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Law enforcement agencies have seized more than 19,000 ghost guns at crime scenes in 2021, a more than tenfold increase in five years, the Justice Department said
Editorial board believes sweltering conditions are contributing to a high quit rate among prison guards
All of the officers were found to have sincerely held religious beliefs that the arbiter found should have exempted them from the state’s vaccine mandate
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Gov. Cuomo said New York City needs one million additional health care workers
Child welfare professionals worry the pandemic, by increasing stress on already fragile families, may fuel a rise in child abuse and neglect
The government’s top infectious-disease expert warned Sunday that the coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans
There are already more than 6,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in New York, with almost 1,600 in intensive care
In places like Albany, Georgia, the COVID-19 pandemic is about to get a lot worse
The association issued a statement expressing that EMS agencies have yet to receive needed relief during the COVID-19 national health emergency
Many residents are beginning to fear the spread of the disease to areas with scarce medical resources and already reeling economies
Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers will receive an additional $200 biweekly for their work during the pandemic
Mayor Steve Schewel explains his reasoning for issuing a stay-at-home order for the City of Durham and what that means for residents
The money could be used for a variety of measures intended to make voting safer during the outbreak, including expanding mail-in voting.