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Dispatcher Joseph Pritchard has been named the 2024 Dispatcher of the Year for the Mansfield Post. According to a press release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, this award recognizes one dispatcher at each post for outstanding service.Pritchard is a 2022 graduate of Clear Fork High School where he was captain of the track and field team. He began his career with the Patrol on May 1, 2023.Joseph Pritchard is the 2024 Dispatcher of the Year at the Mansfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.In his short time, Pritchard has shown qualities that make him an exemplary choice for…

The TV channel RT Balkan has begun broadcasting from Belgrade, presenting news, analysis, interviews and documentaries to Serbian-language audiences.Friday’s on-air debut follows the launch of the RT Balkan multimedia portal in 2022. The website has since become a popular source of information for Serbian audiences.“I congratulate the entire RT Serbian team and all our viewers on finally finding each other,” said RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan. “We are incredibly happy that, despite all the sanctions, despite our voice being suppressed wherever possible, we will nevertheless broadcast here, in Serbia, in Europe.”Simonyan wished the employees of RT Balkan “a lot of courage…

Since the rapid collapse of the Assad government and the takeover of Damascus by US-designated terror group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on December 8, Syrians by the hundreds or even thousands have been filmed in city streets celebrating, expressing hope for a new era.But for every scene of hundreds gathered in a city square in front of Al Jazeera or CNN cameras, the reality is that there are many tens of thousands more families holed up in their homes, deeply fearful of venturing outside, with the more fortunate ones having stocked up on supplies just prior to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s army of mujahideen…

Bodycam footage of NY officers beating prisoner Robert Brooks Bodycam footage of New York State prison guards at Marcy Correctional Facility fatally beating a handcuffed prisoner was released on Friday. Robert Brooks, 43, who has been in prison since 2017 and serving a 12-year sentence for assaulting his girlfriend, was beaten by New York State prison guards on December 9. He died one day after the beating. The New York Attorney General’s office released the graphic footage amid an investigation into the fatal beating. The footage shows officers kicking and punching Brooks. According to the autopsy obtained by WKTV, “preliminary…

Paris Saint-Germain could be ready to sign FC Barcelona star Dani Olmo on a free transfer according … [+] to SPORT, which cited an RMC Sport report, both of which used anonymous sources.Getty Images Paris Saint-Germain could sign FC Barcelona star Dani Olmo on a free transfer according to SPORT, which cited an RMC Sport report – both of which used anonymous sources. News of this development comes after a judge in Barcelona refused the registration of Barca stars Olmo and Pau Victor, as reported by SPORT and Mundo Deportivo, Pau Victor and Olmo were Barca’s only two summer signings…

On Friday’s “CNN News Central,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said that there isn’t any evidence that China exercises control over the Panama Canal in a way that endangers American security, but there is a risk of a hit to America’s reputation if it looks like it’s bullying Panama. Host Jessica Dean said, “I’m curious if you think there is legitimate concern about China’s influence on the Panama Canal.” Auchincloss responded, “There are two shipping companies domiciled in Hong Kong that have a presence at the Panama Canal Zone, no evidence that I have seen that that represents a security threat…

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) reacted to the IRS announcing it will send out COVID stimulus payments without requiring amended returns by pointing out how odd just throwing money out is after the Biden administration hired 87,000 new IRS employees in the name of cracking down on fraud. Host David Asman read from the IRS’ statement that “To minimize headaches and get this money to eligible taxpayers, we’re making these payments automatic, meaning these people will not be required to go through the extensive process of filing an amended return to receive…

CNN senior reporter Edward-Isaac Dovere said Thursday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that President Joe Biden will be remembered as the guy who was in between the non-consecutive presidential terms of Donald Trump. Dovere said, “Legacy was what he had. I think you’re right—a historic first couple of years in office. More legislation on the domestic front than anybody going back to Lyndon Johnson can claim credit for. I do think that what you’ve seen is a slow receding into the bushes from Joe Biden here. I’m going to do it. I’m going to bring up a West Wing quote here.…

Perhaps the homebuilders should look into building actual housing we need — missing middle, alley oriented, walking courts and all the many iterations of urban infill that could happen if these folks weren’t so intent on single family sprawl or mega apartments in the burbs. We need co-housing for the aging, tiny housing for those in need with limited resources, and compassionate housing for those who are houseless.Instead we have bulldozed many many adaptable buildings for “plazas” and “coming soon” mega developments like NuLu Crossings, a dead project mirroring the utter lack of appropriate affordable options in urban neighborhoods. Half…

Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found mutations in samples taken from a man infected with the first severe case of avian influenza in the United States, mutations that were not present in specimens collected from his infected backyard flock.A person holds a test tube labeled “Bird Flu” in a photo illustration, on Jan. 14, 2023. Dado Ruvic/ReutersThe agency began analyzing the samples after the patient—a resident of southwestern Louisiana, aged over 65—was confirmed last week as the first person in the United States with a severe case…