Just days after Gabriel Lopez entered Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail in late April 2020, his housing unit was placed on lockdown. There was possible Covid-19 exposure, jail administrators said, so everyone needed to quarantine.
Lopez was locked in …
Working Families Party Weighs In on Crowded Manhattan DA Race
New York’s Working Families Party is wading into the first competitive race for Manhattan district attorney in more than a decade. The group is backing Tahanie Aboushi, a civil rights attorney based in Harlem, in a field of eight Democratic …
Polícia do Rio está há 153 dias desobedecendo o STF
Helicópteros usados pela PM do Rio são considerados “instrumentos de terror” por especialistas em segurança pública.
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Enquanto você lê estas linhas, o helicóptero esquilo Fenix 2, que custou a bagatela de 20 milhões de …
Jamal Johnson is back on hunger strike, demanding Kenney take action on gun violence
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Less than three weeks after eating his first meal in 26 days, anti-violence activist Jamal Johnson is …
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LIVE: Lightfoot, Arwady issue update on COVID-19 in Chicago
CHICAGO — The City of Chicago is allowing bars and restaurants to expand their indoor seating capacity.
On Tuesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office announced that effective immediately, indoor capacity at bars, restaurants and other businesses can increase to 50%.
Lightfoot …
Illinois reports 1,577 new cases of COVID-19, 47 deaths; J&J vaccine to arrive Wednesday
Health officials reported 1,577 new and confirmed cases of coronavirus in Illinois Tuesday and 47 additional deaths.
The Illinois Department of Public Health also announced Tuesday it expected to receive 83,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by …
Hospital: SUV carrying 27 crashes with semitruck, killing 15 in California
El CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — An SUV believed to be carrying 27 people crashed into a semitruck Tuesday on a Southern California highway, killing 15 people and leaving others injured, hospital officials said.
Judy Cruz, director of El Centro Regional …
Semi driver dies after 2-semi crash on NB I-294
CHICAGO — A semi truck driver has died following a crash involving another semi on the Tri-State Tollway.
The accident happened around 5 a.m. Tuesday on northbound I-294 near 87th Street. One semi driver had to be extricated.
The driver …