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• Barack and Michelle Obama cancel former president's elaborate birthday bash

  August 4, 2021 11:02 AM

  MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Massachusetts - A former president's birthday bash that's been in the works for months and would have included some of the world's most well-known faces has been cancelled at the last minute. According to TMZ , Barack and Michelle Obama had been planning on welcoming nearly 500... more »

• US Attorney Walt Green announces resignation

  March 13, 2017 9:37 AM

  BATON ROUGE – United States Attorney Walt Green announced Monday that he has submitted his resignation as United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana effective March 10, 2017. “I wish to thank my incredible staff and law enforcement family for all their support over the years as... more »

• President Obama met with Nick Tulliers family during La. trip

  August 24, 2016 12:18 PM

  BATON ROUGE – President Barack Obama met privately with the family of East Baton Rouge Sheriff Deputy Nick Tullier during his Tuesday trip to Louisiana. Tullier was one of six officers ambushed on July 17 on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. He remains in the hospital fighting for his... more »

• Obama to visit Baton Rouge on Tuesday

  August 22, 2016 10:57 AM

  BATON ROUGE - President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Baton Rouge this week after federal disaster declarations have been made in several South Louisiana parishes. The President's visit will be on Tuesday with Obama expected to meet some thousands of people involved in the federal aid request. ... more »

• President plans Tuesday visit to Baton Rouge area

  August 19, 2016 3:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE- President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit flood-ravaged areas next week, WBRZ has learned. The president will be in the Baton Rouge area Tuesday. He is scheduled to "get a first hand look at the ... flood damage in the state," ABC News reported. " The... more »

• Obama announces new steps to reduce gun violence

  April 29, 2016 3:22 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is announcing new steps to reduce gun violence, mainly by helping manufacturers understand what law enforcement agencies need from so-called smart guns. Smart guns are firearms that use technology designed to prevent accidental shootings or help find a missing gun. In a Facebook post Friday,... more »

• Obama shortens prison time for 3 Louisiana drug offenders

  March 30, 2016 11:30 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentences of 61 people serving time for drug-related offenses, including three from Louisiana. White House counsel Neil Eggleston says more than a third of the inmates were serving life sentences. Obama's commutation shortens their sentences. Most will be released July 28.... more »

• Ascension Parish added to federal disaster area Play Video

  March 17, 2016 11:49 AM

  BATON ROUGE – State officials announced Thursday that Ascension Parish has been added to the list of locations to receive federal disaster aid. Governor John Bel Edwards asked President Barack Obama Wednesday to consider adding Allen, Ascension and Calcasieu parishes to areas receiving assistance. Edwards said floodwater has damaged... more »

• Edwards requests Ascension to be added to Federal Disaster Declaration

  March 16, 2016 6:28 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards requested Wednesday that President Barack Obama add three additional parishes to the federal disaster declaration issued last week. Edwards asked Obama to add Allen, Ascension and Calcasieu parishes to the list of locations to receive federal aid. Edwards said due to the... more »

• Pentagon's Guantanamo closing plan lays out costs, savings

  February 23, 2016 10:44 AM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says the detention center at Guantanamo Bay undermines America's national security and needs to be closed. Obama says the detention center is counterproductive in the fight against terrorism because it's used as propaganda to recruit terrorists and drains military resources. The White House... more »

• Left outside but still glad to see president

  January 14, 2016 6:23 PM

  BATON ROUGE - About 200 people lined the streets of Old South Baton Rouge to see President Obama's motorcade whiz by Thursday. They were left out in the cold, unable to get a ticket into his town hall meeting at McKinley Senior High. However, the conditions didn't put a... more »

• McKinley students watch President from feed in classrooms

  January 14, 2016 5:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Only 20 students at McKinley High School were lucky enough to watch the President live in the auditorium as he addressed nearly a thousand people in a town hall style setting. The rest of the student body had to watch President Barack Obama through a feed... more »

• Obama to visit Baton Rouge next week Play Video

  January 8, 2016 1:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - President Barack Obama is scheduled to make his first trip to the Capital City during his presidency, according to an announcement from the White House Thursday night. Obama will visit the state capital next Thursday, Jan. 14. Other times and locations for the trip have yet... more »

• Officials: Only 14 Syrian refugees in Louisiana this year

  November 15, 2015 3:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – One day after Bobby Jindal sent a letter to President Obama demanding information about Syrian refugees in Louisiana, the U.S. State Department confirmed only 14 refugees have been resettled in the state. According to a WWL-TV report , seven Syrian refugees were settled in Kenner, six... more »

• Feds: Switch plans, save on health insurance

  October 30, 2015 3:47 PM

  CHICAGO- "It pays to shop" is the message from the government, two days before the start of the third sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The Department of Health and Human Services released data Friday on next year's prices in the insurance markets established by the law.... more »