One-year-old critically injured in Brooklyn car crash due to suspected drunk driving incident, highlighting the importance of child safety in vehicles. [ more ]
One-year-old critically injured in Brooklyn car crash due to suspected drunk driving incident, highlighting the importance of child safety in vehicles. [ more ]
Brooklyn man indicted on manslaughter, DWI charges in deadly Astoria crash that killed the mother of his child: DA - QNS
A Brooklyn man was indicted for manslaughter and drunk driving for causing a fatal collision in Astoria, resulting in the death of his girlfriend. [ more ]
Brooklyn man indicted on manslaughter, DWI charges in deadly Astoria crash that killed the mother of his child: DA - QNS
A Brooklyn man was indicted for manslaughter and drunk driving for causing a fatal collision in Astoria, resulting in the death of his girlfriend. [ more ]
Drunk father and son plough car through corn fields moments before killing woman
Drunk father and son in stolen Land Rover kill woman in crash. They were four times over the drink-drive limit, resulting in a 14-year jail sentence. [ more ]
Drunk father and son plough car through corn fields moments before killing woman
Drunk father and son in stolen Land Rover kill woman in crash. They were four times over the drink-drive limit, resulting in a 14-year jail sentence. [ more ]
Driver convicted of 3 DUIs pleads guilty in pregnant woman's death, CA officials say
A repeat DUI driver pleaded guilty to murder after fatally hitting a pregnant woman, whose child was delivered via cesarean section, California prosecutors say.
Courtney Fritz Pandolfi pleaded guilty to murder and other charges before her trial was set to start, sparing the victim's family from the pain of a trial. [ more ]
A year after Uvalde, lawsuits will test firearms industry's immunity protections
The Zamora family is one of many impacted by the Uvalde school shooting.Their daughter Mayah was shot and survived.Now the family is one of two suing the gun maker Daniel Defense.Courtesy: Romanucci & Blandin, LLC May 24th, 2022 was awards day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Fourth grader Mayah Zamora won three of them in math, robotics, and for making the honor roll.
THE TRASH REPORT: In Honor of Short Kings. Plus: Ingenius Legal Defense Strategies, Bears in Portland, and Portland in Song
Hello, my sweet baby Trash Pandas!If nobody has told you yet today, you are a darling goblin whose mere existence dramatically increases global average human sexiness by several points, and I cherish you.Welcome to my column, The Trash Report, where I will try (and probably fail) to deserve your time with the rottenest gossip I could find here on Al Gore's internet.
Man sentenced for fatal drunk driving crash on Gowanus Expressway * Brooklyn Paper
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A man will spend years behind bars after drunkenly crashing his car on the Gowanus Expressway and killing the passenger sitting in the front seat.Mark Dookhan, a 32-year-old Staten Island resident, was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jane Tully after he pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter in December.
A year after Uvalde, lawsuits will test firearms industry's immunity protections
The Zamora family is one of many impacted by the Uvalde school shooting.Their daughter Mayah was shot and survived.Now the family is one of two suing the gun maker Daniel Defense.Courtesy: Romanucci & Blandin, LLC May 24th, 2022 was awards day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Fourth grader Mayah Zamora won three of them in math, robotics, and for making the honor roll.
THE TRASH REPORT: In Honor of Short Kings. Plus: Ingenius Legal Defense Strategies, Bears in Portland, and Portland in Song
Hello, my sweet baby Trash Pandas!If nobody has told you yet today, you are a darling goblin whose mere existence dramatically increases global average human sexiness by several points, and I cherish you.Welcome to my column, The Trash Report, where I will try (and probably fail) to deserve your time with the rottenest gossip I could find here on Al Gore's internet.
Man sentenced for fatal drunk driving crash on Gowanus Expressway * Brooklyn Paper
Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A man will spend years behind bars after drunkenly crashing his car on the Gowanus Expressway and killing the passenger sitting in the front seat.Mark Dookhan, a 32-year-old Staten Island resident, was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jane Tully after he pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter in December.
DC Is Home to America's Best Drivers. Wait, What? - Washingtonian
It's official: when it comes to the best drivers, DC is No. 1. That's according to a new study from Forbes Advisor, which compared driving data from fatal car accidents to determine the states with the worst drivers.The District came in last.Forbes compared all 50 states and DC across six categories.
California lawmaker Dave Min arrested on drunk driving charge
(Eugene Garcia / Associated Press)
California state Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), who is running for Congress next year in a competitive Orange County district, was released from Sacramento County jail Wednesday, according to Sacramento Sheriff's Department records.Min said in a social media post that he was cited with drunk driving.
Commentary: Bay Area DAs Complicit in Anti-Cyclist Attacks
Prosecutors declared it open season on cyclists; nobody should be surprised at the horrifying results
A passerby leaves flowers in 2021 at the location where Wilma Chan was walking her dog in a crosswalk when a driver slammed into her.No charges were pressed against the driver.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California.
Jeffrey Tumlin Stereotypes Cyclists, Fans Anti-bike Hate
SFMTA director talks about civility, even as he stereotypes people on bikes and pours gasoline on anti-cyclist fervor
SFMTA's Jeffrey Tumlin at Sunday Streets Valencia last summer.He said the street would see improvements by the end of 2022.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick Definition of stereotype, noun: 1) a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 by Jonathan Lee A coalition of environmental groups last week announced its opposition to a proposed 5,000-seat concert venue at 14820 Fitzhugh Road, near Dripping Springs.The coalition, Stop Fitzhugh Concert Venue , says it's concerned about negative impacts the venue might bring to Barton Creek, as well as increased traffic on narrow country roads, drunk driving, and noise and light pollution members say would disrupt neighbors and harm wildlife.
