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The $230M legislation provides funding for armed SROs at all public schools, increases physical safeguards and enhances mental health services for students
The bipartisan agreement would avoid making the state the second in the U.S. to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances
Federal, state and local agencies trained on how to handle thousands of evacuees in the event of a reactor meltdown at a Connecticut plant
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Snow wasn’t the only issue during the weekend blast. Freezing rain on Saturday caused nearly 500 crashes on Minnesota roads and caused Metro Transit bus service to shut down in the Twin Cities.
A statement this week from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department points to unspecified improvements in emergency equipment, communications and training.
The Akron Fire Department responds to 90 to 100 overdoses each month, with about 10 percent ending in deaths
Backpacks, chairs and coolers are banned, as well as personal drones. And don’t even think about popping champagne or lifting a Maddog 20/20 to ring in the new year.
All three measures declare that any gun-removal order from another state or a federal court are null and void, and no state or local agency could accept federal grants that require such orders to be enforced.
The Associated Press provides an overview of the new laws set to take effect around the country in regard to electric vehicles, police use-of-force, opioids and more.
“He has no known history of anti-Semitism and was raised in a home which embraced and respected all religions and races,” the family of Grafton Thomas said in a statement late Sunday.
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.