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Aug 28 2023
News
1 wounded as 'armed and dangerous' suspect prompts lockdown at University of North Carolina: report
A suspect described by authorities as “armed” and “dangerous” has prompted "shelter" orders at the University of North Carolina, campus police said. Campus police at around 1 p.m. local time issued an alert on the agency’s social media account. The agency posted a photo of a person described as a "person of interest." The UNC’s student newspaper, reports that at least one shot was fired and
Raw StoryMay 26 2020
Opinion
The Blue State Lockdown Blues
The slow reopening in liberal states will hurt the national recovery.
The state lockdowns are starting to ease and the U.S. economy should slowly begin to recover. But it’s worth noting that the states opening most slowly are big states run by Democrats that represent something like a third of the U.S. economy. This means a slower recovery for those states and the U.S.
It’s been
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)May 29 2020
Analysis
Are the COVID-19 Lockdowns Constitutional?
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she's fighting a war. And she's using emergency powers in that fight.
But governors are quickly finding that even emergency powers might have their limits.
"Tyranny has a new name and it's called a pandemic," says Robert Muise, a constitutional lawyer with the conservative American Freedom Law Center, and a co-plaintiff in a recent lawsuit
ReasonMay 18 2020
News
The Rise of the Anti-Lockdown Sheriffs
After weeks of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday that retailers and churches in the state may open at partial capacity, but that gyms and salons must stay closed, and that residents must wear face masks in public.But the 65,000 residents of Chaves County have little to fear should they violate these orders.
“My department
The Marshall ProjectApr 30 2024
News
Biden condemns Columbia University student pro-Gaza occupation of Hamilton Hall
President Biden condemned Tuesday the student-led occupation of a Columbia University academic building, after protesters’ takeover of Hamilton Hall put the school on lockdown. The latest escalation in the students’ demonstration against the war in Gaza also drew censure from Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams, who said they were in communication with university administrators. “President Biden
New York Daily NewsAug 22 2023
News
Multiple inmates injured in 'large altercation' at correctional facility causes widespread lockdowns
A lockdown was in place after at least 15 inmates at a Utah correctional facility were involved in a massive brawl that led to five of them being taken to hospital. The massive fight happened on Monday evening at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah -- some 130 miles south of the state’s capital of Salt Lake City -- when the altercation began between rival gangs and
ABC News (Online)May 08 2023
News
Las Vegas Middle School on lockdown after adult shot
A Las Vegas middle school was put on 'hard lockdown' after an adult was shot at the school.
Around 1pm on Monday, Las Vegas Metro police reported a shooting at Von Tobel Middle School on N. Pecos Road.
Officials said an adult was struck by gunfire and taken to the hospital.
Police are hunting for the suspect, who they described as 'still outstanding.' But authorities said
Daily MailAug 14 2023
News
Inmate charged after security incident forces lockdown at Donaldson Correctional Facility
Click here for updates on this story BESSEMER, Alabama (WVTM) — A security incident at Donaldson Correctional Facility forced the prison to go on lockdown Sunday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC). ADOC’s Law Enforcement Services Division confirmed an early morning security incident at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, which led to a prison lockdown for the
KRDOMay 03 2023
News
Students' U.S. history and civics grades plummet following lockdowns
Student’s U.S. history and civics test scores tanked following the COVID-19 pandemic where schools shut down in-person instruction, forcing students to learn remotely, according to a Wednesday report. In 2022, just 13% of eighth-graders tested proficiently in U.S. history while civics test scores saw their first ever drop in the subject area, according to data from the National Assessment of
WNDApr 27 2024
News
Jim Gaffigan has the scoop on ‘Unfrosted’
When Jerry Seinfeld conceived “Unfrosted,” his gleefully bonkers portrait of a ‘60s cereal rivalry populated by a gaggle of go-for-broke comedians, Jim Gaffigan was the first to sign on. The two have been friends for decades. “I had been in communication with Jerry during the lockdown and he had been telling me that he was working on this project,” Gaffigan, 57, recalled in a phone interview
Boston Herald