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02.08.2021 / 23:13

Louisiana brings back statewide mask mandate amid delta-driven COVID-19 surge

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana on Monday reinstated a mask mandate in all indoor locations, including schools and colleges, as the state struggles with a fast-growing fourth surge of COVID-19 driven by the delta variant and one of the nation’s lowest vaccination rates.Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the mandate, which goes into effect on Wednesday, less than three months after he lifted a previous face covering requirement amid hopes that the virus was abating.

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Gov. Wolf, task force urge lawmakers to promote COVID vaccination

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US coronavirus cases rising again, doubling over three weeks

COVID-19 shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Boy, 12, kills armed intruder who threatened his mother, sheriff says

CLINTON, La. (AP) - A 12-year-old fatally shot an armed man who broke into his family’s house in Louisiana and threatened his mother, authorities said.The home invasion happened June 30 near Clinton, news outlets reported.

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Zaila Avant-garde breezes to National Spelling Bee win

Zaila Avant-garde competes in the first round of the the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2021. (Photo by JIM WATSON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek roots, Zaila Avant-garde doesn't show much stress.The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, breezed to the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee's 96-year history.Zaila has described spelling as a side hobby, although she routinely practiced for seven hours a day.

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Baby monitor records tree crashing into 5-month-old's room: 'Terrifying'

started like any other for Courtney Buchholtz and her family. Buchholtz, from Prairieville, Louisiana, gave her 5-month-old son Cannon a bath and together with Buchholtz’s husband Kale, the three said their nightly prayers. At 7:42 p.m., Buchholtz put Cannon to bed and she and her husband sat down on the couch to relax. There was a storm going on outside, but Buchholtz said aside from being a little louder than usual, it didn’t seem dangerous.A tree recently fell through the roof of Courtney Buchholtz's house, right over her 5-month-old son's crib.

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‘Super sweet’ 12-foot python escapes zoo in Louisiana mall, search continues

BATON ROUGE, La. - A 12-foot Burmese python that escaped from the Blue Zoo inside the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge Tuesday morning is still missing, according to a zoo spokesperson.A mall employee reported the snake, named Cara, had escaped her enclosure at the Blue Zoo at about 9:30 a.m. local time, according to the Animal Control and Rescue Center dispatch.Cara is a rescue, the zoo spokesperson told FOX TV Stations.

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Woman tries to remove alligator from Louisiana highway

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Some tense moments between a small, territorial alligator and a Louisiana woman were caught on camera.Louisiana resident Kelsey Marcantel uploaded the video on social media of a woman trying to move the gator away from the roadway in Lake Charles on June 13.The video shows the woman trying to guide the gator away from the road using her foot, but the stubborn gator won’t move.Marcantel shared the video on TikTok with a caption: "Typical day in Louisiana."Several cars were parked on the roadway behind the scene as it unfolded. AdvertisementJust before the end of the video, a man holding a stick walked over to help the woman persuade the gator to move.

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Video: Walmart employee restrains deer that entered store

BARABOO, Wis. - Shocking video recorded an intrepid Walmart employee pinning a deer to the ground after it wandered into a store on June 23 in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The deer was allegedly tackled by a fearless employee before being pinned to the ground. Freeze frame of video showing Walmart employee pinning deer. (Rebecca Pickel via Storyful)RELATED: Louisiana farmer mistakes massive snake for 'tree branch'Video captured the moments just after the employee was able to restrain the animal on the floor.

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Meet Zane! Florida infant wins 2021 Gerber Baby contest

Courtesy: Gerber WINTER PARK, Fla. - There's a new Gerber baby in town – and he's from Central Florida!Little Zane Kahin of Winter Park has been crowned as the official 2021 Gerber Spokesbaby, the company announced on Monday. The 4 ½ month-old cutie now takes the honorary role as Gerber's Chief Growing Officer for the year.According to a press release, Zane won the contest for his bubbly personality that captured the judges hearts. TRENDING: Louisiana farmer mistakes massive snake for 'tree branch'"Zane is a little comedian – he loves to crack himself up and even wakes up laughing.

