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• Suspect sought in rape near LSU

  May 20, 2013 3:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Detectives are investigating a rape reported over the weekend near the LSU campus. Investigators say around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, the 25-year-old victim was standing outside her home between Nicholson and Burbank when she was approached by a man with a knife. She says the man... more »

• People, D.A. react to Chief's statement on beating

  May 17, 2013 10:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Reaction is mixed after the city's top cop released a statement concerning the attack on a family in the northern part of town. Police Chief Carl Dabadie said there were serious errors in judgment after a husband, wife, and their daughter were beaten at a gas station... more »

• BRPD Chief: Summons in gas station attack "mistake"

  May 17, 2013 4:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police Chief Carl Dabadie said today two people connected to what he called a "brutal" attack at a Baton Rouge gas station should have been arrested, not just ticketed. "That was a mistake and an error of judgment," Dabadie said in a press release emailed this... more »

• GOP demands more despite Benghazi email release

  May 16, 2013 8:46 AM

  WASHINGTON - The White House's release of nearly 100 pages of emails and notes about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has failed to satisfy congressional Republicans demanding more information. A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says that Republicans hoped the limited release of... more »

• Bond increased for suspect in family attack Play Video

  May 15, 2013 12:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A judge increased the bond for a man accused in an attack this past weekend in which police say he told the victim they were in the "wrong neighborhood." Judge Lou Daniel increased the bond for Donald Dickerson to $55,000 after he was given an additional... more »

• BRPD: FBI asked to investigate possible hate crime Play Video

  May 14, 2013 6:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Two days after an attack described by its victims as racially-charged, police investigators asked the FBI to investigate possible federal hate crime charges. Police said the white victims were both knocked unconscious as they were pumping gas Sunday evening at a station on the corner of... more »

• Man beaten with skateboards

  May 13, 2013 7:44 PM

  HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA- A man remains in critical condition after a group of teens beat him with their skateboards when he intervened in an altercation. He has life-threatening head injuries and four teenagers could face attempted-murder charges. Police say the man and his girlfriend intervened in a fight between two... more »

• FBI: Raid of Minn. home disrupted 'terror attack'

  May 6, 2013 1:11 PM

  MINNEAPOLIS - The FBI says a potential terror attack that it believes was disrupted by a mobile home raid was in its "planning stages" and the target was believed to be in western Minnesota. Buford Rogers was arrested Friday after a search of the 24-year-old's Montevideo home turned up Molotov... more »

• FBI releases photo of backpack containing bomb

  April 16, 2013 9:36 PM

  BOSTON- The FBI released the first image of one of the shredded backpacks agents believe contained one of the explosive devices in the attacks at the Boston Marathon. Details were released in an unclassified bulletin, according to ABC . The bomb inside the bag was an "improvised explosive... more »

• Boston U.: Grad student killed in marathon attack

  April 16, 2013 5:01 PM

  BOSTON - Boston University says a graduate student at the school was one of the three people killed in the bombings at the Boston Marathon. In a statement late Tuesday afternoon, the school said it was not releasing the name or any other information about the student, pending permission from... more »

• Texas college stabbing suspect heads to court

  April 11, 2013 8:52 AM

  HOUSTON - A man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a Houston-area college is set to make his first court appearance since being charged in the attack. 20-year-old Dylan Quick is charged with three counts of aggravated assault in the Tuesday attack at Lone Star Community... more »

• More than a dozen hurt in Texas college stabbing

  April 9, 2013 5:21 PM

  CYPRESS, Texas - Authorities have a suspect in custody in today's stabbing attack at a Texas college campus that left more than a dozen people wounded. They say he's a student at the school. They initially believed that there might be a second suspect -- but they now say there... more »

• Hitting the gym with survivor Gen. Russel Honore Play Video

  April 8, 2013 5:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - When Gen. Russel Honore went into the hospital in June 2012, seven years after leading the federal disaster response to Hurricane Katrina, he thought he was experiencing a case of heartburn. Then his doctors told him one of his main arteries was blocked. He was actually... more »

• Woman who claimed racial attack charged

  March 19, 2013 11:31 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A 21-year-old Winnsboro woman, who police believe set herself on fire in a local park in October after claiming she was attacked by Klansmen, faces two felony charges. District Attorney Mack Lancaster tells The News-Star Sharmeka Moffitt has been booked with one count of terrorizing and one... more »

