• Man dies after police shooting in Valparaiso, Indiana State Police say; investigation ongoing

    Indiana State Police said a man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in northwest Indiana Thursday afternoon.

  • Man dies after vehicle goes over cliff at Gray Whale Cove State Beach in Montara, authorities say

    One man is dead after a vehicle went over a cliff at Gray Whale Cove State Beach in Montara Thursday afternoon, CHP says.

  • West Virginia mom arrested after 14-year-old daughter dies in 'emaciated to a skeletal state,' police say

    A West Virginia woman was arrested for neglect after her 14-year-old daughter died in an "emaciated to a skeletal state," according to police. 44-year-old Julie Anne Stone Miller was charged with child neglect resulting in death after her daughter was found dead on the floor of a bathroom at her home in Charleston, according to a criminal complaint. A close family member confirmed to WOWK-TV that the teenager was named Kyneddi Miller. Another family member said that the girl had suffered from...

  • Inmate dies at Houston County Jail

    HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- A male inmate was found dead in the Houston County Jail Friday morning, Sheriff Donald Valenza confirmed to WDHN. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd identified the inmate as 27-year-old Andrew Martinez of Enterprise. Sheriff Valenza says Martinez was booked into the jail early Friday morning and was found dead at []

  • Westchester Corrections Officer Eleanor Birritella Dies

    Shock and sadness are spreading following the sudden death of Eleanor Birrittella, a well-known corrections officer in Westchester. Birrittella died on Saturday, April 20, according to Hector Lopez, the president of the New York Hispanic American Law Enforcement Organization. A cause of death had not yet been released. Online records show Birrittella was 40 years old and lived in Yonkers. "Officer Birrittella had a smile that lit up the place," Lopez said in announcing her death. "She loved...

  • Inmate who died in Cache County Jail identified

    LOGAN, Utah, April 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Cache County Sheriff’s Office Thursday night published the name of the inmate who died in their custody in the county jail. “The victim from yesterday’s incident in the jail is 22-year-old Kaden Lee Saunders, from Logan,” the sheriff’s office said.  “Investigators are waiting for the Medical […] The post Inmate who died in Cache County Jail identified first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • HCSO Corrections Sergeant Assaulted And Injured By Inmate

    A Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Sergeant was assaulted on Wednesday evening on duty while attempting to move an inmate from an isolation unit in the George 3 Housing Unit at the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center.

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    Inmate death reported at Lansing Correctional Facility

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kansas corrections officials are investigating the death of an inmate from Reno County at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Prison officials said 44-year-old Robert Blanchette was found unresponsive in his cell on

  • Hamas official says group would disarm for Palestinian state

    Khalil Al-Hayya did not say whether his apparent embrace of a two-state solution would amount to an end to the Palestinian conflict with Israel or an interim step toward the group's stated goal of destroying Israel.

  • State police: Ehindero says it's desirable, warns of abuse

    As the controversy on whether or not to establish state police in the country continues, former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero alongside a lawyer, have expressed the desirability of state police, but warned against abuse. Ehindero, in a paper entitled “It is time for state police in Nigeria,” said: “The issue of creation of […]

  • What Rushdie’s new book says about the state of intolerance

    Back in the day, Salman Rushdie used to joke that the argument over The Satanic Verses, his satirical novel caricaturing Prophet Muhammad, was a “quarrel between those with a sense of humour and those without one”.But, lately, his mood has darkened and he has become less forgiving of his critics, judging from his new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, a cathartic account of the murderous attack on him at a literary event in upstate New York in the summer of 2022.It left him with...

  • Woman, 18, dies after being shot at Delaware State University

    DOVER, Del. >> An 18-year-old woman died after she was shot on the campus of Delaware State University on Sunday, authorities said.