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Mike Johnson says ethics report into Matt Gaetz, Trump's AG nominee, should not be released ; Cleo Fields is in Washington, preparing for his second round representing Louisiana in Congress ; Pothole causes I-10 to back up from Port Allen to I-12 in Baton Rouge, officials say
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2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers A CCTV still of Long firing at a Baton Rouge Police squad car. Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana , U.S. Coordinates 30.4338°N 91.0817°W Date...
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2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers Part of mass shootings in the United States A CCTV still of Long firing at a Baton Rouge Police squad car. Location Baton Rouge, Louisiana , U....
Baton Rouge's already tense race for mayor turned ferocious this week when incumbent Sharon Weston Broome targeted Democratic rival Ted James with an attack ad using a recording of his own voice — a recording James' campaign says was secretly made and deceptively edited. "Mr. James is repeating one of the horrifying things he has heard on the trail in an attempt to tone down the exchange," James' campaign said in a letter responding to the ad, which was sent Wednesday to the Broome campaign. ...