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Timothy Loehmann was one of two part-time officers recently added to the Bellaire Police Department's payroll, Chief Richard Flanagan confirmed to The Times Ledger.
Strict penalties for possessing marijuana in Texas could soon go up in smoke.
Just this year, at least a dozen US cities -- including San Francisco and Cincinnati -- decided to stop observing Columbus Day and will instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday.
Once seen as a useful tool to provide quick election results, voting machines with cellular modems are now subject to fierce debate over how easy it would be to break into them and change the results.
Across the three states hardest hit -- North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia -- the cost to rebuild is staggering.
The Alabama Ethics Commission voted on Tuesday to drop an ethics violation case against Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin.
For all the tech wealth that has flown into this city in recent years, it's also an unnerving time for city builders.
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was convicted of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, marking a stunning end to a racially tinged case that roiled Chicago when police dashboard camera video of the shooting was released three years ago by court order.
States where bills to create an opioid tax failed this year, with New York being the exception. The law there, though, is on hold thanks to a lawsuit filed by the pharmaceutical industry.
A tongue-in-cheek news release from the Gilbert, Minn., Police Department, after it received a lot of calls about "birds that appear to be under the influence, flying into windows and acting confused." They said not to worry about the birds' strange behavior and attributed it to an early frost causing berries to ferment faster than normal.
Reports of erratic bird activity prompted the Gilbert Police Department to issue a news release Tuesday.
Jackie Biskupski is the first openly gay elected official in Utah. But her sexual orientation isn't what her critics want to talk about.
Confederate Avenue and East Confederate Avenue will be renamed United Avenue and United Avenue S.E., respectively, and a third street, Confederate Court, will be renamed Trestletree Court, after apartment buildings that are on the street.
At Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Gov. John Carney signed what's called "Aiden's Law," which aims to prevent infant deaths by providing mothers and infants the proper care needed after dealing with drugs.
Alex Padilla, California's secretary of state, is taking the "paper" out of paper-pusher – literally.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has pledged to call a special legislative session to take up a cannabis pact that flowed from weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiation between officials and both sides of the Prop 2 debate.
The team of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies cruises the 5 Freeway, stopping motorists on the Grapevine in search of cars carrying drugs.
Lancaster shared the photo, which shows a young woman wearing braces and large glasses, adding the comments: "This is the alleged sexual assault victim. Wow."
Florida's attorney general said Thursday she is launching an investigation of potential sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, making Florida at least the 13th state with an ongoing statewide probe of the church.
Barbara Underwood said Trump's actions in that regard, and his use of the Trump Foundation "for his own personal benefit," justified her request to ban him for 10 years from being involved in any non-profit group.
In Maine, which has a greater share of older residents than any other state, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have provided free long-term care to anyone who needs it.
Clause in the Colorado Constitution that voters will be asked whether to abolish in November. Similar language exists in the U.S. Constitution and several states'.
Cut in cabinet-level agencies proposed by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
At a time of low unemployment, both kinds of employers are beefing up their perks.
The state where lawmakers put every justice on trial this year is also the only state where the legislature has no control over the judicial budget. Voters changed that on Tuesday.
It can catalyze government to take risks, move quickly and pay attention to neglected issues.
It's a slight decline from last year but still more than usual.
With a new training program and improved digital tools, the city is working to support its community of minority-owned enterprises.
Lawmakers want to raise taxes on pharmaceutical companies to help pay for the cost of the opioid crisis. But success has been elusive.
If the plan is accepted by the legislature, it would go into effect in 2020 and the governor says financial savings could be seen as soon as fiscal year 2021.
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