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Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
Posted 10:00 AM 4/5/2026 by COLLEEN BARRY and PAOLO SANTALUCIA
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BRFD: Four adults, four children displaced by fire at Florida Boulevard apartment complex
Posted 9:59 PM 4/4/2026 by Adam Burruss
BATON ROUGE - Four adults and four children were displaced after a fire at a Florida Boulevard Apartment complex.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department says they responded around 8:59 p.m. on Saturday to the Broadmoor Plantation Apartments. Officials said the fire started in the kitchen from grease.
Fire officials said the building is a total loss.
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Drunken driver plows into Lao festival in southwestern Louisiana, injuring 18
Posted 9:07 AM 4/5/2026 by Adam Burruss, Jordan Ponzio
COTEAU — An intoxicated driver injured 18 people Saturday when he drove through a Mardi Gras-style Laotian New Year's festival in Coteau, Louisiana State Police said.
Thousands of revelers, some on foot, some on makeshift floats and some on golf carts, snaked through a Laotian (More)
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Newly-hired LSU women's basketball assistant to leave for UCF head coaching job
Posted 1:18 PM 4/4/2026 by Brie Andras
BATON ROUGE - Just days after Kim Mulkey hired a former Tennessee assistant coach to her staff, Gabe Lazo was announced as the new head coach at UCF.
Sunshine State native coming home ????Welcome to UCF, (More)