Michaelle Bond The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — As the camera attached to its underbelly snapped pictures, the drone glided a few hundred feet above the quiet, tree-lined suburban streets of North Coventry Township. It was tracing the path of a killer, investigators say. Chester County prosecutors are hoping the images captured by the unmanned device, driven by four propellers and weighing …
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Drones give Pa. officers a new edge, but raise privacy concerns
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Judge concerned about arrest of suspect who shot Chicago cop in chest
By Steve Schmadeke Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — What once seemed like an ironclad case against the man charged with shooting a Chicago police officer in 2012 appears to be developing cracks. Shortly after Officer Del Pearson was shot in the chest, police found the suspect in the basement of his mother's South Side home and recovered a .38-caliber blue-steel revolver and a sweaty black T-shirt …
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Judge concerned about arrest of suspect who shot Chicago cop in chest
Seattle sets national example with LGBTQ-friendly safe-haven plan
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