MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK — A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice report. The report on a pattern and practice of police misconduct at the department in Mount Vernon, just north of New York City, is one …
Tess Daly shared an emotional message to her husband Vernon Kay on Friday ahead of the completion of his Children In Need Ultramarathon. My man: Tess Daly shared an emotional message to her husband Vernon Kay on Friday ahead of the completion of his Children In Need Ultramarathon Update: Taking to Instagram, the TV star, 54, branded Vernon, 49, 'wonderful' …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Oprah Winfrey’s father, Vernon Winfrey, has died at the age of 89. The event was called “Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day,” which included a barber chair to honor his long career as a barber and owning his own shop in Nashville for nearly 50 years. Vernon served as a member of Nashville’s Metro City Council for 16 years …
LAPD officers closed the road leading to a scene in the Hollywood Hills where Pop Smoke, a rising New York rapper, was fatally shot Feb. 19. Police officials also have pointed to gang violence as a major factor in the increased shootings in 2020, which have commanded growing attention from city and community leaders in recent weeks, and say it …
How do you remove the stigma of poverty in a community that's perceived — not always correctly — as affluent? "Because there is a sense of affluence in much of the Jewish community, there's a lot of stigma attached to financial hardship," says Ms Tanny. "Almost 20 per cent of the Jewish community of Australia lives below the poverty line," …
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