Dear Eric: My granddaughter is extremely shy. Her brother, who is younger and a bit precocious, is not. So, most of the time, he “steals the show.”I’m not sure how to help instill confidence and as a grandmother am always worried about overstepping my bounds....
Dear Annie: My sister, “Laura,” and I have always been close, but ever since she got engaged, there’s been a bit of a distance. She’s constantly busy with wedding planning, and when we do talk, all she wants to discuss is flowers, seating charts, or...
Dear Eric: I am becoming aware of an increasing anxiety with my pets. Specifically, being separated from them. To briefly put this in perspective, I am recently widowed as of last August. My husband had been sick since 2019. I had no help, and he...
EAGLEVILLE, Pa. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has selected Tactical Express, LLC, a distributor of law enforcement equipment, to supply Streamlight ProTac HL-X tactical lights under a five-year contract, according to a news release.The lights will be issued to students at the FBI Academy’s...
HOUSTON — The Houston Police Department released body camera footage from a fatal officer-involved shooting of a man who grabbed an officer’s service weapon, KHOU reported.Police responded to reports of a man slashing tires and breaking car windows with a sharp object on Jan. 6,...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper announced Tuesday that deputies will no longer respond to non-criminal mental health calls, citing a recent federal court ruling that removes qualified immunity for officers in such cases, CBS News reported.The policy change follows the Ninth Circuit Court...
Associated PressANTRIM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack.Four days after the theft that law enforcement say could be tied to the sky-high cost of eggs,...
Las Vegas SunNORTH LAS VEGAS — The North Las Vegas Police Department has identified an officer killed in a shootout on Tuesday as 46-year-old Jason Roscow .Roscow had been with the department for 17 years, starring in June 2007 . He worked in the traffic...
By Keri BlakingerLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — For the second time in just over a month, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s computer dispatch system crashed on Wednesday evening, rendering patrol car computers unusable and forcing deputies to handle calls by radio.Previously, the 38-year-old computer-aided...
By Cristóbal ReyesOrlando SentinelMAITLAND, Fla. — Maitland police officers seemed perplexed as they approached a blue Lamborghini hanging from a rail on a set of train tracks, its front wheels jammed in a mound of rocks early Tuesday.At 1:14 a.m., the car was found stuck...
