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Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer was charged Sept. 1 with voluntary manslaughter for last week’s fatal shooting of a college student who was looking for his friends late at night and went to the wrong house.
Police body camera video reviewed by investigators shows the officer yelled “Drop to ... (full story)
Researchers catch sharks off NY's Hamptons, attach trackers to toothy predators
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the day’s prize catches: a young but powerful sand tiger shark.
He and another marine researcher quickly lasso the tail of the sharp-toothed female to the side of the boat and hold it steady ... (full story)
Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Sept. 2 to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice.
Flu vaccinations are beginning and ... (full story)
For a century, journalists have had a voluntary ethics code. Editors are giving it an AI-era reboot
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NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into a corner of a newsroom somewhere and you can often find it affixed to a bulletin board, perhaps peeking out from behind the coffee pot: the Society of Professional Journalists’s Code of Ethics. It’s less than a thousand words, fitting neatly on a poster.
But those words — organiz ... (full story)
‘I made a promise to myself’: How higher education is transforming lives in Wyoming prisons
One spring afternoon when the sun beamed down on the Wyoming Women’s Center, a prison in Lusk, six students sat in a fluorescent-lit room with laptops open before them. A brown and gold University of Wyoming banner with a cowboy on a bucking bronc hung on the far wall.
“So, who’s going first?” asked Rob C ... (full story)