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Bank mistakenly deposits $50 billion into Louisiana family’s account

BATON ROUGE, La. - Darren James and his family felt what it was like to be billionaires for four days after his wife’s bank accidentally deposited $50 billion dollars into her account June 12.James, 47, said his wife showed him the deposit on her smartphone when he came home from work on that Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisana."I’m like where did that come from?" he told FOX Television Stations on Sunday.

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Louisiana farmer mistakes tree branch for snake

KINDER, La. - A crawfish farmer noticed a tree branch wasn't a branch at all when it started to move.It turned out to be a massive snake. Kalob Deaton shared the footage of his discovery on his Facebook page on June 14."It's a jungle out here!" he posted. RELATED: Family 'absolutely shocked' when cat they thought they cremated returns homeDeaton told Storyful that after getting closer to what he thought was a branch "the object started moving" and he "noticed it was a snake.""I got my phone and started recording it going tree-to-tree," he added.

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Study discovers compounds that protect lung cells, may block COVID virus

COVID-19 from entering cells and protect the air cells (alveoli) of the lung.

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Tropical storm warning issued for parts of Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi

Communities near the Gulf Coast prepared on Friday, June 18, for the arrival of a potential tropical cyclone threatening severe rain, wind, and hail. RELATED: Heat wave 2021: Dangerous temperatures, drought impact western USBut disappointment was evident in the voice of Seneca Hampton, an organizer of the Juneteenth Freedom Festival in Gautier, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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Tropical system takes aim for northern Gulf coast heading into Father’s Day weekend

Florida, according to FOX 13’s meteorologist Dave Osterberg. On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center began issues advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone Three. A tropical storm warning was already in effect for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama — extending from Intracoastal City, Louisiana, to the Alabama-Florida border, according to the NHC. Tropical storm conditions are expected to arrive Friday in these areas.A tropical depression could form Friday, or could strengthen to become the third named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season: Claudette."Here is Potential Tropical Cyclone Three.

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Teacher gives student his own shoes so he can walk in graduation

BOUETTE, La. - A high school senior in Louisiana was almost banned from walking in his graduation ceremony after he didn’t follow the school’s shoe policy until a teacher stepped in to help — literally.When Daverius Peters arrived at the local convention center for the event on May 19, he was blocked from entering the building. A school representative told him he had violated the ceremony’s dress code shoe policy."I feel targeted, humiliated because they had another kid with the same shoes as me on and he was able to walk the stage," Peters, 18, said.According to the school’s graduation dress code, male students were asked to wear dark dress shoes, with an emphasis that "no athletic shoes" were to be worn at the event.

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Mother of Ronald Green calls for accountability as Louisiana State Police reveal more details of investigation

The mother of Ronald Green is calling for accountability in the death of her son after body and dash cam video was released over the weekend two years after the initial incident.

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New voter ID rules raise concerns of fraud, ballot rejection

ATLANTA – When voters in Florida and Georgia want to vote by mail in next year’s races for governor, they will have to make sure they take one more step to ensure they receive a ballot: providing their identification.

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Shackled Black man ordered facedown in deadly arrest in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, Fla. – Beaten and shackled by Louisiana state troopers, Black motorist Ronald Greene desperately tried to roll over in what may have been a struggle to breathe but was ordered to stay on his belly, according to body-camera video newly obtained by The Associated Press.

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Eyes now on 2 systems as hurricane season approaches

ORLANDO, Fla. – There are two areas of low pressure that are a concern in the tropics.

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Heavy rains sweep across Louisiana, flooding homes and closing major highways

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Residents in southern Louisiana were bracing for more rain Tuesday after heavy downpours flooded homes, swamped cars, and closed a major interstate.Lake Charles was hammered once again by nature’s fury in a coastal zone still recovering from back-to-back hurricanes last fall and a deep freeze in February.The National Weather Service said south Lake Charles in western Louisiana saw 12 to 15 inches (30 to 38 centimeters) of rain in a 12-hour period Monday, while elsewhere in the parish as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) fell.As the storm moved east, as much as 13 inches (33 centimeters) of rain fell overnight in Louisiana's capital city of Baton Rouge, according to East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston

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Arrest warrant issued for man in Confederate monument theft

SELMA, Ala. – Police in Alabama have issued an arrest warrant for a man in connection with the bizarre theft of a Confederate monument that was taken from an Alabama cemetery and found in Louisiana.

