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May 21 2024
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Burlington man accused of assaulting police officer
Police say it happened at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when a Burlington officer spotted a suspected stolen car idling near the Fletcher Free Library. The officer tried to stop the driver, Nicolas Walls, 41, of Burlington, but Walls jumped out of the car and ran off. When the officer caught up with Walls and tried to take him into custody, Walls punched and injured him. When more officers arrived
WCAX 3May 13 2024
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Man known as Barbeque is credited with uniting gangs against Haiti's government
NPR Fact CheckJul 12 2023
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Microsoft finds China-based hackers spying on government-linked email accounts
Microsoft disclosed in a blog post Tuesday night that a China-based hacking group gained access to an unspecified number of email accounts across approximately 25 organizations. Why it matters: Many of the accounts affected are tied to government agencies and individuals likely associated with those agencies, Microsoft said. • The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency also said in
AxiosApr 30 2024
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Journalism is not a crime, even when it offends the government
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal was only briefly detained at the Webb County Jail. But both were arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal. Assange and Villarreal argue that criminalizing such conduct violates the First Amendment. In both cases, the merits of that
ReasonMay 23 2024
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Ross Township police mourning death of retired officer
ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Ross Township Police Department is mourning the death of a retired police officer.
The department said Koedel was a Ross Township resident and he remained active in the community after retiring in 2010.
“During his time with the police department, Tom was the department’s firearms instructor and armorer. Tom was always a guy that you could go to for an
WPXIMar 12 2024
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House votes to force sell-off of ‘ghost town’ government offices left vacant by pandemic telework
Irked by reports that federal office buildings are sometimes operating at less than 10% capacity, the House on Tuesday approved a use-it-or-lose-it policy for agency office buildings, ordering them to either get employees back at desks or give up the space. The legislation would require an average 60% utilization rate for government buildings and would direct agencies to consolidate their
Washington TimesMay 15 2024
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False claim bill would require pregnant women to register with federal government
The claim: New bill would make women register pregnancies with federal government A May 11 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a picture of Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama. "Alabama Senator Katie Britt just introduced a bill to create a federal DATABASE of all pregnant women in America," the post reads. Versions of the claim spread widely on Facebook, Instagram and X,
"USA Today" ContributorMay 23 2024
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Bicyclist killed in collision with Ardmore police officer identified
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Authorities have released the name of the man killed after an Ardmore Police Officer ran into him on his bicycle.
The Collision happened early Sunday morning at the intersection of B Street North West and 4th Avenue North West.
The officer has been placed on routine administrative leave while the crash is being investigated.
KXIISep 13 2023
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Police accountability office to investigate Seattle officer caught on camera joking after woman's death
A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a police cruiser as she was crossing a street. Daniel Auderer, who is the vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, responded to the Jan. 23 crash scene where another officer, Kevin Dave,
The Oregonian