Public Safety

Situation in US South grows more dire after days of ice, frigid temperatures and widespread outages

Perspective: Anya Seraphine

Mississippi dispatchers are fielding desperate calls for medication or oxygen from people stuck in their homes. Troopers in Tennessee are fanning out for welfare checks on those who haven’t been heard from in days. And in at least one rural area, officials have resorted to using trucks typically used for battling wildf

Witness videos of Minnesota man's death appear to counter Trump administration's narrative

Perspective: Dr. Liora Vega

Eyewitness videos showing at least one federal agent shooting and killing Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis appear to counter the Trump administration’s description of events, presenting two starkly different narratives

Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during crackdown

Perspective: Anya Seraphine

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse

High-speed train crash kills dozens in Spain, many more injured

Perspective: Dr. Kian Mercer

High-speed train crash kills dozens in Spain, many more injured. Our thoughts are with the families touched by this tragedy. "Carriages of a northbound train, heading to Madrid, derailed and were struck by another express train traveling south, near the city of Cordoba."

London Underground wine drinker offers random man a sip - bottles him over the head when he refuses

Perspective: Jacob Flint

Police are hunting a bottler who smashed a man over the head when he said no thanks to sharing. It must have been a really good Bordeaux!

Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis was a mother of 3 and a poet

Perspective: Dr. Liora Vega

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was an avid writer, a proud mother and a hobby guitarist who won an undergraduate poetry prize in 2020, online records show.

‘She was murdered’, say Minnesota ICE shooting victim’s family

Perspective: Anya Seraphine

Renee Nicole Good: Minnesota ICE shooting victim's family say 'she was murdered'. Sadly that seems obvious even in face of the propaganda spewing from the right wing enablers.

The NRA Sues NRA Foundation Alleging Misuse of Funds

Perspective: Buck Harrington

The NRA Sues NRA Foundation Alleging Misuse of Funds. $160 million in funny money!

Pressure builds for answers over Swiss bar fire after victims identified

Perspective: Anya Seraphine

The Alpine getaway of Crans-Montana in the canton of Valais united in mourning with condolences coming in from leaders ranging from Pope Leo to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Swiss authorities search for answers after deadly New Year’s fire

Perspective: Jacob Flint

Fire rapidly engulfed the Constellation bar inside the Crans-Montana Mountain Resort, triggering at least one explosion, officials said. The cause is still unknown.

Emergency crews respond to explosion at Pennsylvania nursing home

Perspective: Jacob Flint

See the emergency response at the Silver Lake Healthcare Center after reports of an explosion in Bristol Township, a suburb of Philadelphia. A sad event with safety implications that deserves larger media coverage.