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Pat Young, the chief of detectives for Beaver County, slammed Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe’s comments in a Senate hearing over the lack of communication on the day of former President Donald Trump’s rally. The rally where Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump, killed Corey Comperatore, and injured James Copenhaver and David Dutch. Every time local law enforcement releases new information, it shows no communication from the Secret Service (USSS), and the agency quickly denies it and pushes back. instance, Pennsylvania SWAT said the USSS never held a briefing with them or others before the rally. The members never spoke...

Ban on Rebel flag items is overruled JUDGE SIDES WITH STUDENT IN W.VA. CASE By Brian Farkas ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal judge has ruled a high school dress code that banned items bearing the "Rebel flag" is overly broad and violates students' rights to free speech. But U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. warned students if they use the Confederate battle flag as a symbol to violate the rights of others, "the very ban struck down today might be entirely appropriate." Copenhaver's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Hurricane (W.Va.) High School senior Franklin Bragg,...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal judge has ruled a high school dress code that banned items bearing the "Rebel flag" is overly broad and violates students' rights to free speech. But U.S. District Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. warned students if they use the Confederate battle flag as a symbol to violate the rights of others, "the very ban struck down today might be entirely appropriate." Copenhaver's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Hurricane (W.Va.) High School senior Franklin Bragg, who was ordered to serve two in-house detentions last November for wearing the T-shirt with the flag's image. The...