• Coroner: Lion's victim died quickly of broken neck

  March 7, 2013 5:37 PM

  DUNLAP, Calif. - Central California officials say the 24-year-old victim of a fatal lion attack died quickly of a broken neck. Fresno County Coroner David Hadden says Dianna Hanson was already dead when the 550-pound lion was tossing her body about its enclosure shortly after the Wednesday afternoon attack. Hadden... more »

• Questions raised after dog bites two kids, returned to owners Play Video

  March 5, 2013 5:35 PM

  LIVINGSTON PARISH - A dog that's bitten two kids in Livingston Parish was released back to its owner and parents are outraged. In January, the neighbor's Weimaraner bit Michael and Tammy Gardner's eight-year-old son, Kaden. "After it bit me, I closed my eyes and I didn't see the dog,"... more »

• Chip and dip attack

  March 1, 2013 8:10 PM

  LINDSAY, Ontario- A couple in Canada face domestic assault charges for attacking each other with chips and dip in an argument over their last beer. The unnamed man and woman were covered in chips and dip when police got to their house. It was the 15th previously documented domestic dispute... more »

• NY marks 20th anniversary of World Trade bombing

  February 26, 2013 7:42 AM

  NEW YORK - Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. A noontime ceremony is planned to honor the six people who died in the 1993 blast in a garage below one of the twin towers. More than 1,000 people were injured.... more »

• Suspects wanted in attack of 77-year-old man

  February 22, 2013 11:30 AM

  GONZALES - Police are looking for a man accused of attacking a 77-year-old man. The suspect followed the victim to his house from a grocery store on Monday after the victim just cashed a $600 check, according to Sgt. Steven Nethken with the Gonzales Police Department. Nethken says... more »

• CIA operates drone base in Saudi Arabia

  February 6, 2013 5:03 AM

  WASHINGTON - The CIA conducts lethal drone strikes against al-Qaida militants inside Yemen from a remote base in Saudi Arabia, including the strike that killed the U.S.-born al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki. The location of the base was first disclosed by The New York Times online Tuesday night. The Associated Press... more »

• AP Interview: Clinton raps her Benghazi critics

  February 1, 2013 5:17 AM

  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She says they don't live in an "evidenced-based world" and that their refusal to accept the administration's statements... more »

• Clinton to face Congress on Libya assault

  January 23, 2013 6:15 AM

  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faces tough questions in her long-awaited congressional testimony concerning the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Clinton is the sole witness Wednesday at back-to-back hearings before the Senate and... more »

• Lawyer: Tunisian suspect in Libya attack freed

  January 8, 2013 1:08 PM

  TUNIS, Tunisia - It's the latest setback to the investigation into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in September. Authorities in Tunisia have released one of the only men in custody for alleged links to the attack, which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Ali... more »

• Alabama gets set for Irish offensive attack

  January 4, 2013 10:48 AM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Alabama assistant coach Kirby Smart runs the stingiest defense in the country when it comes to yards allowed, but as he looks at Notre Dame, he sees plenty of reasons for concern. The second-ranked Crimson Tide play the No. 1 Fighting Irish on Monday in the... more »

• India's top cop calls for rape crackdown

  January 4, 2013 7:02 AM

  NEW DELHI - India's top law enforcement official says the nation needs to crack down on crimes against women with "an iron hand" if it is to prevent rapes and other attacks. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde spoke today at a conference of state officials from across India that was... more »

• Judge: No TV broadcast of Guantanamo 9/11 trial

  January 3, 2013 3:03 PM

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A military judge has denied a request to allow television broadcast coverage of the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal for five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks. Defense lawyers requested TV coverage of proceedings at the U.S. base in Cuba. But the Defense Department... more »

• More Christmas vandals on the loose in Ascension

  December 20, 2012 11:17 PM

  DUTCHTOWN- More Christmas vandals are wanted in Ascension Parish. The sheriff's office said people destroyed holiday decorations in the Moss Pointe Subdivision. It's the second set of attacks this season. Last week, three teens were arrested. They were accused of another vandalism spree where thousands of dollars worth... more »

• Woman attacked by pit bull at animal shelter

  December 16, 2012 3:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A woman was attacked by a dog at the animal shelter and was rushed to an area hospital Sunday. The victim, whose name has not been released, was bitten by a pit bull. Reached by phone Sunday afternoon, Paula Shaw, an employee of Companion Animal Alliance,... more »

