November 2016
THURSDAY’S DEAR ABBY
DEAR ABBY: With the holiday shopping season already here, may I suggest another way to look at gift giving? We all want to give the perfect gift to family members. Some gifts can cost a lot of money and some not. I would like people to take a step back and consider who they are […]
Crash revives debate over bus seat belts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. A crash that killed five children in Tennessee is reviving discussion over whether school buses — considered among the safest vehicles on the road because of their height and bulk — should also be equipped with seat belts. Only six states require seat belts on large buses. Many others, including Tennessee, have considered […]
Doctor: Some school bus crash survivors are ‘too dazed to talk’
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The injured children were so young that many couldn’t spell their names. Some couldn’t remember their birthdays or their parents’ names — just “Momma” when asked. As survivors of a Chattanooga school bus crash began to arrive in the pediatric emergency room, Dr. Darvey Koller could see the devastation in their eyes. “Many […]
A year after Laquan McDonald video, Chicago’s reforms uneven
CHICAGO Laquan McDonald’s life seemed to be headed nowhere. A ward of the state who had been shuffled between relatives’ homes and foster care, he was 17 when, high on the hallucinogenic drug PCP, he wandered down the street slashing tires with a knife. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the release of the […]