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By David Travis Bland, The State Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks No signs of abuse; parents ‘very distraught,’ coroner says Identical twin brothers likely died of heat stroke after being left in a vehicle outside a daycare for more than nine hours Wednesday, according to the Richland County Coroner’s Office. Coroner Naida Rutherford announced the probable cause of the infants’ death Thursday at a news conference. Confirmation of the cause of death is pending other examinations, she said. Rutherford identified the children as 20-month-old Brayden and Bryson McDaniel. The twins “seem to be well taken care of by their family,” Rutherford…

By REBECCA SANTANA and JAY REEVES, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the depressing prospect of weeks without electricity in the stifling, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would come back on. Some areas outside New Orleans also suffered major flooding and structure damage. “I can’t tell you when the power is…