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Jo’Anna Bird was sure that her violent ex-boyfriend would murder her. She sought help from the police – but with information from a long-secret file, Newsday reconstructs how officials mishandled her case.
Internal affairs file kept secret by Nassau police for more than a decade detailed the repeated policing failures leading up to her murder in 2009.
Having won her first race the previous week she repeated the victory on Sunday
Governor Kathy Hochul today welcomed home the crew of 20 New York State wildland firefighters led by Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers after a two-week assignment fighting the KNP Complex Fire in California.
Regarded as perhaps one of the most formative and vital periods in Irish History, we are currently in the midst of marking the centenary of the events of the War of Independence (1919 - 1921). Local archaeologist Barry Lacey from Ferns has been looking at some of the key events in Co Wexford, in particular ambushes, raids, the burning of police barracks and other activities. On this occasion, Barry looks at the shooting of a former British soldier just outside where the current Enniscorthy Guardian office is situated in Slaney Place, 100 years ago. For more stories like this one, visit wexfor...