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Ex-Baton Rouge police officers plead not guilty in sex case

By Baton Rouge, AP January 13, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three former Baton Rouge police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse one of them of forcing a woman to perform a sex act at a park in February while all...

FILE - This Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, shows the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Greek organizations at the school have until Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, to agree to new drinking rules as a condition for ending a temporary ban on social activities, which UVa. President Teresa A. Sullivan imposed following a November Rolling Stone article describing a campus culture that fosters violence against women. The article was later discredited by the magazine's editors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

U. Va. announces new fraternity, sorority rules in wake of ‘Rolling Stone’ scandal

By Associated Press January 8, 2015

Kegs of beer and pre-made mixes of liquor and punch will be banned from fraternity parties at the University of Virginia under proposed new rules aimed at stamping out sexual assault on campus. Greek...

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called "an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)

2 brothers suspects in connection with Charlie Hebdo shootings

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, Associated Press January 8, 2015

PARIS (AP) A lover of rap music turned aspiring Muslim holy warrior and his older brother are suddenly the most wanted men in France, suspected of the armed onslaught on a newspaper office that claimed...

Colorado Springs police officers investigate the scene of an explosion Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at a building in Colorado Springs, Colo. Authorities are investigating whether a homemade explosive set off outside the building that houses a barber shop and the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP was aimed at the nation's oldest civil rights organization. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock ) MAGS OUT

Colorado NAACP office vows vigilance after blast near office

By SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press January 8, 2015

DENVER (AP) Staff members at a Colorado NAACP office say they are waiting for more information before drawing conclusions about an explosion near their chapter, even as the FBI investigates whether the...

Congressional staff members gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, to raise awareness of the recent killings of black men by police officers, both of which did not result in grand jury indictments. They are joined by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., second from left. The walkout came as both houses of Congress attempt to pass a spending measure and avert government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US Capitol staffers raise their hands for Ferguson

By Connie Cass, Associated Press December 11, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) A gathering of black congressional staffers and other Capitol employees stood silently on the House steps Thursday and raised their hands in the air to protest the killing of unarmed black...

New LSUPD app, available for both iOS and Android, will allow students quick access to several campus saftey services 

LSUPD promotes on-campus safety throughout the semester

December 7, 2014

When LSUPD officers were not busting students for destruction of property or possession of cigarette butts this semester, they were busy addressing the issue of sexual assault and promoting on-campus safety...

Armed robbery reported at Highland Road Burger King

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez December 7, 2014

Saturday, Dec. 6 the Burger King on Highland Road shut its doors after an armed robbery. Around 11 p.m. Cpl. Don Coppola, Baton Rouge Police spokesman, said two men entered the restaurant, hooded and wearing...

Emerald Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, cries during a news conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 after a grand jury's decision not to indict a New York police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. A video shot by an onlooker and widely viewed on the Internet showed the 43-year-old Garner telling a group of police officers to leave him alone as they tried to arrest him. The city medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide and found that a chokehold contributed to it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Justice Dept. to investigate NYC chokehold death

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department will conduct a federal investigation into the chokehold death of an unarmed black man after a grand jury in New York City declined to indict the white police officer...

Officer Boris McKnight from LSUPD performs motorcycle maneuvers at the The 13th Annual Gulf Coast Police Motorcycle Skills Championship Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 in Gonzales. The championship is put on to benefit the Dream Day Foundation and St. Jude's Hospital.

University student charged and booked for six counts of theft: Crime Briefs

December 2, 2014

University student charged and booked for six counts of theft for counterfeiting Students who purchased LSU-Alabama tickets from University student Brittany Dillon, 23, were not able to enter the Nov....

FILE- In this Aug. 9, 2014, file photo, Lesley McSpadden, center, drops rose petals on the blood stains from her 18-year-old son Michael Brown who was shot and killed a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 9. With a grand jury’s decision this week not to indict police officer, Darren Wilson for Brown’s killing, prosecutors released thousands of pages of testimony, interviews and documents that shine new and often harsh light on the events that unfolded in this suburb’s darkest hours. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach, File)

Protesters demonstrate in several La. cities

By The Associated Press November 26, 2014

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Protesters rallied peacefully in several Louisiana cities in the wake of the Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. About 100...

Protesters march during a rally near the Chicago Police headquarters after the announcement of the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Thousands rally across US after Ferguson decision

By SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press November 24, 2014

Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately ” but initially peacefully ” protest a grand jury's decision not to indict a white...

Police officers stand guard as protesters react to the announcement of the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Cars vandalized, gunshots heard in Ferguson

By Associated Press November 24, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police cars have been vandalized and several gunshots have been heard on the streets of Ferguson after the announcement that a white police officer will not be indicted...