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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 measure also includes members of the military who responded to 9/11 in Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, unlike the original legislation
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As the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission prepares its second annual report, it is recommending a dramatic overhaul of Florida’s mental health system, which, it argues, is failing to meet the long-term treatment needs of the vast majority of referrals.
The ShakeAlert system will warn Californians several seconds to a minute before an earthquake begins, enough time to duck under a desk or otherwise protect themselves from harm.
In response to last week’s preventative power outages in California, rural, less populated counties found their hands were largely tied due to lack of resources.
Because local governments must have the staff and resources to be able to participate in the FEMA flood-prone home buyout program, many of the most significantly affected communities are left to fend for themselves.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill this week that will limit sudden rent increases, a major contributing factor to the state’s homelessness problem.
Election security advocates led by Jill Stein argue that Philadelphia’s new touchscreen voting machines violate the state’s legally binding agreement to only purchase voting systems with a verifiable paper trail.
While the Trump administration claims the move is to protect cities that cannot take in refugees, critics point to a larger agenda of limiting immigration.
Fewer first responders and more large-scale disasters strap local rescue and recovery services, but increasing emergency training, coordinating regional response resources and preparing the public improves community resilience.
Mayor Bill de Blasio becomes the fifth to drop out of the crowded Democratic presidential field.
Police in Beaumont, a city about 30 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico, reported more than 250 high water rescues and 270 evacuations overnight. Harris County reported 1,000 high-water rescues.