Category: Public Safety

IN-DEPTH: Texas Ranchers Share Brutal Reality of Living Near Southern Border

April 27, 2023
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With U.S. Code Title 42 set to expire on May 3, ranchers in South Texas are bracing for what they expect will be a massive surge of illegal immigrants. Title 42 evolved from a federal health order enacted in 1944 and prohibits people from entering the United States during a pandemic to mitigate the spread of…

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School Board Wants Workers Comp for Teacher Shot by Boy, 6

April 27, 2023
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NORFOLK, Va.—The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured while at work, at her place of employment, by a student in the…

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Police Arrest 2 Injured in Shooting That Killed Girl, 12

April 27, 2023
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HARTFORD, Conn.—Hartford police said Wednesday that they have filed criminal charges against two teenagers who were wounded in a drive-by shooting that also killed a 12-year-old girl who was an innocent bystander. The shooter or shooters, meanwhile, remain at large. Authorities disclosed new information alleging one of the teens, 18-year-old Jeremy Francis, exchanged gunfire with…

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Vermont Senate Could Soon Vote on Gun Control Bill Aimed at Preventing Suicide

April 27, 2023
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A bill to reduce suicides by instituting gun storage laws, setting a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, and expanding Vermont’s extreme risk protection order statute is working through the legislature and has picked up some changes. One of the bill’s primary opponents is cautiously optimistic, but with three weeks left in this legislative session,…

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Man Sentenced to Life in Death of NYC Ambulance Driver

April 27, 2023
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NEW YORK—A 31-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday for killing a New York City emergency medical technician by running her over with her own ambulance. Jose Gonzalez was convicted of first-degree murder last month in the March 2017 murder of Yadira Arroyo, a 14-year Fire Department veteran and mother…

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3 Teens Arrested After Colorado Driver Killed by Thrown Rock

April 27, 2023
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GOLDEN, Colo.—Three teenagers have been arrested on first-degree murder charges in connection to the death of a 20-year-old Colorado woman, who was struck by a rock that investigators say was thrown through her windshield while she was driving. Alexa Bartell, of Arvada, was talking on the phone with a friend when she was hit by…

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LIVE NOW: US House Judiciary Subcommittee’s Hearing on FISA Abuse by FBI

April 27, 2023
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U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hold a hearing to “examine the FBI’s abuses of its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities” at 9:00 a.m. ET on April 27. Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice; Sharon Bradford Franklin, Chair, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; and Beth A….

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US House Judiciary Subcommittee’s Hearing on FISA Abuse by FBI

April 27, 2023
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U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hold a hearing to “examine the FBI’s abuses of its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities” at 9:00 a.m. ET on April 27. Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice; Sharon Bradford Franklin, Chair, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; and Beth A….

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Arrest Made in Texas Driver’s License Scheme Involving NY-Based Chinese Crime Ring

April 26, 2023
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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has made an arrest in connection with a driver’s license scheme linked to a Chinese organized crime ring. Late last year, DPS discovered it had sent thousands of fraudulently obtained duplicate driver’s licenses to addresses in New York, Oklahoma, and Georgia. The breach was made public during a…

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Crime, Drugs, and Homelessness Plague Los Angeles Metro Trains, Buses

April 26, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A boy tucked in between his mother and father fearfully looks across the aisle at a slender Hispanic male in his early 20s laid sprawled across two seats with his mouth open and eyes shut just feet from them on a Metro train. At the front of the train car, one man begins to…

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