Tag: Local governments
Shooting highlights lack of body cams among Portland police
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two police officers raised their weapons while sheltering behind a tree in a Portland park. They yelled at a homeless man...
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal...
Some immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, lose homes
NEW YORK — Sotero Cirilo sleeps in a small blue tent under a train track bridge in Elmhurst, Queens.
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Mayor: Sewage lagoon embankment seeping, residents warned
SMITHLAND, Ky. — A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the...
Chicago Auto Show to return in July after coronavirus hiatus
CHICAGO — Standing in the massive convention center that was turned into a COVID-19 field hospital almost a year ago, Chicago's mayor and the...
As pandemic ebbs, an old fear is new again: mass shootings
PORTLAND, Ore. — Brianne Smith was overjoyed to get an e-mail telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later,...
Polish lawmakers OK spending plan for EU recovery funds
Polish lawmakers have voted to approve the nation’s spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects to receive from the European...
ATF to help Gary authorities investigate suspicious fires
GARY, Ind. — The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will help the Gary police and fire departments investigate a series of...
Milwaukee council OKs settlement with former Bucks player
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday approved a $750,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Bucks player Sterling Brown over his...
