Test strips to help drug users identify fentanyl and other potentially deadly chemicals would no longer be classified as illegal paraphernalia under a bill passed unanimously by the Pennsylvania House.
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One out of every five intentional animal cruelty incidents reported to police involves another criminal offense, according to a new study.
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Mass shootings are a source of shared anguish and outrage among Americans and are becoming more frequent. Extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as gun violence restraining orders or “red flag” laws, are designed to help prevent these shootings.
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An international team of researchers has developed a scanning tool to make websites less vulnerable to hacking and cyberattacks.
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In a project aimed at developing intelligent tools to fight child exploitation, scientists created a system to analyze the noise produced by individual cameras. This information can then be used to link a video or an image to a particular camera.
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When the Army exhumed grave B-13 on Saturday, intending to repatriate the boy's remains to the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina, they did not match those of a male age 13 or 14.
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Mixed samples of nuclear material are significantly more challenging to identify with traditional methodologies. In a real-world situation, the extra time required could have a catastrophic impact on the global community.
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The online reporting form helps to collect all the information officers need to launch a thorough investigation without the need for victims to initially relive their trauma.
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The study analyzed the impact of the pandemic, George Floyd’s murder, and subsequent protests in 2020 in 28 of the 70 largest U.S. cities on five crimes: homicide, auto theft, burglary, robbery, and larceny.
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More than 10 years after it was first proposed, New York has become the second state in the U.S. to enact a law requiring semiautomatic pistols manufactured and sold in the state to be equipped with microstamping technology.
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