Baton Rouge floods: Workers' bus in deadly crash
The bus was full of workers headed to Baton Rouge on Interstate 10 to help with the flooding cleanup, said Louisiana State Police Trooper Melissa Matey. The driver was Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, Matey said.One of those killed was St. John the Baptist Parish Fire District Chief Spencer Chauvin, Matey said.The wreck happened at 6:40 a.m when the black charter bus came up on a blocked crash scene on Interstate 10 where Chauvin and two firefighters were as..>> view originalTrump Says Immigration Speech Coming Wednesday in Arizona
Donald Trump says he'll deliver a detailed speech on his proposal to crack down on illegal immigration on Wednesday in Arizona — but it's anyone's guess what he might say. The announcement came late Sunday in a tweet by the GOP presidential nominee after days of wavering — and at least one canceled speech — on a question central to his campaign: Whether he would, as he said in November, use a "deportation force" to eject the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. illegally. On Sunday, led b..>> view originalTwo men charged in Chicago shooting death of Dwyane Wade's cousin
General manager Gar Forman of the Chicago Bulls (L) listens as Dwyane Wade speaks during an introductory press conference at the Advocate Center on July 29, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Wade's cousin Nykea Aldridge was fatally wounded while pushing a baby stroller Friday afternoon on Chicago's South Side.(Photo: Jonathan Daniel, Getty Images)CHICAGO — Police charged two brothers who have deep ties to a gang with the shooting death of the cousin of Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade, officials said Su..>> view originalNJ Transit 'could not be more proud' of hero cop's action at Secaucus Junction
An NJ Transit police officer is being called a hero after he dragged a man off of train tracks at Secaucus Junction just seconds before a commuter train came into the station.The incident, which was captured on video, shows Officer Victor Ortiz struggling to pull the man off of the tracks.Ortiz is a 16-year veteran of the force, and the man he saved has not been identified.The video was first published Saturday on the website of the radio station New Jersey 101.5. NJ Transit officials yesterda..>> view originalWWII Dog Tags Found on Beach in '66 Returned to Family
It took 50 years for a Long Island woman to finally complete her quest to return a World War II veteran's lost dog tags she found on a New York City beach. Laurie Lubin, of Bellmore, began her search by poring over phone books in the 1960s and continued into the internet era. She recently hit pay dirt when she learned that one of the veteran's daughters lives just a few miles away in Queens. Lubin's quest to find Brooklyn native Irving Isaacs began in the summer of '66 when she was about to..>> view originalCrews to Retrieve Plane From Lake; 2 Men Still Missing
The New Orleans Fire Department says crews plan to retrieve the wreckage of a small plane that crashed last week into the muddy bottom of the lake just north of New Orleans. Capt. Edwin Holmes says that may also bring information about two men who have been missing since the crash during a training exercise Friday night. He says retrieval was to begin early Monday about 1,000 feet west of the runway the Cessna was heading for. Authorities said there were two men and a woman aboard, but a p..>> view originalFalse Reports of Gunfire Cause Chaos at Los Angeles Airport
False reports of gunfire at Los Angeles International Airport sent panicked passengers running from terminals and onto the tarmac on Sunday night. Police responded to 911 calls of shots fired at the airport but later said the reports were unfounded and there had been no gunfire or injuries. "Reports of a shooting incident at LAX have been proven to be loud noises only," the Los Angeles Police Department said about 45 minutes after the reports sparked chaos at the airport. Multiple 911 ca..>> view originalMemorial Mass for 2 Nuns Killed in Their Mississippi Home
A memorial Mass will be held Monday for two 68-year-old nuns who were killed in their Mississippi home, even as authorities continue to investigate the stabbing. A man from about 15 miles away has confessed without giving a reason, according to the sheriff. The Mass will be at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in Jackson, about an hour's drive from Durant, the town of 2,500 where Sisters Margaret Held and Paula Merrill lived until last week. They both worked at a health clinic for the ..>> view originalPolice probe Cornell brawl that left Ithaca student dead
Posted: Monday, August 29, 2016 12:11 am | Updated: 1:15 am, Mon Aug 29, 2016. Police probe Cornell brawl that left Ithaca student dead Associated Press | 0 comments ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Police in New York are investigating a brawl on the campus of Cornell University that left an Ithaca College student dead and another Ithaca stu..>> view originalTropical depression forms near Carolinas; other system threatens Gulf Coast
Tropical Depression Eight formed Sunday morning off the Carolina coast while a separate system, Invest 99L (orange x) continues to spin south of Florida. Hurricane Gaston, far out in the Atlantic, poses no threat to land.(Photo: National Hurricane Center)A tropical depression formed Sunday off the East Coast and could hit the Outer Banks as a tropical storm by Tuesday, while a separate system threatens parts of the flood-ravaged Gulf Coast this week.Tropical Depression 8 could develop into Tropi..>> view original
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