A record 1.5 million FOIA requests in 2024 collide with sweeping staff reductions, leaving public records in limbo.

Spirit: An animating or vital principle held to give life to physical organisms. Etymology: Latin spiritus, literally, “breath,” from spirare “to blow, breathe.” We can’t see it, hear it, touch, taste ...

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The woman was involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act and spent days in a psychiatric ward.

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The case serves as a warning for parents everywhere that their children can be exploited by drug peddlers.