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Maui PD releases evaluation of wildfire response, recommends updates to tech, equipment

“The Maui Police Department, in collaboration with other emergency response agencies, worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of our residents, coordinate evacuations, and provide support to those in need,” the report said

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Video: Fla. sheriff defends deputy after suspect crashes stolen cruiser, killing 3

“My deputy did absolutely nothing wrong…” Sheriff Billy Woods said. “This individual decided to do what she did and ended with a result of killing two innocent individuals”

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S.D. deputy killed during pursuit

“[Chief Deputy Ken Prorok] was a husband, father, grandfather, and well-respected leader in his community,” South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said

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NYPD ‘robocop’ no longer patrolling following end of pilot program

The 400-pound robot was meant to be a deterrent to subway crime; two human officers had to guard it at all times to keep it from being vandalized

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N.C. officer killed in shooting on way to work classified as LODD, widow to receive new death benefits

Officer Gabriel Torres, 29, was one of five people shot and killed on Oct. 13, 2022; he had been with the Raleigh Police Department for 18 months

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Fleeing suspect tries to escape by jumping into river, Mich. troopers use canoe to catch him

After the man jumped into a river to flee from police, a K-9 and a drone were able to track him while troopers followed in a canoe

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Mass. K-9 finds child who vanished in frigid temperatures

Auburn Police K-9 Biza tracked the child’s scent for more than 2 miles to where the child had been a short time earlier,

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The Arena Group Announces Workforce Reductions in Strategic Move to Transform the Business Model

The Arena Group has announced a significant reduction in its workforce of over 100 employees. The Company, which has substantial debt and recently missed payments, is completing these cost-cutting measures to initiate a transformative shift towards a streamlined business model.

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NASA’s Juno probe makes another close flyby of Io

The Juno spacecraft has revealed some fascinating things about Jupiter since it began exploring the system on July 4th, 2016. Not only is it the first robotic mission to study Jupiter up close while orbiting it since the Galileo spacecraft, which studied the gas giant and its satellites from 1995 to 2003. Juno is also […]

BINGO radio telescope will be able to detect and locate the brightest bursts of energy, says study

A 40 meter-wide radio telescope being built in northeastern Brazil will be able to detect and locate mysterious flashing blasts of energy that are brighter than whole galaxies, according to a new study from the University of Portsmouth published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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Lunar sample returned by China’s 2020 lunar mission contains minerals that provide clues to the moon’s history

Earth’s moon achieved its Swiss cheese appearance from celestial objects crashing into its surface, forming impact craters. But craters weren’t all that was left behind; the intense pressure and temperature of such a collision also impacted the rocks and dust covering the lunar surface, known as regolith, altering its mineral composition and structure. Analyzing the […]

Astronomers examine the behavior of X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124

By analyzing the data from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), astronomers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, India and elsewhere, have performed a detailed X-ray timing and spectral study of an ultraluminous X-ray pulsar designated Swift J0243.6+6124. Results of the study, presented January 26 on the pre-print server arXiv, deliver important […]

Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite

An official classification now aligns with what many suspected from merely looking at the images of the strange meteorites that fell near Berlin on January 21, 2024. They belong to a rare group called “aubrites.”

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Solvent sieve method sets new record for perovskite light-emitting diodes

Using a simple solvent sieve method, researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have taken the lead in developing highly efficient and stable perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) with record performance.

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Plan for Europe’s huge new particle collider takes shape

Europe’s CERN laboratory revealed more details Monday about its plans for a huge new particle accelerator that would dwarf the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ramping up efforts to uncover the underlying secrets of the universe.

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