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In a city that’s 300 years old, you find lots of cemeteries. And for New Orleans, its unique above-ground tombs are a top tourist attraction. 

According to police, Timothy Hill, 67, threw a laser jammer device in a river when he found out he was under investigation for his gestures.

Two purported sons of Charles Manson may be out of the running in the legal battle over the infamous cult leader's estate.

As they braced for an expected withdrawal Tuesday, U.S. officials were dusting off plans for how to sell a pullout to the public and explain its complex ramifications to the global financial world.

Shreveport police are investigating after a man reportedly shot his son in the leg behind a clinic Tuesday morning.

Authorities excavating at a wooded area in southeastern Michigan for the remains of a 12-year-old girl last seen in 1979 also could be looking for the bodies of up to a half-dozen others who have been reported missing over the years.

Opponents object to having different rules for Uber and Lyft than for taxi cab companies.

Stovall is still considered the most versatile player in LSU history

The family thought the abandoned kittens were young house cats.

A small family-owned fishery from Berlin's Spandau district has received a permit to sell the crawfish to restaurants and individuals.

Five years after being canned for neglect of duty, Patrick Pierson is back

Dimitris Polk suffers from "paranoid ideation," and would have trouble rationally assisting his attorney at trial, Dr. Richard Richoux said.

A Shreveport police officer, suspended after cell phone video captured him hurling expletives at a young male and putting his hands on the teenager, lost his job nine months ago following a domestic abuse arrest, but got back on the force when the city agreed to reduce his punishment.

Four Grant Parish residents are facing charges after three robbed the fourth when he arrived at what he thought was a sex-for-drugs exchange at a Pineville hotel, according to a release.

Kendrick Treman Davis will be sentenced Friday after taking a plea deal in the 2017 drug overdose death of an Alexandria woman.

BATON ROUGE- One person is dead after a crash involving a Baton Rouge police officer Tuesday morning.

The crash was reported just before 9 a.m. on Blount Road and Plank Road. The crash involved an unmarked BRPD cruiser and a pickup truck. 

State police say the driver of the pickup, 63-year-old John Brady, was ejected from his vehicle and suffered serious injuries. He was taken to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The officer, identified as 34-year-old Ronald Norman Jr., also suffered moderate injuries.

Neither driver was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

The incident is still under investigation.

SB Plank is closed at Blount as state police investigate an accident involving a BRPD officer

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CENTRAL - Officials say a restaurant damaged during the freeze this past winter is closed once again, just a few hours after it reopened.

The Central Fire Department says it responded to a fire at the Burger King on Greenwell Springs Road near Sullivan Road around 3:20 Tuesday afternoon. Crews were able to get the fire under control within the hour and no injuries were reported.

The city of Central confirms the restaurant had recently been renovated due to damage sustained during a freeze several months ago. The location had a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate its reopening Tuesday, just a few hours before the fire was reported.

There's currently no word on when the restaurant will open again.

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American flag burned in parliament with ‘Death to America!’ chant.

Leader who opposed removal of the monuments says Cantrell appointed them to help determine their future.

Tuesday morning, Ronan Farrow stopped by CNN’s New Day to discuss his latest bombshell New Yorker report — on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman being accused by four women of physical violence.

Speaking with Alisyn Camerota, Farrow detailed the reasons why the alleged victims were reluctant to come forward. And one of those reasons, according to the New Yorker contributor, was party politics.

“A lot of their friends and loved ones said, ‘Don’t do it. Don’t speak out against him,'” Farrow said. “And in some cases, that was because they feared the risk of reprisals. They feared him threatening people — using his office and power to say he could wiretap people or he could come after people.

“But also in some cases, Alisyn, those friends warned them off of talking because they thought that he had the power to do too much good for the Democratic Party.”

Camerota seemed to be taken aback by Farrow’s revelation.

“That’s a story in itself, of the sacrifices that people think they make for the cause,” Camerota said. “The personal sacrifices.”

Watch above, via CNN.

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Nearly six years after he became a national focus for shooting Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman has now been charged with stalking.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook will no longer accept advertisements from outside Ireland related to the country's May 25 abortion referendum, the U.S. firm said on Tuesday, in its latest move to boost the transparency of its political advertising.