A significant portion of my career has been spent in health care and education, studying how racial disparities have impacted the systems that provide care to our communities. Credible research has shown Blacks are disproportionately affected by most illnesses. Social factors within race and class...
Holyoke - The deadline to apply for scholarships from the Holyoke Community College Foundation for the 2024-2025 academic year is Sunday, March 3.Each year, the HCC Foundation awards hundreds of scholarships worth more than $300,000 to incoming, current, and transferring HCC students. Many students receive...
AMHERST — One of the most popular department heads in the Town of Amherst works from a humble office in the back of the firehouse on Pleasent Street.Amherst Fire Chief Walter “Tim” Nelson’s desk is surrounded by photos of family, firefighters and aircraft....
By Steve Pomper Hawaii Supreme Court (Aliiolani Hale 2011 by Don Ramey Logan.jpg, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0) You’re a child playing a game and some kids break the rules they don’t like. Would you play with them again? Could you ever trust them? Now, read on and...
By Lea Skene Associated PressBALTIMORE — A leading manufacturer of ghost guns has agreed to stop selling its untraceable, unassembled firearms to Maryland residents under a settlement agreement announced Wednesday by the city of Baltimore.City leaders sued the company, Nevada-based Polymer80, two years ago “in...
By Ken MillerAssociated PressMESQUITE, Texas — A student who carried a handgun into school in Texas had meant to harm others before three police officers fired 19 times at him, leaving him with a minor leg wound, police said Wednesday.“He brought a gun to school...
By Kacen BaylessThe Kansas City StarJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced he is sending up to 200 Missouri National Guard members and 22 State Highway Patrol troopers to the Texas border with Mexico.The Republican governor made the announcement at a...
By Robert TornabeneIf you’re unfamiliar with the “controversy” surrounding the NYPD Dance Team, I encourage you to read more about it here. The NYPD Dance Team is a voluntary initiative within the department’s Health and Wellness Unit. Funded by the officers’ rather than taxpayer dollars,...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1NEW YORK — Body camera video shows NYPD officers rushing to remove people from a burning building, WNBC reported.The officers were driving by the Brooklyn building on Feb. 14 when they heard screams for help coming from a fourth floor window, according to...
By Joanna PutmanPolice1LOS ANGELES — The LAPD has released body camera footage of a fatal officer-involved shooting of a man who charged at officers holding what turned out to be a plastic fork, KABC reported.The Feb. 3 incident began when officers responded to a report...