Baton Rouge police killer: A former Marine from Kansas City
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The man who killed two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy in Baton Rouge was a former Marine sergeant who served in Iraq and had no known ties to any extremist groups. Gavin Eugene Long, whose last known address was in Kansas City, Missouri, carried out the attack Sunday on…
Slain officers identified
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Slain Baton Rouge police officer Matthew Gerald celebrated his fourth wedding anniversary just two weeks ago. A neighbor of slain Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputy Brad Garafola says he was a family man. Rhonda Smith says Garafola was never seen without at least one of his four children, who range in…
Police say multiple officers shot in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say that several officers have been shot in Baton Rouge while on duty. The shooting happened early Sunday, less than 1 mile from police headquarters. Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola did not know the extent of the injuries or give the precise number of officers injured.…
Missouri GOP delegate seeks to dump Trump, others reluctant
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri delegate to the Republican National Convention is part of a coalition seeking to block Donald Trump from winning the party’s presidential nomination. Carl Bearden, of St. Charles, is a former Missouri co-chairman of the presidential campaign of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Bearden was elected to attend the national…
Last call extended for Philadelphia bars during DNC
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pennsylvania lawmakers have agreed to extend last call for some Philadelphia venues selling alcohol during the Democratic National Convention. The convention is expected to draw tens of thousands of convention-goers and protesters to the city when it begins July 25. Last call in Philadelphia is 2 a.m. The state Legislature on Wednesday…
Attacker In France Identified as Tunisian Man
Nice, France (AP) – The driver of the truck that killed at least 84 people in the southern French city of Nice is identified as Mohamed Bouhlel. Police say he was a 31-year-old Tunisian man who’d been living in Nice. The rampage ended when police killed the armed man in a hail of bullets. France’s president…