All-civilian discipline panels are more lenient with LAPD officers, report finds
Los Angeles Police Department officials said Tuesday that they will ask the City Council to reconsider a rule that allows officers accused of serious misconduct to have civilians decide their discipline - after a report found they routinely hand down lenient punishments.The lighter discipline issued by all-civilian hearing panels undercuts Chief Michel Moore's ability to run the LAPD and to hold officers accountable when they are found to have committed major offenses such as lying, according to the report by the LAPD's inspector general, Mark Smith.
Senators Urge Regulators to 'Put the Pedal to the Metal' On Vehicle Safety Standards
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation officials still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions - and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads On Tuesday, a coalition of 10 Democratic Senators led by Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Senators Urge Regulators to 'Put the Pedal to the Metal' On Vehicle Safety Standards
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation officials still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions - and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads On Tuesday, a coalition of 10 Democratic Senators led by Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Commentary: Bay Area DAs Complicit in Anti-Cyclist Attacks
Prosecutors declared it open season on cyclists; nobody should be surprised at the horrifying results
A passerby leaves flowers in 2021 at the location where Wilma Chan was walking her dog in a crosswalk when a driver slammed into her.No charges were pressed against the driver.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California.
Jeffrey Tumlin Stereotypes Cyclists, Fans Anti-bike Hate
SFMTA director talks about civility, even as he stereotypes people on bikes and pours gasoline on anti-cyclist fervor
SFMTA's Jeffrey Tumlin at Sunday Streets Valencia last summer.He said the street would see improvements by the end of 2022.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick Definition of stereotype, noun: 1) a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 by Jonathan Lee A coalition of environmental groups last week announced its opposition to a proposed 5,000-seat concert venue at 14820 Fitzhugh Road, near Dripping Springs.The coalition, Stop Fitzhugh Concert Venue , says it's concerned about negative impacts the venue might bring to Barton Creek, as well as increased traffic on narrow country roads, drunk driving, and noise and light pollution members say would disrupt neighbors and harm wildlife.
All-civilian discipline panels are more lenient with LAPD officers, report finds
Los Angeles Police Department officials said Tuesday that they will ask the City Council to reconsider a rule that allows officers accused of serious misconduct to have civilians decide their discipline - after a report found they routinely hand down lenient punishments.The lighter discipline issued by all-civilian hearing panels undercuts Chief Michel Moore's ability to run the LAPD and to hold officers accountable when they are found to have committed major offenses such as lying, according to the report by the LAPD's inspector general, Mark Smith.
Senators Urge Regulators to 'Put the Pedal to the Metal' On Vehicle Safety Standards
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation officials still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions - and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads On Tuesday, a coalition of 10 Democratic Senators led by Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
Senators Urge Regulators to 'Put the Pedal to the Metal' On Vehicle Safety Standards
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation officials still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions - and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads On Tuesday, a coalition of 10 Democratic Senators led by Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
College students take part in TxDOT campaign to end drunk driving
AUSTIN, Texas College students across Texas are joining an effort to end drunk driving incidents.Students are partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) "Drive Sober.No Regrets" spring break drunk driving prevention campaign.The message of the campaign is to remind everyone, including college students celebrating spring break, to find a sober ride home.
Indian court grants extradition for Australia murder suspect
A court in New Delhi on Tuesday approved an extradition request for the prime suspect in the killing of a woman on an Australian beach four years ago.Rajwinder Singh, who is of Indian origin, was arrested in November on the outskirts of the Indian capital.His arrest came three weeks after he was targeted with a 1 million Australian dollar ($677,000) reward.
LAPD tells officers to celebrate responsibly after seven are arrested in DUI cases
After the arrests of seven Los Angeles police officers on suspicion of drunk driving in recent days, LAPD officials are cautioning cops not to make the same mistake.In a department-wide bulletin, LAPD brass wrote that half of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence had a blood-alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit, and that several of the incidents resulted in crashes with injuries.
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Free Metro Rides Are Coming to DC on New Year's Eve - Washingtonian
News & Politics | Transportation WMATA and others are providing free transportation home on December 31.Here's how to stay safe.For the first time since December 2016, WMATA will be sending riders into the new year with free trips on Metrorail and Metrobus.All rides on both services will be free after 8 PM in an effort to provide safe alternatives to drinking and driving on one of the most notorious nights for drunk driving-related fatalities.
Report: Bayern Munich star Benjamin Pavard caught for drunk driving
This is not okay.According to a report by Bild, Bayern Munich star Benjamin Pavard was caught by Munich police for driving under the influence of alcohol around six weeks ago.The Frenchman allegedly had a blood alcohol level over 0.08, and currently no longer drives himself to training.It is unknown what the punishment for the player ended up being, but two days after the incident, Pavard was summoned to Hasan Salihamidzic's office and given a hefty fine in the "high-five digit" range.
Driver in fatal Gowanus Expressway ramp crash charged with drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter * Brooklyn Paper
A 23-year-old man was hit with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter charges Friday after a fatal crash at the entrance to the Gowanus Expressway in Bay Ridge earlier that morning.
Amy Berman Jackson Gets a Two-Page Footnote in for the Appeal of Carl Nichols - emptywheel
DOJ announced its long-awaited appeal of Carl Nichols' ruling rejecting DOJ's application of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) to January 6 today (he has granted three motions to dismiss the charge, and DOJ is appealing all three).