• Son allegedly attacked father with sword

  December 14, 2012 10:38 AM

  CARENCRO - Deputies say a father and his adult son are both in the hospital recovering from wounds after the son allegedly attacked his father with a samurai sword. Kip Judice with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office tells The Daily World deputies were watching over 32-year-old Albert Brice Prejean of... more »

• Working to maintain the memory of Pearl Harbor Play Video

  December 7, 2012 6:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Today marks 71 years since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. But despite the historical impact, there was not a very big crowd aboard the U.S.S. Kidd during a ceremony remembering the attack. "Commemorating Pearl Harbor is something youngsters don't understand anymore," said Frank Masanz. Masanz... more »

• Navy: No US drones missing after Iran claim

  December 4, 2012 8:22 AM

  TEHRAN, Iran - A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft. Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says all U.S. drones in the region are "fully accounted... more »

• Reid to McCain: No need for special Libya panel

  November 16, 2012 4:45 PM

  WASHINGTON - The Democratic leader in the Senate is rejecting Sen. John McCain's request for a Watergate-style congressional committee to investigate the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya. In a letter Friday to McCain, Sen. Harry Reid said he refuses to allow the Senate to be used as a "venue... more »

• NYC man sentenced to life in subway terror plot

  November 16, 2012 2:51 PM

  NEW YORK - A Bosnia-born U.S. citizen has been sentenced to life behind bars for his role in a foiled suicide-bomb plot on New York City subways in 2008. Adis Medunjanin received the sentence Friday in federal court in Brooklyn. Prosecutors had accused Medunjanin and two high school classmates of... more »

• Lawmakers shown video of Benghazi attack

  November 15, 2012 6:00 PM

  WASHINGTON - Lawmakers have seen a video made drone surveillance and security camera video that showed them in real time the attack in Libya that killed four Americans, including the ambassador. Top intelligence officials showed them the footage as part of hearings on the attack in September on the diplomatic... more »

• Petraeus to testify about Libya Friday

  November 15, 2012 7:57 AM

  WASHINGTON - Former CIA Director David Petraeus will testify before the House Intelligence committee Friday on events that led to the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. Consulate at Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11. Spokesmen for the committee say the... more »

• Israel hits dozens of targets in Gaza

  November 14, 2012 12:08 PM

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel has been hitting dozens of targets in Gaza, in the most intense attack since an Israeli offensive four years ago. Earlier today, an Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza. The killing marks a dramatic resumption of Israel's policy... more »

• CIA denies it detained militants in Benghazi

  November 12, 2012 2:30 PM

  WASHINGTON - The CIA is denying an assertion made by David Petraeus' biographer and girlfriend that the agency held militants in Libya before the Sept. 11 attack. During a talk last month at the University of Denver, author Paula Broadwell said the CIA had detained people at a secret facility... more »

• Panetta: Aircraft not close to stop Libya attack

  November 9, 2012 2:19 PM

  WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling Congress that the military did not have armed aircraft near Libya that could have helped defend against the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. In a letter to Republican Sen. John McCain... more »

• West Monroe man accused of broom attack

  November 5, 2012 2:12 PM

  WEST MONROE - Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies have booked a 39-year-old West Monroe man with domestic abuse battery and aggravated battery. Deputies were called to St. Francis Medical Center Sunday where a woman said James Lee McDaniel, her ex-husband, allegedly pushed her down and hit her on the right side... more »

• House speaker presses Obama for answers on Libya

  October 25, 2012 1:34 PM

  WASHINGTON - House Speaking John Boehner is pressing President Barack Obama for answers about the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Libya that killed four Americans. Boehner sent a letter to Obama on Thursday asking whether he or senior administration officials had been personally briefed about security... more »

• Report: Husband used kitchen knife to stab wife, fetus Play Video

  October 24, 2012 3:26 PM

  WALKER - An arrest report revealed more details today about what investigators found when they arrived at the scene of a stabbing in Walker. According to the report by the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, 31-year-old Jeffrey Reynolds used a kitchen knife to slash his pregnant wife's throat before cutting... more »

• 9/11 'mastermind' in camouflage for Gitmo court

  October 17, 2012 10:26 AM

  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - With a judge's permission, the self-styled mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks is wearing camouflage at his Guantanamo military tribunal. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sported a camouflage vest over a white tunic Wednesday as he sat at his defense table in a heavily guarded courtroom... more »

