A survey published Tuesday found that few 911 call centers said they have staff trained to handle behavioral health crises.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
University of North Carolina can consider race in admissions, federal judge rules
The University of North Carolina’s use of race in its admissions process is constitutional, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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Colombian woman’s euthanasia blocked days before she was ready to die legally
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, alert level raised to ‘warning’
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Texas women showed proof of vaccine at NYC restaurant before fight at hostess stand, lawyer says
An attorney for a woman involved in a scuffle at a New York restaurant over a vaccine requirement says his client was racially discriminated against.
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Alex Murdaugh, the prominent South Carolina lawyer at the center of multiple investigations, was arrested Thursday, officials said.
‘Holding out hope’: Police, family search for woman who was on cross-country trip with boyfriend
Gabby Petito’s family last heard from her two weeks ago as the 22-year-old was on a cross-country van trip with her boyfriend.
New York City rebuilt after 9/11. Facing a different catastrophe, it sets out to do it again.
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, New York City is again at the center of tragedy and death. How will it recover from the pandemic?