

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Chemical plant explosion in Louisiana leaves 5 injured

SULPHUR, La. - At least five people were injured in an explosion late Monday at a petrochemical plant in Louisiana, according to local news reports.The blast was reported around 11 p.m. local time at the Westlake Chemical plant in Sulphur, a city located about 15 miles west of Lake Charles.

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Chemical plant explosion in Louisiana leaves 6 injured

SULPHUR, La. - Six people were injured in an explosion late Monday at a petrochemical plant in Louisiana, according to local news reports.The blast was reported around 11 p.m. local time at the Westlake Chemical plant in Sulphur, a city located about 15 miles west of Lake Charles.

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Betty Reid Soskin: Oldest active National Park Service ranger turns 100

National Park Service website. Soskin was originally born in Detroit, Michigan but moved to New Orleans, Louisiana where she and her family survived the "Great Flood" of 1927. Ranger Betty Reid Soskin sits in front of the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center.

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US unemployment claims rise as delta variant weighs on economy

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID infections may have slightly increased layoffs.Applications for jobless aid rose from 312,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. Jobless claims, which generally track the pace of layoffs, have fallen steadily for two months as many employers, struggling to fill jobs, have held onto their employees.

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Innocent man who spent 15 years on Death Row over murder charge dies of Covid

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A man who spent a decade and a half on death row after being wrongly convicted for his step-cousin's rape and murder has died of Covid.Damon Thibodeaux died of Covid-related complications on August 31.He spent the near-decade since his exoneration and release in 2012 campaigning for the rights of falsely accused inmates.Thibodeaux spent the entire 15-year jail sentence in solitary confinement.Social justice charity the Innocence Project released the news and added Damon was a "kind and gentle" person.They tweeted: "The Innocence Project mourns the loss of Damon Thibodeaux, an incredibly kind and gentle person, who spent 16 years wrongly imprisoned in Louisiana."He was the 142nd person

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