Holyoke - Holyoke Community College will welcome educators and students from the Pioneer Valley and beyond on Friday, April 12, for a daylong conference focused on increasing diversity and equity in STEM Âeducation.Called ARISE – Advancing Research and Innovation in STEM Equity – the inaugural...
By Stephen Owsinski By now, just about everyone is aware of a massively loaded cargo ship Dali slamming into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, at 01:39 a.m., collapsing the hulking expanse and sending cars into the water below, eliciting gobs of uniformed...
Odessa American, TexasAUSTIN — Legislation supported by State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R- Odessa ) has resulted in significant grant funding for law enforcement agencies in the four counties he represents in the Texas House of Representatives.Landgraf voted for SB 22 during the 2023 legislative session...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office has released dash camera footage showing a street takeover that led to cruisers being damaged and an officer being injured, NBC Washington reported.Video shows numerous suspects beating on a cruiser as an officer inside...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1OLYMPIA, Wash. — A former Tacoma Police Department officer who was cleared of second degree murder charges in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis has resigned as a Thurston County Deputy two days into the job, KOMO news reported.The TCSO announced the decision...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1BAVARIA, Germany — The German Police Union (DPolG) created a video featuring pantless officers on April Fool’s Day – but it wasn’t just for a joke, DW reported.The video was posted on Instagram and Youtube accounts owned by the state of Bavaria’s chapter...
By Sarah RoebuckPolice1WAVERLY, Va. — A K-9 assigned to a corrections office at the Sussex I State Prison died after being stabbed by multiple inmates, the Virginia Department of Corrections said.According to VADOC, on April 2, three inmates associated with the MS-13 gang attacked another...
BY Matthew Barakat Associated PressFAIRFAX, Va. — A northern Virginia town has been excluded from a countywide police training academy after the town’s chief complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates.Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used...
By Cristóbal ReyesOrlando SentinelORLANDO, Fla. — A man arrested in 2021 for attacking Orlando police officers with a brick while streaming it on social media was sentenced to life in prison, the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.William McClish, 29, was convicted of attempted murder...
By Thomas TracyNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Crime in New York City’s subway system fell by 23% in March compared to the same period last year as the NYPD sent hundreds of additional officers to ride the rails and keep straphangers safe, the department’s...
