The nurses' union at Worcester’s Saint Vincent Hospital claims issues with patient care — such as inadequate staffing and restrictions to IV fluids — are putting patients' lives in danger and even resulted in two deaths this fall. The hospital, however, admonished the claims as...
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — Advanced technology played a critical role in law enforcement’s rapid response to a deadly shooting near an elementary school on Dec. 17, WCTV reported.The incident prompted an immediate lockdown of Harper Elementary School and a collaborative manhunt involving multiple agencies, according to...
By Jack Dura Associated PressSTANTON, N.D. — The adult son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison Monday in connection with a wild chase in which he fled from a hospital and drove into a deputy’s vehicle, killing...
By Christian MartinezThe San Diego Union-TribuneSAN DIEGO — Scott Wahl had one objective: to become San Diego police chief and lead the department where his father, Michael Wahl, had served as an officer for decades.“It’s always been my goal, really if I’m being honest,” Wahl...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new Florida law set to take effect on Jan. 1 aims to enhance safety for first responders and the public by creating enforceable boundaries at emergency scenes, News4Jax reported.Known as Senate Bill 184, or the “Halo Law,” the legislation establishes a...
BY Caleb McCluskeyNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloTUPELO, Miss. — The next step in the years-long process of building and bolstering the city of Tupelo’s real time intelligence center continues with help from a federal grant to purchase more surveillance equipment.The Tupelo City Council voted unanimously...
NEW YORK — The NYPD recorded an alarming 4,600 injuries to officers at the hands of violent suspects in the first nine months of 2024, marking the highest total since the department began tracking such data in 2016, the New York Post reported. ...
WINDER, Ga. — Months after responding to the fatal shooting at Apalachee High School in on Sept. 4, a school resource officer sat down in an interview with a local church to discuss details of the incident, CNN reported. The shooting left four people dead...
It wasn’t a Who down in Whoville who stopped the Grinch in Massachusetts but West Bridgewater Police Officer Brian C. Smith Jr. A Brockton man broke into multiple cars and stole people’s credit cards throughout the month of December, according to the Stoughton Police Department....
A Boston firefighter and new father died unexpectedly the day after Christmas. Lieutenant Joseph “Joe” Hurley died on Dec. 26 in Boston at the age of 43.Hurley was remembered in his obituary as being loyal, selfless, generous, sarcastic, funny and “all-around great man.” “He was...