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May 11, 2024

Police made dozens of arrests as pro-Palestinian protest camps were broken up at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, hours after police used tear gas on protesters and dismantled a similar camp at the University of Arizona. Philadelphia…

May 10, 2024

PARKERSBURG — Emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle accident at Eighth Street and Avery Street at 3:22 p.m. Thursday. A gray Jeep overturned, trapping someone inside. Parkersburg Fire Department personnel were able to free the person. WVU Medicine Camden Clark paramedics took her to…

May 10, 2024

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff released body camera video Thursday that shows a police officer standing in front of an apartment door and immediately firing as it was opened by a black man with a handgun pointed downwards becomes. The family described the killing as “unjustifiable.” .”Okaloosa County…

May 10, 2024

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just two days before a sheriff’s deputy shot him in Florida, U.S. Air Force Airman Roger Fortson called home to find out what his 10-year-old sister wanted for her birthday. It was a typical gesture for the 23-year-old from Atlanta, who was infatuated with the girl…

May 9, 2024

PARKERSBURG — Police officers from West Virginia and Ohio will honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice Saturday with Operation Blue Sky. Officers, deputies and troopers from agencies in Wood and Washington counties will gather at Bridgeport Equipment & Tool on Acme Street in…

May 9, 2024

The Rev. Al Sharpton and family members of an Ohio man who died in police custody told mourners at his funeral Wednesday that they and the community must fight to ensure he gets justice. Sharpton delivered the eulogy for Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident, during the service at…