Author: Michael Kunzelman
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2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated, police say
BATON ROUGE, La. — The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — a 23-year-old white man — was in custody. In both shootings the gunman fired from his car then walked up to the victims as they were lying on the…
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Trump’s denouncement disappoints, angers white nationalists
President Donald Trump reaching into his suit jacket to read a quote he made on Saturday regarding the events in Charlottesville, Va., as he speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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In flooded Louisiana, a cleanup and a search for bodies
BATON ROUGE, La. — Authorities went door to door and car to car to check for bodies Tuesday, and homeowners began the heartbreaking task of gathering up soaked family photos and mucking out houses dank with bayou mud, as the floodwaters started to recede across parts of southern Louisiana. Even as the water fell in…
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7,000 rescued as storms, flooding wreak havoc on Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. — Emergency crews worked through the night to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from homes and stranded cars as deadly flooding continued to inundate large swaths of the region Sunday, three days after rain-swollen water levels began rapidly rising. Mike Steele, spokesman for the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency…