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911 dispatcher charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly refusing to send an ambulance to help a woman

By Benjamin Schiller and Kiely Westhoff, CNN Two years after a 911 dispatcher in rural Pennsylvania refused to send emergency medical assistance to an ailing woman, he was charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to court records. Dispatcher Leon Price was also charged with recklessly endangering another person, official oppression, and obstruction of the administration of

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Boston’s new police commissioner is a former officer who was severely beaten by his colleagues in 1995 while undercover

By Yon Pomrenze, CNN In 1995, he was an undercover officer for the Boston Police when he was mistaken for a suspect and severely beaten by his own colleagues. Next month, Michael Cox will lead the force as the city’s new police commissioner. Making the announcement Wednesday, Mayor Michelle Wu spoke about Cox’s close links

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Boston’s first LGBTQ+ friendly senior housing project was vandalized with hate speech

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Benjamin Schiller and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN New England’s first LGBTQ+ friendly housing development for seniors in Boston was vandalized with hate speech over the weekend, according to a Facebook post by the nonprofit LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc. Signs posted on the chain-link fence surrounding the development were vandalized with messages overnight Saturday

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A 3-year-old found in a hot car outside an educational center is nation’s 10th child heatstroke death this year

By Melissa Alonso and Raja Razek, CNN A 3-year-old died Monday after being left inside a vehicle by his father outside a Jewish education center in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida, the Miami Gardens Police Department said. The death is the 10th pediatric vehicular heatstroke death in the United States this year, according to NoHeatStroke.org, a

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‘We must not normalize this’: Jayland Walker’s funeral takes place after weeks of protests in Akron over police shooting

By Susannah Cullinane, Ray Sanchez and Emily Chang, CNN Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man shot as he fled from police officers trying to stop him for an alleged traffic violation in Akron, Ohio, was remembered Wednesday as soft-spoken, loving and kind. “We must not normalize this,” Bishop Timothy Clarke, pastor of the First Church

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Uvalde school shooting surveillance video fuels scrutiny over delayed law enforcement response

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Travis Caldwell, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, Dakin Andone and Amir Vera, CNN Surveillance video of law enforcement’s response during the Uvalde school massacre gives the clearest account yet of how officers waited outside an elementary classroom as the gunman continued firing, killing 21 students and teachers on May 24. The video —

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7-Eleven encourages Los Angeles-area stores to close for a 2nd night following armed robberies at 6 locations

By Josh Campbell and Aya Elamroussi, CNN 7-Eleven recommended that its Los Angeles-area stores close for a second night Tuesday as police investigate a string of robberies that left two people dead and three people wounded. Authorities are still working to determine whether the robberies that happened Monday at six 7-Eleven locations are connected, police

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