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The Municipal Emergency Services Authority in Lancaster County will set fees as it aims to address industry challenges
“The goal of lowering the BAC is to hopefully make people think twice about driving when they’ve been drinking at all,” Sgt. Wes Rasmussen said
The abuse happened in at least two Perth Amboy firehouses
“This latest Grand Jury report confirms what many of us have feared,” said Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, “that our schools are still not as safe as they could be.”
In February, Jazmine Headley testified before the city council about the incident, which offered her a public apology and passed legislation aimed at improving how people are treated at benefits offices.
The city is not insured for such an attack
American Electric Power Company will install the new LED smart lights as part of a pilot project
Many of the city’s black residents have disengaged from the process, feeling their voices don’t matter
The government’s action comes as suicide rates have increased across the U.S. over the past two decades, and dramatically so — by more than 30% — in half of U.S. states.
Officials say efforts to make areas more fire safe are undercut by property owners who refuse to let fire crews work on their property.
Operation Santa Claus started in 1956 when the residents of St. Mary’s, Alaska, had no money to buy children Christmas presents after flooding severely impacted hunting and fishing. Since then, Guard members try to visit at least two rural communities a year, delivering Christmas gifts and other needed supplies.
Seven years after the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, some young people in Newtown, still struggling with the trauma, are emerging as new voices for school safety and gun violence prevention.
Mayor Steve Fulop said surveillance video of the attackers made it clear they targeted the kosher market, and he pronounced the bloodshed a hate crime against Jews, as did New York’s mayor and governor.