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More than $14 million has been raised for fallen and wounded first responders through the hub
Under the law, the sale of drug paraphernalia, such as glass tubes for smoking fentanyl, is a civil infraction. But possession is not banned
Lawmakers are looking at creating a new pension system that would guarantee decent lifetime retirement benefits if officers stick around on the job
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The former mayor made the attention-getting choice of Puerto Rico as his first campaign stop, recited the names of black victims killed in high-profile police shootings and was the first in the field to call for Trump’s impeachment. He also was a leading voice in the field on poverty and ending hunger.
Lawyers for the fire victims have asked the judge to reduce the government agencies’ claims, arguing that the California governor’s office of emergency services can’t recover the costs of carrying out public services such as response to fires.
Keith Thomas Kinnunen visited the congregation several other times this year and was given food but denied money, a move that repeatedly angered him, the church’s minister said.
State legislators had rejected an amendment allowing the use of public assistance IDs, which District Court Judge Loretta Biggs described as “particularly suspect”
“We are ending the 50-year-long war on cannabis,” Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement. “We are restoring rights to many tens of thousands of Illinoisans.”
Several crashes — some fatal — have been blamed on driver inattention linked to overconfidence in the cars’ autopilot systems.
Birmingham firefighter Gary Michael Horsley Jr. says in his lawsuit filed last week that the station has reopened despite safety concerns.
“Corporate greed is threatening one of the most basic necessities of life: clean water,” the Vermont senator and former mayor said in a statement.
Here’s the rub: If you can view video on an app, it’s possible that a skilled hacker can, too.
While county leaders may have had a duty to protect and warn the community, the courts have held the federal government had the sole legal responsibility