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Man sentenced for stealing veteran, Social Security benefits

January 20, 2022 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Georgia man convicted of participating in a scheme in Florida to steal more than $1.8 million in veteran and Social Security benefits has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison.

Governor wants tax cuts, crackdown on crime in election year

By MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANJanuary 19, 2022 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers are pushing to tap an unprecedented windfall of state income to shore up resources for public education, policing, health care and climate regulation at a 30-day legislative session that began on Tuesday.

Woman named to lead Cambridge police for first time

January 18, 2022 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Christine Elow has been sworn in as the Cambridge Police Department's commissioner, making her the first woman to hold the position in the department's more than 160-year history.

Tuskegee Airman, police officer honored with street names

January 17, 2022 GMT

MANDEVILLE, La. (AP) — Two streets in a Louisiana city will be named after two notable hometown figures: a Tuskegee Airman and the first Black female police officers.

The Mandeville City Council voted recently to rename streets for the airman, Samuel Sams Jr., and for law officer Beverly Fulton Watson, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.

Building could become museum for Black Civil War regiment

January 16, 2022 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A vacant building in Hartford could become a museum honoring a famed Black Civil War regiment.

Army veteran Bridgitte Prince is spearheading a project to raise $35 million to tell the story of the 29th Regiment Connecticut Infantry (Colored), the first Union soldiers to enter the defeated city of Richmond near the war's end.

WGNO-TV cites a team Facebook video as showing 108-year-old Lawrence Brooks being presented with the tickets Wednesday while Jordan chatted with the veteran over video.