• Aide: Obama takes responsibility for Libya attack

  October 16, 2012 5:21 PM

  DENVER - A top campaign aide says that President Barack Obama takes responsibility for the consulate attack in Libya that killed four Americans. Deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter tells The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that, quote, "every time an American dies abroad, everybody takes responsibility, from the... more »

• 9/11 kin watch Gitmo hearings from Army bases

  October 15, 2012 10:45 AM

  NEW YORK - Military installations in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland are welcoming families of 9/11 victims this week to watch pretrial hearings in Cuba for five men charged in the terrorist attacks. Seven family members were viewing the Guantanamo proceedings Monday via closed-circuit television at Fort Hamilton,... more »

• Romney: Biden contradicted sworn Libya testimony

  October 12, 2012 4:18 PM

  RICHMOND, Va. - Last month's deadly attack in Libya has become the focus of the presidential campaign today. Mitt Romney is accusing Vice President Joe Biden of "doubling down on denial" in last night's debate when he said "we weren't told" about requests for more security at the U.S. consulate... more »

• Task force holds river counterterrorism drill Play Video

  October 11, 2012 4:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The Joint Task Force 7 held a counterterrorism drill on the Mississippi River to test their inter-agency skills, while neutralizing a simulated terrorist threat. The drill had sheriff's deputies from seven different agencies working together to find a mock bomb strapped to a pillar on the Mississippi... more »

• State Dept opens Benghazi consulate attack probe

  October 3, 2012 3:00 PM

  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pledging a full and transparent inquiry into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. The probe comes as Congress is demanding speedy answers to questions about the... more »

• Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action'

  September 24, 2012 4:18 PM

  NEW YORK - President Barack Obama says "there's no doubt" that the assault of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador "wasn't just a mob action." The White House and administration officials have called the attack a terrorist act, though the White House... more »

• Obama to honor return of Libya attack victims

  September 14, 2012 10:51 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are attending the return of the remains of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans killed in an attack of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, this week. Obama and Clinton were to go to Joint Base Andrews... more »

• AP sources: al-Qaida leader in Yemen killed

  September 10, 2012 3:34 PM

  WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. officials are confirming that the No. 2 al-Qaida leader in Yemen has been killed, dealing a major blow to the terror group. The officials said Saeed al-Shihri was killed, but could not confirm any U.S. involvement in the airstrike Monday that Yemeni leaders say killed the... more »

• Police officer recovering after being attacked by group of guys

  August 23, 2012 10:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A city police officer is recovering after he was attacked, off duty by a group of guys. Austin Roussel was arrested and investigators believe three to five others were involved in the attack. According to police, the officer identified himself as a member of law enforcement... more »

• No statement from Assad in aftermath of attack that killed 3

  July 18, 2012 4:00 PM

  BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad hasn't yet issued any statements on today's bomb attack that killed three top officials of his regime -- including his brother-in-law -- during a high-level security meeting in Damascus. Fighting between rebels and government troops has raged in the capital for four days in... more »

• Obama bemoans 'barbaric' terror attack in Bulgaria

  July 18, 2012 3:58 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is strongly condemning a "barbaric terrorist attack" against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. Obama says his thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and injured, and he calls the attacks against innocent civilians "completely outrageous." He says the U.S. will stand with its... more »

• Israel: Bus blast in Bulgaria caused by bomb

  July 18, 2012 3:57 PM

  SOFIA, Bulgaria - Israel's Foreign Minister says the deadly bus explosion in Bulgaria that has killed at least six people was caused by a bomb placed on the vehicle. Avigdor Lieberman says he was briefed by his Bulgarian counterpart Wednesday evening. He said seven people died, but Bulgarian authorities have... more »

• 'Jeopardy!' host 'up and about' after heart attack

  June 25, 2012 5:09 PM

  NEW YORK - A spokeswoman says "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is "up and about" in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from a mild heart attack. Sony Pictures Television spokeswoman Paula Askanas said Monday that Trebek is "in good spirits" while doctors complete their tests. She says he has... more »

• Clemens lawyer again attacks key witness

  June 12, 2012 12:45 PM

  WASHINGTON - Roger Clemens' lawyers have mounted one final assault on the witness who claims he injected the former pitcher with performance-enhancing drugs. Attorney Rusty Hardin told the jury during closing arguments Tuesday that "saying that Brian McNamee lies zero times is kind of like calling the Grand Canyon a... more »

