Sami Edge The Seattle Times SEATTLE — In the 2½ months since Jim Ritter began recruiting businesses to provide safe havens for the city’s LGBTQ community, he’s been working nonstop to keep up with demand for the rainbow-badge window decal that denotes “Safe Places” around Seattle. The sticker designates businesses as places of refuge for victims of assault or harassment …
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Seattle sets national example with LGBTQ-friendly safe-haven plan
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Mo. woman tries to smuggle heroin to inmate through kiss
Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — A St. Louis woman is accused of trying to smuggle heroin to a northeast Missouri jail inmate through a kiss. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that 66-year-old Bettye Wilson is charged with delivery of a controlled substance at a correctional facility and distribution of a controlled substance. A message left with her attorney was not immediately returned …
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Mo. woman tries to smuggle heroin to inmate through kiss
Ohio college to discuss new roles after fatal traffic stop
Associated Press CINCINNATI — University of Cincinnati officials plan to discuss new leadership roles and developing police reforms in the aftermath of an officer's fatal shooting of a man he stopped over a missing front license plate. The school has appointed a veteran Cincinnati assistant police chief, James Whalen, to serve as director of public safety. The school also named a director …
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Ohio college to discuss new roles after fatal traffic stop