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Apopka Fire Chief Sean Wylam has been under pressure since Firefighter Austin Duran’s on-duty death last year
Broward County leaders unanimously agreed to consider a future budget item
The grant, which is half of the project, will fund emergency call boxes, improve security cameras and add new fencing mesh
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The 44 awards from the National Coastal Resilience Fund generated nearly $60 million in match from the grantees, providing a total conservation impact of more than $89 million.
Judge Gloria R. Walker dismissed second-degree felony charges against a Florida teen who had threatened school violence because she said prosecutors could not prove the threat had been transmitted as described in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.
Stop-and-frisk gave police wide authority to detain people they suspected of committing a crime, and Bloomberg aggressively pursued the tactic when he first took over as NYC’s mayor in 2002.
A retired paramedic gave first aid to a young boy who had suffered a gunshot wound to the neck.
Attorneys for the state have argued abating the opioid crisis in Oklahoma would cost between $12.6 billion for 20 years and $17.5 billion over 30 years.
Now that the strike is over, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says that the entire city will benefit from the negotiated deal.
Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow died Friday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Friends describe him as an introvert but with a good social network.
The 18-member task force will review current nursing home conditions, assess possible solutions and best practices and make recommendations for improvement
Caseloads are growing because of the ease with which offenders can post graphic images of children online.
The shooting, which killed two students and wounded several more, took just 16 seconds.