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Sept. 23, 2021. Oklahoma Highway Patrol cruiser/OHP (KTUL/Branstetter) TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has posted on Facebook about at least four wrecks involving trooper patrol cars in the last four months. The troopers were on the clock, working on the side of the road when their vehicles were hit. OHP Lieutenant Mark Southall said the latest happened Monday on the Turner ...

Portland, Oregon is on that list with 92 homicides in 2021 — more than three-quarters of which were shootings — and the city is already on track to tie or surpass that record this year. So what does the police force there attribute rising crime to? Sgt. Aaron Schmautz, President of the Portland Police Association, joined the National Desk Wednesday, saying a loss of funding contributed to the...

UH Mānoa law student Mana Shim. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa law student Meleana "Mana" Shim received national recognition recently. The Richardson student was chosen from among 200 schools nationwide as one of National Jurist magazine’s 2022 "Law Students of the Year." The honor recognizes talented, exceptional law students with a dedication to their community. Shim is in the third year ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Parents of transgender teens filed a lawsuit Tuesday attempting to overturn an Alabama law that makes it a crime for doctors to treat trans people under 19 with puberty blockers or hormones to help affirm their gender identity. The new lawsuit was filed in Montgomery federal court after two previous lawsuits were withdrawn. It challenges the Alabama law, set to go into...

WEAR PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A Pensacola law firm is trying to get federal lawsuits over baby formula consolidated and moved to Florida. The law firm wants all the cases to be heard by one judge in Miami. If you're seeing a shortage of baby formula here's one reason why. There was recall. Lawsuits claim a baby formula produced in Michigan by Abbott Nutrition is contaminated. Nearly 20 lawsuits hav...

A Florida Democrat is taking aim at the federal government, all over medical marijuana and guns. Currently, you cannot have a medical marijuana card and buy a gun because federally, marijuana is not legal. More than half of the states in America allow medical marijuana use, either medicinally or recreationally. Medical marijuana became legal in Florida in 2016. Agriculture and Consumer Servic...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A new Kansas law is creating harsher penalties for child abusers. Governor Laura Kelly signed House Bill 2508 into law Monday. Advocacy groups and family of victims say they are glad to see the development. The new law specifically looks at different types of abuse children face and ups the penalties. Advocates are hoping this not only keeps kids in safer situations, but shows ...

The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act (“FCA”), also known as the new federal “Ban the Box” law, became effective on December 20, 2021, and prohibits certain federal employers and contractors from requiring a job applicant to disclose his or her criminal background on a job application or during an interview prior to a conditional job offer being extended. The FCA applies to federal agencies...

Garfield County Sheriff's Office K-9 Bull holds a ball in his mouth Saturday. K-9 units from law enforcement agencies across Colorado, Wyoming and Utah participated last weekend in the High Desert K-9 Challenge at the Garfield County Fairgrounds and Events Center. The event was sponsored by the 2022 Spring K-9 Challenge for the High Desert Police K-9 Association. This nonprofit association of...

Opinion contributor My father took his life in November 2019. He was 83, of sound mind and terminally ill with Stage 4 cancer complicated by COPD. He’d been treated for melanoma a decade earlier and knew what that entailed. Fiercely independent, he considered what lay ahead as his condition progressed, weighed the pros and cons of the choices available to him and eventually decided to take m...