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High court won't make unanimous jury requirement retroactive

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that prisoners who were convicted by non-unanimous juries before the high court barred the practice a year ago don't need to be retried.

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Pipeline operator says "normal operations" have resumed

ATLANTA – The operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline — hit earlier this week by a ransomware attack — announced Saturday it has resumed “normal operations," delivering fuel to its markets, including a large swath of the East Coast.

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Service at gas pumps should be ‘normal’ by end of weekend after Colonial Pipeline attack, Granholm says

delivery to return to normal. "Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during this start-up period," the company wrote on Twitter. "Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal."The company said those markets include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. RELATED: Colonial Pipeline restores full service, return to normal will take ‘several days’Colonial Pipeline, the operator of a major pipeline system that transports fuel across the East

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New Orleans tornado captured on video by Ring camera

NEW ORLEANS - Security camera footage captured in New Orleans this week shows just how powerful a storm can be.A Ring doorbell camera captured a tornado sweeping through Algiers, a neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana early Wednesday morning. RELATED: Tornadoes rip through Mississippi leaving trail of damage in multiple citiesThe security footage, shared by Tyesha Reddix, showed strong winds, propelling rain and a tornado off in the distance. The dangerous storm caused damage across sections of the city, and the National Weather Service confirmed the tornado on May 12, reporting it as an EF-0 tornado with peak winds up to 85 mph.The NWS also noted significant rainfall totals in the area, especially south of Lake Pontchartrain. "In these

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Colonial Pipeline attack: Fuel transport limits waived for some states as shutdown drags on

The Department of Transportation announced last night that they are allowing overweight transport in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.Government officials are acting swiftly to waive safety and environmental rules to speed the delivery of fuel by truck, ship or rail to motorists and airports, even as they sought to assure the public that there was no cause for alarm. But now, more than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers.The Colonial Pipeline, the biggest fuel pipeline in the U.S., delivering about 45% of what is consumed on the East Coast, was hit on

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Louisiana Democrat sworn into Congress, replacing Biden aide

WASHINGTON – Democratic Rep. Troy Carter of Louisiana was sworn into the House on Tuesday, adding some breathing room to the party’s tight majority.

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Southern US braces for another round of severe weather after tornadoes cause damage, 2 deaths

national Storm Prediction Center. That zone is home to more than 11 million people and includes the cities of Nashville, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Jackson, Mississippi, forecasters said."We’ll see all three threats as far as hail, wind and tornadoes on Tuesday," said Mike Edmonston, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Mississippi.Hail and high winds were reported in north Texas Monday night.

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Biden pushes $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan during Louisiana visit

LAKE CHARLES, La. - President Joe Biden visited the reliably Republican state of Louisiana on Thursday, speaking in front of a decades-old bridge in need of repair while pushing the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.Biden gave remarks in Lake Charles, a city along the Gulf Coast that was slammed by two hurricanes last year. The president touted his proposed infrastructure plans that would invest in roads and bridges and hundreds of billions of dollars more to upgrade the electrical grid, make the water system safer, rebuild homes and jump-start the manufacturing of electric vehicles.Behind him was the 70-year-old Calcasieu River Bridge that is 20 years past its designed lifespan.

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Biden ready to sell $2.3T infrastructure plan in Louisiana

President Joe Biden will push the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in the reliably Republican state of Louisiana — directly challenging GOP lawmakers who say that low taxes for corporations and the wealthy will fuel economic growth.

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Here’s why buying chlorine for your pool could be more expensive this summer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As temperatures head into the 90s and summer approaches, more people will be wanting to use their pools.

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Storms spawn twisters in Mississippi, kill 2 in Georgia

YAZOO CITY, Miss. – Much of the South is again at risk of severe weather Tuesday, forecasters say, after tornadoes struck parts of the region Sunday night and Monday, causing heavy damage in some parts of Mississippi.

