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The new policy details de-escalation steps officers must take and “professionalism” they are required to show when dealing with mass protests
At least seven teenagers overdosed from pills possibly containing fentanyl this year including a 15-year-old girl, according to the LAPD
The ruling happened just hours after a federal judge allowed the ban on the sale and transfer of high-capacity magazines to take effect this week

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Some social rights activists have called the measure a good first step, but the St. Louis Police Officers Association opposed formation of the board
The Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program was authorized by a 2016 federal law to supply $445 million over 10 years. But Congress didn’t fund the $10 million annual allotment for 2017 or 2018, and funded just $10 million of the $25 million authorized for 2019.
A federal judge out of Spokane, Washington, issued a permanent injunction blocking HHS from ending five-year teen pregnancy prevention grants two years early in June.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced 102 foundation grants worth more than $98,000.
U.S. District Judge William Orrick blocked the Federal government from defunding sanctuary cities in suits brought by San Francisco and Santa Clara County.
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge, La., agreed that certain tax money is meant for parish and city schools and is not charter school funding.
USDA has allocated Community Facilities (CF) Direct Loan program funds to community development lenders to finance projects in high-poverty rural areas.
The Tennessee lottery sets record for education funding--scholarships and grants, after-school programs, energy-efficient schools and Tennessee Promise.
Through POWER grants, the Appalachian Regional Commission is making $45 million available for jobs programs.
USDA to give the village of Sebring, Ohio, $400,000 for corrosion control technology.