Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The Latest: Volunteers caring for four-legged flood victims and other top stories.

  • The Latest: Volunteers caring for four-legged flood victims

    The Latest: Volunteers caring for four-legged flood victims
    BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on Louisiana flooding (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Volunteers inside and outside of Louisiana’s flood disaster zone are helping shelter and care for dogs, cats and other animals rescued from the water. Some animals were already in shelters when the floods hit. Others were left behind in hasty evacuations. Veterinarians and volunteers were caring for roughly 150 pets Friday at two Livingston Parish shelters, one in Livingston and another in nearby Walker. They have ..
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  • Man arrested in fatal stabbing of two nuns in Mississippi

    Man arrested in fatal stabbing of two nuns in Mississippi
    Margaret Held and Paula Merrill, both nurse practitioners, failed to show up for work Thursday at a clinic in Lexington, where they served one of the state's poorest counties.Clinic workers called police when the pair didn't arrive at the clinic, said Maureen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Jackson. When authorities arrived at their home in Durant, 13 miles away from the clinic, they saw evidence of a break-in and found their bodies, she said. As investigators searched for answ..
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  • High school girl attacks her teacher with a stun gun

    High school girl attacks her teacher with a stun gun
    VIDEO SEMMES, Ala. — Authorities say a high school girl in south Alabama faces a felony assault charge after attacking a teacher with a stun gun. Mobile County sheriff’s officials say a video shows the girl trying to fight another girl Thursday afternoon at Mary G. Montgomery High School outside Mobile. Authorities said that when a teacher tried to break up the fight, the teen used the stun gun and then ran. Mobile County Sgt. Joseph Mahoney tells Al.com deputies caught the girl and arrested he..
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  • Carson refinery explosion, fire prompt order to shelter in place

    Carson refinery explosion, fire prompt order to shelter in place
    A tank exploded Friday at the Tesoro refinery in Wilmington, spewing hazardous sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide vapors into the community and causing massive gridlock along nearby roads.Refinery officials said the lid of the tank was somehow breached at about 1 p.m., causing a chemical explosion that set the tank’s insulation on fire, said county fire and Tesoro officials. The refinery along South Alameda Street, which borders densely populated neighborhoods in Carson and Long Beach, alerte..
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  • Y'stpne park employee dies in canyon fall

    Y'stpne park employee dies in canyon fall
    Y'stpne park employee dies in canyon fall Jackson Hole News & Guide Print Create a hardcopy of this page Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Posted: Saturday, August 27, 2016 4:30 am Y'stpne park employee dies in canyon fall By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole Daily Jackson Hole News&Guide | 0 comments ..
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  • Dwyane Wade addresses fatal shooting of cousin: Enough is enough

    Dwyane Wade addresses fatal shooting of cousin: Enough is enough
    A woman who was fatally shot while pushing a baby in a stroller on Chicago's South Side has been identified as a cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade.Authorities say Nykea Aldridge, 32, was killed when two males walked up and fired shots at a third man about 3:30 p.m. Friday. Police say the woman was not the intended target.Wade addressed his cousin's death via Twitter.My cousin was killed today in Chicago. Another act of senseless gun violence. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. Unreal. #EnoughIsEn..
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  • Clinton buries Trump in negative ads

    Clinton buries Trump in negative ads
    Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonClinton, Trump sharpen attacks Bannon's ex-wife: 'He didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews' Kasich: I don't know what we're hearing from Trump on immigration MORE has buried Donald TrumpDonald TrumpClinton, Trump sharpen attacks Bannon's ex-wife: 'He didn’t want the girls going to school with Jews' Trump's son shares photo after rescuing baby deer MORE in an avalanche of negative TV ads in an effort to kill off the Republican presidential nomine..
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  • Federal Judge Curbs Enforcement of North Carolina Transgender Access Law

    Federal Judge Curbs Enforcement of North Carolina Transgender Access Law
    Photo Unisex signs outside bathrooms at a restaurant in Durham, N.C. Credit Sara D. Davis/Getty Images A federal judge on Friday curbed the enforcement of a North Carolina law that restricted restroom access for transgender people. The ruling was the first judicial rebuke of a statute that has been condemned as discriminatory and, with lawsuit after lawsuit, has deepened the national debate about transgender rights.In an 83-page decision that was restrained in its scope..
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  • Tenn. man who killed cop blamed police for 'misfortune' in letter

    Tenn. man who killed cop blamed police for 'misfortune' in letter
    Officer Kenny Moats was a father of three young children and a nine-year department veteran. (Maryville Police Department). BY Chris Sommerfeldt. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Updated: Saturday, August 27, 2016, 5:01 AM. The 44-year-old Tennessee man ...
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