Local restaurants and food trucks team up to donate meals to those in need
Restaurants in Yuma are joining together to make sure people don’t go hungry, and they’ve come up with an easy way for customers to pay it forward…
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Sweden updates its Cold War-era preparedness booklet
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden will send out another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet this month. Officials say the new version was…
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MI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a ‘staggering’ rise in deadly plots
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of MI5 says Britain is facing a staggering rise in attempts at assassination, sabotage and other crimes…
Continue ReadingThe cumulative stress of policing has public safety consequences for law enforcement officers, too
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Joseph William Holsopple was pronounced dead on Sept. 27, 2020, at a hospital in the city where he was…
Continue ReadingThese police officers had red flags in their past, then used force in a case that ended in death
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism PHOENIX (AP) — Sometimes second chances can prove deadly. A police officer in Minnesota was suspended…
Continue ReadingOprah Winfrey selects Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir as her next book club selection
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir as her next book club selection. Winfrey also…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP investigation on the struggle to change a police department
Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like many American cities, in June 2020 Tucson was struggling with the murder of George Floyd. What…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP investigation on the struggle to change a police department
Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Like many American cities, in June 2020 Tucson was struggling with the murder of George Floyd. What…
Continue ReadingHow Tucson police handled a death like George Floyd’s when leaders thought it would never happen
Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Leaders of the Tucson Police Department had heard a little about the video. Now, for the first time, they…
Continue ReadingHow Tucson police handled a death like George Floyd’s when leaders thought it would never happen
Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Leaders of the Tucson Police Department had heard a little about the video. Now, for the first time, they…
Continue Reading Small town in Thailand hold mass cremation for 23 who died in a school trip bus fire
Associated Press LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — Mourners wept and monks prayed at a cremation ceremony in a small town in central Thailand for 23 young…
Continue ReadingFormer Taiwan leader Tsai to visit Czech Republic, other European destinations, drawing China’s ire
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is to visit Czech Republic, and other European destinations, drawing China’s ire. During…
Continue Reading Japan prosecutors will not appeal acquittal of world’s longest death-row inmate in retrial
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors say they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a…
Continue ReadingBiggest Kashmir party opposed to India’s stripping of region’s autonomy wins most seats in election
Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Kashmir’s biggest political party opposed to India’s stripping of the region’s semi-autonomy has won…
Continue ReadingFrench anti-terror investigators make 3 arrests in probe of suspected attack plot
PARIS (AP) — French anti-terror prosecutors have announced the arrests of three people in southwest France in a probe led by the country’s…
Continue Reading 3 killed when a medical helicopter headed to pick up a patient crashes in Kentucky
OWENTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say three crew members were killed when a medical helicopter crashed while heading to pick up a patient.…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crime
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s investigation into fatal police incidents in one Midwestern city
Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The police department in Evansville said one recruit died and another was injured in a “routine”…
Continue ReadingA series of deaths and the ‘Big Fight’: Uncovering police force in one Midwestern city
Associated Press EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — It was the day of the “Big Fight” at the police academy, and rookie sheriff’s deputy Asson Hacker…
Continue ReadingFrance tightens steps to prevent one of Osama bin Laden’s sons from returning
PARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister says he has taken additional steps against any effort by one of the sons of al-Qaida leader Osama bin…
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