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• Steve Scalise grapples with holdouts in battle to become House speaker

  October 12, 2023 12:57 PM

  WASHINGTON - House Republicans plan to huddle behind closed doors Thursday afternoon to work toward the election of a new House speaker after Majority Leader Steve Scalise narrowly won the party's nomination in a private ballot at the Capitol Wednesday. During the closer-door session Thursday, Scalise will address the... more »

• LSU medical team discusses 'safely' playing football in TV interviews on WBRZ

  August 12, 2020 5:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE – New interviews that will be seen on WBRZ Channel 2 Wednesday evening show the lengths LSU and its team of medical experts are going to safely play football in the fall amid the ongoing coronavirus health situation. Dr. Catherine O’Neal of Our Lady of the Lake;... more »

• Baton Rouge native and ABC News correspondent Kaylee Hartung diagnosed with virus

  March 18, 2020 12:30 PM

  ABC News correspondent and Baton Rouge native Kaylee Hartung announced that she's been diagnosed with novel coronavirus. Hartung shared the news of her diagnosis Wednesday, via an interview with Good Morning America. . @ABC News correspondent @KayleeHartung reports on her #coronavirus diagnosis: "I knew something was wrong... more »

• FBI responding to reports of shooting near National Security Agency

  February 14, 2018 8:58 AM

  The FBI responded to reports of a shooting this morning near the National Security Agency's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, ABC News reports. The Army installation's fire and emergency services reported transporting an injured person to a hospital, according to Fort Meade public affairs officer Chad Jones. The NSA's... more »

• Amtrak train going more than twice speed limit when it derailed in Washington state

  December 19, 2017 9:05 AM

  Investigators are zeroing in on speed as a cause of Monday morning's train derailment that killed three passengers in Washington state, ABC News reports. The National Transportation Safety Board said the Amtrak train was traveling 80 mph in a 30 mph zone, according to the black box recovered from... more »

• At least 235 killed in blast at Egypt mosque, 130 injured

  November 24, 2017 9:18 AM

  At least 235 people were killed and 130 more injured in a huge blast during Friday prayers in northern Sinai in Egypt, initial reports suggest. ABC News reports that a local resident present at the Beir El-Abd hospital, which received victims in the aftermath, described the wounded arriving via... more »

• Dad warns of potential privacy dangers for children in popular music app

  August 24, 2017 3:06 PM

  ILLINOIS, Batavia- An Illinois father is speaking out and warning other parents about the potential privacy risks of the popular app Musical.ly, after he says a stranger asked his 7-year-old daughter to send shirtless pictures of herself through the app's messaging feature. "She came to us and let us... more »

• President Trump talks exclusively with ABC News today, Watch on WBRZ all day

  January 25, 2017 12:17 PM

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Trump talked for the first time with ABC News about his first few days in office. The first, exclusive interview with Trump happened Wednesday morning. ABC News' David Muir discussed many topics with the president. Watch clips of the interview during all WBRZ News... more »

• This fall, Michael Strahan joins GMA every day on WBRZ

  April 19, 2016 11:48 AM

  NEW YORK - Michael Strahan will become a full time staple of "Good Morning America," weekdays on WBRZ this fall. Strahan will leave his seat on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael," ABC executives said Tuesday morning. The morning talk show will begin a search for a new co-host in... more »

• Fraud suspect from BR focus of ABC News report

  September 23, 2015 11:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - More than a month before he was arrested and accused in a national identity theft scheme, Donald Batiste was the focus of an ABC News investigation about the very scheme the Louisiana Attorney General accuses him of leading. "They're not telling the truth," Batiste said of... more »