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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editorGood afternoon. There's plenty going on today. FEMA Fraud: This story is hitting home for a lot of us who are still assessing damage from Hurricane Ida. Many property owners are finding that when they go to start a claim, their address has already been registered by someone hoping to defraud FEMA. Others are hearing from inspectors about claims they didn't even file. James Finn lays out a number of stories of woe. You say Tucker, I say too-CARE: East Baton Rouge school officials are apologizing for their putting into a classroom a man whose background check wasn't completed. They met with parents this week and said they would change their practices. Charles Lussier has a truly bizarre story tying it all together. Pfizer for kids: The pharmaceutical giant is asking government regulators to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 5. Here's the story. |
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 | In a private meeting with upset parents, East Baton Rouge Parish school leaders admitted to screwing up when for about two weeks they place… Read more |
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 | Scammers are trying to exploit the Federal Emergency Management Agency's efforts to help people whose homes were damaged and lives were dis… Read more |
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 | A Baton Rouge man accused of robbing and shooting at a woman while trying to buy her video game console has been arrested, Baton Rouge Poli… Read more |
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 | A local business executive and former board member of two feuding organizations is hitting the pause button on any donations to Our Lady of… Read more |
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 | Pfizer says the younger kids should get a third of the dose now given to everyone else. Read more |
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 | Crews are working to clear the wreckage from the roadway. Read more |
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 | The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed that Baton Rouge police were not responsible for a 2008 alcohol-related crash that left a man perman… Read more |
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 | In their latest attempt to undermine Gov. John Bel Edwards’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of Republican state lawmakers … Read more |
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 | It was in the final days of 2018 when the LSU Tigers gathered in a massive hotel ballroom in Scottsdale, Arizona, for their team media day … Read more |
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