How SWAT Team Sergeant Who Lost His Leg Returned to Active Duty Sgt. Justin Dodge, a 27-year veteran of the Denver Police Department, has been a member of their tactical unit for 19 years. But his career as Dodge knew it was altered forever last year, in the wake ... 09/14/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Hightstown, NJ police save chocking baby — WATCH body cam video Hightstown police officers Kenneth Larsen and Daniel Abbatemarco responded to the call about the choking baby on March 31. Body cam footage shows them arriving and approaching a crying woman and a ... 09/13/2024 - 12:19 am | View Link
Volusia sheriff reacts to deadly Georgia shooting and shares how they would respond PARENTS ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE, LISTENING TO GUNSHOTS AND SAYING TO YOURSELF, WHEN’S IT GOING TO STOP? AND HOW DO YOU PREVENT THIS? VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE CHITWOOD KNOWS MANY PARENTS ... 09/5/2024 - 12:40 pm | View Link
Man holding his baby on front porch is killed as 25 gunshots are fired, PA cops say A 25-year-old man was shot and killed as he held his baby on the front porch of his home, according to Pennsylvania police and news reports. Twenty-five gunshots were reportedly fired in the Sept. 4 ... 09/5/2024 - 4:33 am | View Link
Sheriff Saves Baby After Hearing Gunshots at a Traffic Stop The gunshots were heard by Officer Walter Umland during a traffic stop. After entering the residence and helping the baby, Officer Umland chose not to wait for EMS. Instead, he had another officer ... 09/3/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
A woman accused of plotting with her ex-boyfriend to murder her own grandparents at their Fort Lauderdale home in a suspected inheritance scheme has entered a plea of not guilty.
Claudette Melvin, 85, and her husband, Major, 89, were peaceful, doting grandparents and great-grandparents who appeared to have no enemies, family members said, living out their days inside their quiet home in the shade on Southwest 30th Terrace.
Samantha Masunaga | Los Angeles Times (TNS)
LOS ANGELES — It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” and a dead mime was screaming.
The most unsettling problem? The actor’s tongue still had a visible and decidedly not-ghostly shade of pink.
Christine Blundell and her hair and makeup team quickly got a blue food dye concoction for the actor to gargle and spit out so his tongue would go dark.
My family of five traveled often as I was growing up, usually with all of us piled into a single hotel room. My two siblings and I would argue over who slept where and who had to suffer through a night on the floor or on the lumpy pull-out couch.
The three of us have had our ups and downs as we grew up and our personalities developed in different ways.
Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH — Gathering with family or friends for a backyard cookout is always a good time. But for the person tasked with manning the grill? Maybe not so much.
It’s often hot, tends to be smoky and the hosts almost never get to socialize with guests because they’re too busy cooking for everyone.
“And there’s always some guy with dad shorts running around, and char on the food,” jokes self-taught chef Sorcha Murnane, who identifies as non-binary, trans masculine.
Murnane’s career was largely focused on fast-casual dining in New York and Atlanta.
Elizabeth Hawse, MD, FAAP | American Academy of Pediatrics (TNS)
As the school year begins, every family wants their children to be healthy, active and ready to learn.
To prepare children and teens to be at their best – physically, mentally, socially and emotionally – the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends regular visits with the pediatrician, as well as immunizations that help keep all family members healthy.
As school attendance plays a huge role in the development of children and teens, families can partner with pediatricians and schools to help students thrive and succeed.
The AAP offers 10 tips on giving children their best chances for success this school year.
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Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam, Andy Miller | (TNS) KFF Health News
WINDER, Ga. — About an hour after gunfire erupted at Apalachee High School, ambulances started arriving at nearby Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow with two students and two adults suffering from panic attacks and extreme anxiety, not bullet wounds.
A fifth patient with similar symptoms later arrived at another local facility, according to a health system spokesperson.
The day after the Sept.