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The audience gets glimmers of Katie and Greg’s relationship, but the show is bogged down by dull characters like the policeman who seems to have it out for Greg, and even by its focus on Archie’s point of view, which is just a depiction of narcissism and a formulaic pseudo-midlife crisis.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
The alleged kidnapping of Donaldson was the second time this normally rare type of crime — the abduction of a policeman during the course of his job — has occurred in the East Bay in two months.
The agency is in the process of hiring and onboarding 10,000 additional personnel in its Enforcement and Removal Operations office, which had about 6,500 officers until last year.
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Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected.
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Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Mar. 2026
North Texas law enforcement agencies are warning residents about scam calls in which callers impersonate sheriff’s deputies and police officers, accusing recipients of missing jury duty or having outstanding warrants.
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Maria Salette Ontiveros,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Mar. 2026
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper attempted to stop the fleeing driver by using a precision immobilization technique, or PIT maneuver.
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Joan Murray,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
The trooper who opened fire was not injured and was placed on administrative leave until an internal probe of the shooting is done.