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Edward McGovern spent 22 years in local law enforcement with the Hallandale Beach Police Department. He retired as a major in 2020, but as far back as 2017 he began to see the need for law enforcement to bring communication tech into the modern age. So, he founded CERA-Critical Event Response Applications. It’s an app-based system that allows police to see the big picture view of what’s unfolding, and to communicate directly with people who are experiencing the mass shooting event, like students, teachers, or employees.

Why people in an Ohio town feel left behind in the modern U.S. economy

It's a project that has collected, shared, and preserved people’s stories across the United States. For the next month, from Jan. 5 through Feb. 3,…

Naples-based award-winning photographer Michelle Tricca is embarking on a bold project titled, “The Face of Immokalee,” aimed at capturing the soul of the Immokalee community: Its people.

We learn about local efforts to support gun violence survivors, and steps being taken to change laws for measures like requiring background checks on all gun sales, by talking with two members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. It's a national non-partisan, grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can help protect people from gun violence.

“My mother wanted us to understand that politicians are still people. It’s really not the title that’s important or the office they hold…we need to learn…

In 1972, a group of young people from Clearwater, Florida, traveled to western North Carolina on their way to a Rolling Stones concert. When they were settled in their campsite for the night, the local sheriffs showed up with weapons, killing one young man and assaulting several others. Historian Timothy Silver thoroughly investigated the case and wrote a riveting book about it called Death in Briar Bottom.Buy the book!Buy the ebook!

At the Pittsburgh Sword Fighters club, members are asked to leave their politics at the door, a rule that has led to closer relationships and more learning from one another.

A new North Carolina law restricts protections for gay, lesbian and transgender people.

Demonstrations against President Trump's executive order, which began Saturday outside airports, have now taken to the streets in cities across the U.S. Here's a glimpse of the protests.