316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
316 people are shot every day in America. Here are 5 stories
They panic if a balloon pops. They hold dying family members. They push their wounded bodies to heal and scroll longingly through photos and videos of their lost loved ones. Behind the statistics and the political blame game over rising gun violence are the victims.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor learned partial human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization had been cremated and disposed of without notifying family members.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyd's death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyd's death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyd's death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyd's death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had been pinned to the ground …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” They made transphobic posts and bullied members …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” They made transphobic posts and bullied members …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” They made transphobic posts and bullied members …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Cops’ posts to private Facebook group show hostility, hate
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” They made transphobic posts and bullied members …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Philly shooting brings policing, racism back into campaign
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The fatal shooting of another Black man on America's streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues of policing and racism in the nation back to the fore of the presidential election in its closing days.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Philly shooting brings policing, racism back into campaign
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The fatal shooting of another Black man on America's streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues of policing and racism in the nation back to the fore of the presidential election in its closing days.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Body cam, 911 tapes in Walter Wallace killing to be released
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The police commissioner in Philadelphia said Wednesday that her department will release 911 tapes and footage from police body cameras “in the near future” in the shooting death of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off clashes with police and break-ins of stores …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Heightened unrest in Philadelphia after Black man's killing
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tense Philadelphia braced for more demonstrations Wednesday over the police killing of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off clashes with police and break-ins of stores on the other side of the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Peaceful protest gives way to more unrest in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tense Philadelphia braced for more demonstrations Wednesday over the police killing of a Black man following two nights of protests that set off unrelated pilfering of stores on the other side of the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Philadelphia victim's family sought ambulance, not police
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention, their lawyer said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Philadelphia victim's family sought ambulance, not police
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention, their lawyer said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Philadelphia victim's kin: We sought ambulance, not police
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Black man killed when Philadelphia police officers fired a dozen rounds in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police intervention, their lawyer said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism — but a number of Black law enforcement officers are speaking out against these endorsements, saying their concerns over entering the 2020 political fray were ignored.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism — but a number of Black law enforcement officers are speaking out against these endorsements, saying their concerns over entering the 2020 political fray were ignored.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism — but a number of Black law enforcement officers are speaking out against these endorsements, saying their concerns over entering the 2020 political fray were ignored.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Trump declares disaster as Wolf shuts schools indefinitely
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The president declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania on Monday night, capping off a day that saw nearly 700 new cases as Gov. Tom Wolf extended the closing of schools and nonessential businesses indefinitely.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Stay-at-home order expands as overflow facilities get ready
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf put another 2.5 million Pennsylvania residents under an order that restricts people from leaving home Friday, as his administration confirmed more coronavirus cases and deaths and major facilities were enlisted to help with hospital overflows.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Jobless claims swamp Pennsylvania amid rise in virus cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania rose by 50% to more than 1,600 cases, while record numbers of state residents filed for unemployment compensation, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Union: Hundreds of Philadelphia airport layoffs amid virus
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of contract workers at Philadelphia International Airport are getting laid off as flight cancellations soar because of the spreading coronavirus, a labor union official said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Talking to kids about virus? Experts say be calm and honest
It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran around and tagged one another, but instead of being "it," they “caught” the virus.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Mother sues hospital over drug test that led to abuse probe
A mother sued a Pittsburgh hospital Wednesday, saying it collected and tested her urine for drugs without her consent while she was in labor and reported a false positive result to protective services that resulted in a child abuse investigation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