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Three killed, over 2 dozen injured after boat capsizes off California coast

12 missing, 1 dead, 6 rescued after boat capsizes off Louisiana coast Several people were pulled from the water, and some required life-saving efforts on the beach. There had been about 30 people on the boat in severely crowded conditions without adequate safety equipment, authorities said.“Every indication from our perspective is that this was a smuggling vessel, used to smuggle migrants into the United States illegally,” said Jeff Stephenson, a Border Patrol agent.Multiple agencies including @SDLifeguards rescued 25 people from the water.

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Burns pulls away at Innisbrook and claims first PGA title

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Eight times this season, Sam Burns has been atop the leaderboard after every round except the one that mattered. That changed, finally, at the Valspar Championship.

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Kim Mulkey leaves Baylor, takes over as LSU coach

BATON ROUGE, La. – Hall of Fame coach Kim Mulkey has left Baylor to return home and take over the LSU women's basketball team.

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With OK from experts, some US states resume use of Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday. Among the venues where it was being deployed: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Among the other states ordering or recommending a resumption, along with Indiana, were Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.Those moves came swiftly after US health officials said Friday evening that they were lifting an 11-day pause on vaccinations using the J&J vaccine.

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US drop in vaccine demand has some places turning down doses

JACKSON, Miss. – Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in smaller packages so they don’t go to waste.

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Police video shows officer using stun gun on handcuffed man

PORT ALLEN, La. – Police video shows a Louisiana officer using a stun gun on a handcuffed 67-year-old man sitting in a patrol car's back seat and then saying, “Scream again."

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Search for survivors of capsized lift boat ends

CUT OFF, La. – The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns to comforting the loved ones of the five known dead and eight missing, a grim hunt for bodies and a painstaking investigation that could take up to two years.

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9 kids injured in shooting at 12-year-old's birthday party in Louisiana

LAPLACE, La. - Nine people under 18 were injured and two of them remained in the hospital Monday following a weekend shooting at a 12-year-old's birthday party in Louisiana that was rooted in an ongoing feud, authorities said.Eight of the victims of the Saturday night shooting were boys and all were between the ages of 12 and 17, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported. A 14-year-old boy who was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy shot in the stomach remained hospitalized in stable condition while the others were treated and released, the St.

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Families: 5th body found from capsized ship off Louisiana

CUT OFF, La. – Relatives of crew members who were on a lift boat that capsized off Louisiana last week said they have been told by authorities that another body has been found as the search for the remaining eight people who were on the vessel continued Monday.

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Search for 9 missing from capsized boat in Gulf on 6th day

PORT FOURCHON, La. – For a sixth day, rescue crews returned Sunday to a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, looking for nine crew members who have not been found, the Coast Guard said.

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Divers back in Gulf; search resumes for capsized boat's crew

PORT FOURCHON, La. – Divers returned Saturday to the murky, roiling waters of the Gulf of Mexico in search of lost crew members aboard a capsized lift boat off Louisiana, the Coast Guard said.

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Families hope loved ones can be found alive in capsized boat

PORT FOURCHON, La. – Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized liftboat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday, a rescue effort complicated by daunting technical challenges and continued bad weather.

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Amid hesitancy, Louisiana gets creative in vaccine outreach

BATON ROUGE, La. – Brass bands playing at a 24-hour drive-thru coronavirus vaccine event. Doses delivered to commercial fishermen minutes from the docks. Pop-up immunization clinics at a Buddhist temple, homeless shelters, truck stops and casinos, with shots available at night or on weekends.

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Divers aim to reach capsized ship in search for survivors

PORT FOURCHON, La. – Racing against time in the search for 12 people missing since their ship capsized in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard divers hoped a break in stormy weather Thursday would give them an opportunity to reach the overturned platform vessel.

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1 dead, 6 rescued and 12 missing after ship capsizes off Louisiana coast

Coast Guard rescued 6 people and are searching for 12 people still missing off the Louisiana coast on Wednesday after their offshore oilfield ship capsized in stormy weather.

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