Aug 15 Police departments confront 'epidemic' in officer suicides By Michael Sisak, Jim Mustian, Associated Press The deaths have come despite the department's mounting efforts to encourage officers to seek help for depression and other mental health problems. After two officers killed themselves on back-to-back days in June, Police Commissioner James O'Neill sent a note reminding… Continue reading
Aug 15 Coroner: Gunman had drugs in system during firefight By John Seewer, Dan Sewell, Associated Press Montgomery County coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger said Connor Betts, 24, had a pipe device and a baggie of cocaine with him, and cocaine, alcohol and an antidepressant in his blood. Continue reading
Aug 15 Soap, sleep essential to migrant kids' safety, according to panel of judges By Associated Press A three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco dismissed a challenge to a lower court decision that authorities had failed to provide safe and sanitary conditions for the children under the 1997 settlement. Continue reading
Aug 15 Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them By Associated Press At least two people were injured Wednesday night outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, according to the Jewish youth movement Never Again Action. Continue reading
Aug 15 Veteran accused of assaulting boy for not removing hat during national anthem By Associated Press An attorney said the man, who suffered a traumatic brain injury from an automobile crash, believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do. Continue reading
Aug 15 Wet weather doesn't end climate change risk to Colorado River By Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press For the seven states relying on the Colorado River, climate change means a future with increasingly less water for farms and cities. Continue reading
Aug 15 Israel bars Reps. Omar and Tlaib from visiting the country By Ilan Ben Zion, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The newly-elected Muslim members of Congress are outspoken critics of Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. Continue reading
Aug 15 To help first-generation students succeed, colleges enlist and inspire their parents By Aaron Cantú, The Hechinger Report One in three first-generation students quits college within three years. Can colleges boost grad rates by building relationships with students’ parents?… Continue reading
Aug 15 WATCH: Philadelphia gunman identified after police standoff Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross expressed amazement that the standoff, which began Wednesday when officers attempted to serve a drug warrant, ended with no one dead and no life-threatening injuries, despite the gunman firing over 100 rounds. Continue reading
Aug 14 House panel subpoenas owner of 8chan, message board tied to mass killings By Associated Press Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel's top Republican announced the subpoena Wednesday, saying that "at least three acts of deadly white supremacist extremist violence have been linked to 8chan in the last six months."… Continue reading