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Lexington officials will review the city’s response to windstorms that knocked out power to thousands, and damaged many homes and businesses
Mayor Eric Adams told shop owners to forbid patrons from entering with masks on in order to capture their image on video in case a crime occurs
Bergen County Emergency Medical Services assists local agencies
The California Consumer Privacy Act is the biggest U.S. effort yet to confront “surveillance capitalism,” the business of profiting from the data that most Americans give up — often unknowingly — for access to free and often ad-supported services.
More than 100 people, including children, were sitting in the pews of West Freeway Church of Christ when a gunman opened fire on Sunday.
To survive the next inevitable flood, Winslow, Nebraska, residents must raise their homes, leave or restart the town at a site a few miles away and 100 feet higher with government financial help. Town leaders are pushing for the latter.
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in New York and around the country, leaving many to wonder when the hate will end.
The 2016 agreement with the Justice Department required several changes, including doubling the number of defense attorneys available to represent indigent youths and ensuring that defense lawyers were appointed in a timely manner and properly trained.
Around the city, police have gotten at least five reports this week of attacks possibly propelled by anti-Jewish bias.
A federal lawsuit filed this week by several cities, counties and groups accuses the Army Corps of Engineers and commission of violating federal law by opening the spillway more frequently in response to increased rainfall, spewing polluted river water across the region in the process.
The ruling leaves the 31-year-old former officer as the sole defendant in the suit, which argues she used excessive force and that better police training could have prevented Botham Jean’s death.
Before the 2016 presidential election, when Russian state hackers targeted voting systems across the country, the job of local election officials could have been described as akin to a wedding planner, who keeps track of who will be showing up on Election Day and ensures all the equipment and supplies are in place. Not any more.
The $11.63 million plan earmarks about $7 million for county officials to buy existing multi-bedroom units and also to open at least two “indoor-outdoor” shelters where people can hook up recreational vehicles and have safe parking spots if living in their cars.