Archive for May 2024

Our investigation found that more than 52,000 police guns have been involved in crimes since 2006. Many of those weapons were resold by law enforcement agencies sworn to protect the public. Above: Candace Leslie holds a photo of her late son, Cameron Brown, who was shot and killed near his Indianapolis apartment in 2021. The Glock pistol recovered at the scene previously had been a duty weapon for a deputy at a California sheriff’s department.

Community members outlined a city council proposal that would require the health department to staff each of the 77 police precincts with a licensed social worker.

The Fallen: Stage show focuses on the stories from the girls who were cruelly labelled ‘The Fallen Girls’.

The practitioners are currently in the first week of a three-week strike (13 May-1 June) in their dispute with Barnet Council over staffing issues in their teams, which they say need to be addressed through a 10% market supplement on their pay.

Authorities should take steps to earlier identify high-risk families with members who have mental disabilities and assign case managers to support them, social welfare leaders in Hong Kong have said, following a spate of tragedies involving murder-suicides that one lawmaker calls the tip of the iceberg. Above: A man, 80, died in an alleged murder-suicide attempt at Shek Mun MTR station in January.

Can a single dose of ketamine prevent chronic pain and depression after mastectomy?