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State, federal agents investigating whether school threats across Michigan were coordinated

OKEMOS, Michigan — Local, state and federal law enforcement teams were deployed Tuesday to at least seven high schools across Michigan after false threats known as "swatting" were made in what some officials called a "coordinated campaign," causing students to be evacuated or sent into lockdown mode.

Tribune News Service

1 dead after crash on Dan Ryan Expressway

State troopers responded to the crash about 11:35 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 94 just north of the I-94/I-57 split, state police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs comprehensive gun bill banning sale of military-style firearms

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Tuesday night a comprehensive measure that supporters called one of the nation’s toughest bans on military style firearms, immediately prohibiting their sale and giving current owners until Jan. 1 to register gun serial numbers with Illinois State Police.

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Illinois House approves measure banning military style firearms, which Gov. JB Pritzker says he will sign

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House gave final approval Tuesday to a comprehensive measure to ban military style firearms that was drafted by Democrats, which now awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature even as gun rights advocates contend it is unconstitutional and vow a legal challenge.

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Philly's gun violence remained at record levels for the third straight year

PHILADELPHIA — When Taneesha Brodie's eldest son turned 8, she moved her family out of North Philadelphia to Upper Darby, seeking a safer community away from the city's gun violence.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Who are officers charged in Ronald Greene's deadly arrest?

Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have been charged with state crimes for their roles in the 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, whose death authorities initially blamed on a car crash until The Associated Press published long-withheld body-camera video showing the Black motorist being stunned, beaten and dragged

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Auburn man charged in Jan. 6 assault now in custody after fatal wrong-way I-55 crash

The Nov. 8 crash killed Lauren Wegner of Clayton, North Carolina. Police say Shane Woods traveled northbound in his GMC Sierra into the southbound lanes of I-55. His Sierra then crashed into Wegner’s Mercury Sable and a Toyota Corolla driven by a Granite City man.

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Source of threat to synagogues in New Jersey has been identified and is no longer a danger, FBI says

Federal law enforcement has identified the source of a broad threat to synagogues “who no longer poses a danger to the community.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Indiana drugstore worker held in 2017 killings of teen girls

Authorities on Monday announced an arrest in the unsolved murders of two teenage girls — a drugstore worker who has been living in the same small Indiana community where their bodies were found.

WEKU

Charges announced in slayings of Indiana girls that have vexed community nearly 6 years

Richard Matthew Allen, 50, is charged with murder in the deaths of 14-year-old Liberty German and 13-year-old Abigail Williams in February 2017.

Chicago Sun-Times

Update coming Monday in 2017 slaying of two Indiana teens

Indiana State Police gave no indication what they would announce regarding the February 2017 killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13 in Delphi, a city of about 3,000 people in northwest Indiana.

Chicago Sun-Times

Indiana police set Monday update in killings of 2 teen girls

Police investigating the unsolved slayings of two teenage girls killed during a 2017 hiking trip in northern Indiana will hold a news conference Monday to provide an update on their investigation

The Independent UK

Maryland State Police troopers allege racial discrimination in a new lawsuit

The 40-page class-action lawsuit alleges the state's law enforcement agency has a history of engaging in systemic discrimination against its officers of color.

WEKU

Massive Obelisk At Soviet WWII Memorial Is Toppled Into Pond With A Splash

Zenger News obtained a statement from the Latvian State police on Thursday, August 25.

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New York State Police bungled investigation into trooper who had romantic relationship with Cuomo daughter, IG report says

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State Police failed to follow proper procedures when investigating and disciplining a trooper who had a romantic relationship with one of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daughters, according to a new report released Friday.

Tribune News Service

Cuomo sues NY AG Tish James, wants state to cover legal bills in trooper harass suit

ALBANY, N.Y. — Former governor Andrew Cuomo thinks New York taxpayers should be on the hook for his legal bills.

Chicago Sun-Times

Parents of Christopher Vaughn sue Will County state’s attorney, others as bid for freedom continues

Vaughn’s parents argue they’ve lost time and income traveling to see their son in prison. Vaughn is being held in Pinckneyville Correctional Center, serving four life sentences for the murders of his wife and three children.

Chicago Sun-Times

State Police push broader use of ‘clear and present danger’ reports in FOID card screening

Deemed a “first step” by gun control advocates, the new emergency rule is designed to allow State Police to consider a larger range of information in the definition of clear and present danger and clarify the agency’s authority to use the reports.

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The Hindu

Punjab govt. appoints Vijay Kumar Janjua as new Chief Secretary

New officiating DGP also takes charge

The Hindu

Swapna claims threat to her life

She files petition before State Police Chief

Boston Herald

Massachusetts State Police fired over vaccine mandate to lose guns, too

BOSTON — The head of the Massachusetts State Police has informed troopers fired for failing to get COVID shots that their permits to carry firearms will be “expired” as of next week.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As more people get guns and carry permits, Philly sees a sharp rise in homicides ruled justified

PHILADELPHIA — In May, a South Philadelphia man stepped out of his house for a smoke when police said a gun-wielding man rode up on a bicycle and demanded money. The homeowner dropped his cigarette, pulled out his licensed gun and fatally shot the would-be robber in the head.

Tribune News Service

NY Gov. Hochul wants to raise the age to purchase a gun to 21, orders daily State Police check-ins at schools

ALBANY, N.Y. — A day after an 18-year-old gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas school, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she wants New York to raise the age to purchase firearms in New York to 21.

Tribune News Service

Hochul to strengthen gun laws, target online extremism and white supremacy in response to Buffalo mass shooting

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative actions Wednesday strengthening New York’s gun laws and targeting domestic terrorism in response to the deadly race-based mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

Tribune News Service

'Unpermitted individual' allowed access to tabulator in Michigan township, email says

LANSING, Mich. — An "unpermitted individual" was allowed to access a voting tabulator in a west Michigan township, spurring an ongoing investigation by the State Police, according to an email obtained by The Detroit News through an open records request.

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