According to the D.A.'s report, Officer Coffey immediately "stepped out of his cruiser, drew his taser, turned it on and pointed it at Estrella," shouting "commands to Mr. Estrella to drop the knife." That's not a de-escalation tactic.
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Participants in this walk will learn key characteristics of common trees found in western Massachusetts and get tips to help identify them.
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On the evening of March 25, 2022, friends of Pittsfield, Mass. resident Miguel Estrella called 911 to request assistance for the 22-year-old,
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A hefty budget surplus reflects significantly stronger-than-expected revenue collections in the Commonwealth throughout the fiscal year.
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Poor Benedick's wounded.
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Reader shares view that Turkey's authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using tensions over Ukraine as a smokescreen to hide aggression against
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Pilots and professional athletes have long known the value of having aviators'/sports oxygen within easy reach. Now it's easy for the rest
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In this episode, we speak with filmmaker Julia Mintz, who is the writer, producer, and director of the award winning documentary, "Four
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On this episode, we speak with Ivy Moody, a legal expert who explains that alternative methods of dealing with community members in
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NORTH ADAMS – The community is invited to the August 5 FIRST Fridays Block Party on Eagle Street – a monthly downtown
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Ecuador’s Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition calls for “seizing the ecological power to shape our future.”
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Top Left Corner: And with me on the line is Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington. Andrea, thanks so much for coming on
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Is the world on the brink of fashion democracy that decouples the ever-accelerating cycle of trends from the engine of market tyranny?
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