Lafayette
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Over $500K raised for pizza delivery man who saved 5 from burning houseNicholas Bostic was seriously injured while saving 2 children and 3 teens from a burning house, and the donations from his GoFundMe page will go towards his recovery.TrendingJul 21, 2022
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Pizza delivery man hailed as hero after rescuing 2 kids, 3 teens from house fireNicholas Bostic, 25, suffered serious smoke inhalation and a large gash on his arm after rescuing all of the home's occupants.TrendingJul 18, 2022
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Granddaughter reflects on family’s early struggles as Black settlers in SaskatchewanCarol LaFayette-Boyd's family came to Canada in 1906; she reflects on the struggles and racism her family faced, and how they triumphed over a century later.CanadaFeb 8, 2021
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Louisiana police shoot, kill Black man outside convenience storeLouisiana State Police said Lafayette officers followed Trayford Pellerin, 31, on foot as he left a convenience store where he had created a disturbance with a knife about 8 p.m. FridayCrimeAug 22, 2020
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Indiana boy calls 911 for help with homework, dispatcher comes to the rescueA Lafayette, Indiana boy who was having a "really bad day" called 911 after feeling overwhelmed by his math homework, and just needed a little help solving a fraction problem.WorldJan 31, 2019
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Louisiana theatre shooter thanks man accused of black church slayingsThe gunman responsible for a deadly rampage inside a Louisiana movie theatre last summer left a journal thanking the man accused of killing 9 black people in a South Carolina church.WorldJan 13, 2016
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Family of theatre gunman calls him ‘mentally ill and violent’The man who killed two people and wounded nine others at a movie theatre was so mentally ill and violent that years ago, his wife hid his guns and his family had him hospitalized against his will.Jul 24, 2015
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‘They had a face, they had a name’: The two victims of the Lafayette shooting rememberedOne was a popular student studying to be a radiology technician, while the other was an outgoing artist who ran retail boutiques in two Louisiana cities.CrimeJul 24, 2015
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Who is John Russell Houser, the man behind the Lafayette theatre shootingLouisiana police identified 59-year-old John Russell Houser as the man who killed two people and injured several others at a Lafayette screening of Trainwreck before turning the gun on himself.CrimeJul 24, 2015
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Celebrities react to Lafayette movie theatre shootingsHere is a look at some of the reaction to the Lafayette shootings from celebrities.EntertainmentJul 24, 2015
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