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Via Flickr By Wyatt Stayner / Prison Journalism Project When Theresa Grady, 62, calls her husband in prison, she tries not to let her voice crack and does her best not to cry. Sometimes, though, her upbeat veneer fractures, she told Prison Journalism Project. “I try to keep what they call a happy face, a smile, but sometimes I know he hears that tone in my voice,” Theresa said. “Sometimes I can’t hide it.” Her husband, Morris Grady, started serving a 40-year prison term in 2007 after b...

The group that reviews the effectiveness of state agencies recommended several changes to how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality operates.

Thousands of 'emissions events' from chemical plants each year exceed permitted limits, but only a small fraction result in penalties from the state’s environmental agency.

We March with Selma. Via Flickr CC BY NC 2.0. / null Washington D.C., Jan 17, 2022 / 12:04 pm (CNA). Sister Mary Antona Ebo was the only black Catholic nun who marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma, Alabama, in 1965....

Newsbook Óglaigh na hÉireann Via Flickr Tista taqra bil- A comatose child and a woman losing consciousness are among 100 migrants on a boat in distress in Mala’s search and rescue zone, according to Alarm Phone. 🆘~100 people in danger in #Malta SAR! They called at night and said water was entering the boat & that they had no drinking water left. Many people were feeling sick. We don’t know if their engine is working or if they are drifting. Authorities have been informed ...

Flickr / slgckgc (Creative Commons) / Via Flickr: slgc Amazon-owned security camera company Ring has expanded its neighborhood surveillance network partnerships to include local fire departments. The company, which has already established relationships with some 1,800 police departments, has signed agreements with at least 350 fire departments in just a year. The company touts its network of home security cameras as a useful tool in arson investigations, since it allows agencies to request fo...

Eight people are facing charges, including involuntary manslaughter, hazing, and tampering with evidence, in the death of Stone Foltz, a student at Bowling Green State University in Ohio who died after alleged hazing at a fraternity pledge event last month. Paul Dobson, the Wood County prosecuting attorney, announced Thursday the indictment from a grand jury against eight men aged 19 to 23, according to a statement provided to BuzzFeed News. Those charged include Jacob Krinn, 20; Daylen Dunson,...