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• Mid City drugstore makes changes following 2 On Your Side report about bad behavior Play Video

  December 14, 2022 4:40 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Four months after 2 On Your Side exposed the filth happening behind a dumpster at a Baton Rouge Walgreens , the drugstore company is finally taking action. For months, Brian McGowen has been capturing surveillance footage of what's been going on between his fence and a... more »

• YouTube flags EBR School Board meeting video as 'spam, deceptive' and blocks education system content

  May 20, 2022 12:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE – YouTube flagged the video stream of a controversial East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting, making it unwatchable on the social media website Friday. The board meeting from Thursday, May 19, 2022, was banned from viewers. The meeting focused on a contentious discussion over Superintendent Sito... more »

• YouTube beefs up its misinformation policies

  September 29, 2021 10:38 AM

  YouTube says it will remove videos containing misinformation about any approved vaccine, including those designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The social media platform said anyone who posts misinformation about any "currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health authorities... more »

• YouTube suspends Senator Rand Paul for seven days

  August 11, 2021 5:53 AM

  Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, has been suspended from YouTube for one week due to his connection with a video that claims that masks are ineffective in fighting COVID-19, according to CNN . The news outlet reports that a YouTube spokesperson said, "This resulted in a first strike... more »

• Local rapper arrested, accused of shooting stepdad at St. Gabriel apartment

  June 27, 2021 9:13 PM

  ST. GABRIEL - A suspected gunman turned himself in after he allegedly shot his stepfather in Iberville Parish. Police found the victim outside of his building at the Windsor Apartment complex Saturday night. He was airlifted to a hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm and abdomen.... more »

• Man allegedly tried to rob woman in Walmart parking lot, claimed it was a prank

  December 7, 2020 5:39 PM

  PORT ALLEN - A man arrested for an alleged robbery attempt outside a local Walmart claims it was just a prank gone wrong. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said Jonathan Ambeau, 23, of Baton Rouge was arrested for the crime Monday. Surveillance cameras outside the Port Allen... more »

• Jenna Marbles apologizes for offensive videos, temporarily leaves YouTube

  June 26, 2020 9:08 AM

  On Thursday, one of YouTube's most popular content creators, Jenna Marbles, posted a tearful video apologizing for previous content she'd created that smacks of racism and slut shaming, before telling viewers she would be taking a leave of absence from her YouTube channel. In her apologetic video, Marbles pointed... more »

• Man threatens to kill David Duke, references Alton Sterling in YouTube video

  July 28, 2016 7:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A man was arrested for posting videos on YouTube threatening to kill senatorial candidate David Duke and police officers. Anthony Moore, 22, posted a video around July 6, 2016. Moore was holding a pistol and pointed it at the camera. He threatened to kill on behalf... more »

• NRA released video praising AR-15 days after Orlando mass shooting

  June 21, 2016 12:27 PM

  WASHINGTON - The National Rifle Association released a YouTube video that urges Americans to buy more AR-15 rifles just days after Omar Mateen launched an attack that left 49 people dead and 53 more wounded in Orlando. In the 5-minute “NRA News” video, NRA spokesman Dom Raso describes... more »

• Dog owner uses old tennis shoe to create prosthetic paw

  June 6, 2016 5:35 PM

  After his paw was amputated due to a tumor, Sunny the Golden Retriever has had to wear a prosthetic paw that was constantly breaking. No longer though, as the dog’s owner stepped in to create a custom prosthetic out of a retired tennis shoe. With a bit of... more »