• Scott man arrested after alleged face-bite attack

  June 6, 2012 2:15 PM

  SCOTT - Authorities say a Scott man was arrested after allegedly biting a chunk out of the face of an acquaintance during an attack on Saturday. Police say 43-year-old Carl Jacquneaux attacked Todd Credeur in Creduer's front yard. During the melee, Jacqueneaux bit a chunk out of Creduer's face, Thomas... more »

• Crash, attack kill 3 NATO troops in Afghanistan

  May 28, 2012 1:00 PM

  KABUL, Afghanistan - As Americans observe Memorial Day, three NATO service members have been killed in Afghanistan. The U.S.-led coalition says a helicopter crash killed two service members in the eastern part of the country, while a third died in an insurgent attack in the south. Authorities are investigating the... more »

• TV station knife attack

  May 23, 2012 7:39 PM

  A knife-wielding man ran through the halls of a TV station in Topeka, Kansas after complaining the Department of Veterans Affairs was mishandling his case. He stabbed two employees before being subdued. The two men he attacked were taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries. It happened at WIBW-TV... more »

• Man dies after he is attacked

  May 2, 2012 3:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A 47-year-old man has died after he had been involved in attack last week, on April 27th. 47-year-old Armando Rodriguez Jr. of 9901 Gwenadele told police that another man attacked him while he was standing in the 2900 block of Winnebago Street. He told police... more »

• Dick Clark dead at 82; Pat Shingleton recalls meeting TV legend Play Video

  April 18, 2012 2:49 PM

  LOS ANGELES - A man who became known as the nation's "oldest teenager" during a television career of more than 60 years has died. Dick Clark was 82. A spokesman says he had a heart attack this morning at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., where he had gone yesterday... more »

• Davy Jones autopsy results

  April 5, 2012 4:28 PM

  WEST PALM BEACH - An autopsy report confirms Monkees star Davy Jones died of a heart attack. The report showed the 66-year-old Jones had severe build-up in his heart's arteries. Toxicology reports came back negative for any signs of drugs in his system other than cannabinoids, a class of drugs... more »

• Man arrested for attack in Baton Rouge

  April 2, 2012 3:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A man accused of attacking a woman at an apartment complex Sunday is now under arrest. Police say Marvin Varnado chased a woman down to the parking lot of his complex, and dragged her by the the hair back to his apartment. They say Varnado... more »

• Police looking for answers in possible Tigerland attack Play Video

  March 9, 2012 5:48 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Police are still looking for answers after they found a 22-year old man laying near death on the side of the road in Tigerland. Investigators found the man, without any visible traumatic injuries, but unconscious and without any identification. He's now in the hospital and listed in... more »

• Police investigating possible attack in Tigerland

  March 9, 2012 11:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Investigators are looking into what could be an apparent attack in the Tigerland area near LSU. Police found a 22-year-old man lying unconscious on the side of Bob Pettit Boulevard near Y.A. Tittle Avenue, just after 2 a.m. Thursday morning. The man was taken to a... more »

• Burglar takes up spoon and fork, resident a stool

  March 6, 2012 10:55 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans police say that when a burglar attacked with a spoon and fork, a woman defended herself with a small stool. The man got away on the woman's bicycle, but police say officers in the area arrested 23-year-old Charles Taylor shortly after the woman called. Taylor was... more »

• New Roads man held on rape, kidnap charges

  February 28, 2012 10:28 AM

  NEW ROADS - A 33-year-old New Roads man has been arrested on rape and second-degree kidnapping charges. The rape victim told police she agreed to ride with her attacker to a Baton Rouge store on Saturday. Instead, according to police, the woman said her attacker drove her to... more »

• Ga. court to hear case of possible gator attack

  February 6, 2012 8:41 AM

  ATLANTA - The family of a Georgia woman claims a homeowners association should have removed an alligator from a subdivision that they say may have killed the woman. The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case Monday. The heirs of 83-year-old Gwyneth Williams say The Landings... more »

• BRPD: Hernandez still "potential suspect" in attack

  December 14, 2011 4:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police said today that a man arrested for rape in Baton Rouge had not been ruled out from a second attack, as they had previously reported. Sgt. Don Kelly said "inaccurate information" was released that 18-year-old Allan Hernandez, who was arrested in suspicion of a rape... more »

• BRPD: DNA clears suspect of attack Play Video

  December 8, 2011 6:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE - DNA evidence linked Allan Hernandez to a rape on Stanford, but it cleared him of an attempted rape on Lee Drive, according to Baton Rouge Police. Detectives thought Hernandez may have been responsible for both attacks because they happened in a similar manner: a man walked... more »

• Attacks in 2 French Quarter robbery attempts

  November 25, 2011 4:54 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - Would-be robbers attacked two men in the French Quarter when their efforts were stymied. New Orleans Police say a man was walking in the 700 block of Burgundy Street about 10:30 p.m. Thanksgiving night when two men attacked him with glass bottles, then pulled a knife... more »

• EBR student describes attack on bus driver

  October 28, 2011 10:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A student who witnessed a fight between her East Baton Rouge Parish bus driver and another student Friday says she's concerned about her safety. 18-year-old Shanetra Daniels was booked on battery charges Friday morning. Authorities say she beat her bus driver around 6:30 a.m. on the... more »

• 2 arrested in plot to kill Saudi ambassador to U. S.

  October 11, 2011 1:27 PM

  NEW YORK - Two people have been accused of conspiracy to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States. A federal criminal complaint in New York says the two also are charged with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. It says the ambassador was in the United... more »

• Ohio shop's gorilla mascot attacked by banana

  July 8, 2011 6:14 AM

  STRONGSVILLE, Ohio- The manager of a cell phone store in Ohio called 911 to report a gorilla had been attacked by a banana. The Wireless Center in Strongsville, near Cleveland, advertises at curbside with a man in a gorilla suit. Manager Brandon Parham says he was watching last week as... more »

• Two men sought in Tigerland beating, sexual assault

  June 7, 2011 1:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge police are looking for two men accused of beating a man and sexually assaulting a woman during an armed robbery in Tigerland Monday night. Corporal L'Jean McKneely tells News 2 around 11 p.m. two men forced their way into an apartment on the 1400... more »

• LSP: "Road rage" incident leads to arrest

  April 11, 2011 4:29 PM

  HOLDEN - A road rage incident put one man in jail in Livingston Parish over the weekend after he attacked a driver with a gun, according to Louisiana State Police. Trooper Russell Graham said Ralph Brown, 68, of Hammond was arrested after the incident on I-12 near Holden Saturday... more »

• TPSO: Woman attacked deputies who arrested her

  March 15, 2011 4:39 PM

  ROSELAND - A woman with warrants out for her arrest attacked deputies trying to take her into custody, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Department. Sheriff Daniel Edwards said deputies arrested 45-year-old Angela Thompson Monday for several outstanding warrants through the Amite Police Department, as well as charges of... more »

• Student arrested in weekend attack at LSU

  March 1, 2011 4:26 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An LSU student has been arrested in connection with an attack and robbery on another student this weekend. According to Sgt. Blake Tabor with LSU Police, 20-year-old Camden Marcotte turned himself in today in connection with the attack early Sunday morning. Police said Marcotte ran... more »

• UPDATE: LSU student attacked on campus

  February 26, 2011 7:52 AM

  UPDATE: LSU Police are searching for the man who attacked an 18-year-old female student on campus near the LSU Parade Grounds. Police described the suspect as 20-30 years old man, with a balding or shaved head, wearing a black and white long sleeve shirt, khaki pants and glasses. ... more »

• 3 arrested in deadly attack on ULL students

  January 22, 2011 9:59 AM

  LAFAYETTE, La.- Three men face charges in an attack last fall in which a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student was beaten to death and his roommate severely injured. Lafayette Police told The Advertiser that Ian Trahan, 21, of Youngsville and Wayland Guillory, 23, of Lafayette face one count... more »

• 64 stitches for boy after dog encounter

  January 20, 2011 12:47 PM

  HOUMA - A 4-year-old boy who stuck his head through a fence while talking to another child was mauled by a pit bull dog. The Houma Courier reports that it took 64 stitches to close wounds to the head and face of Christian Silver. The Terrebonne Sheriff's Office said no... more »

• Suspect in attack on congresswoman faces 5 charges

  January 9, 2011 3:11 PM

  TUCSON, Ariz.- Federal prosecutors charged the suspect in shooting of Arizona congresswoman with attempted assassination and four other charges. Jared Loughner is charged with one count of attempted assassination of member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to... more »

• President President Obama set to address the nation regarding attack

  January 8, 2011 3:21 PM

  WASHINGTON D.C.- President Barack Obama is scheduled to address the nation around 3:45pm central time following Saturday afternoon's shooting in Arizona. At least 18-people were shot during the attack after investigators say a gunman opened fire at a meet and greet near a grocery store. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords... more »