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Recent Examples of tapedThe trailheads for the Crosier Mountain hiking area are currently taped off with law enforcement caution tape, closing them to public access.—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Nearly two dozen dogs were rescued after they were found chained outside in Aliquippa during the winter storm, the Beaver County Humane Society announced on Tuesday.
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Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Wedding arrived in court wearing a tan jail jumpsuit with his ankles chained.
The immigrants are shackled and placed on flights to detention facilities in Texas, where they are forced to recount painful asylum claims with limited or no contact with family members or attorneys, lawyers and advocates say.
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Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Mangione, his feet shackled, wore a tan jail suit and sported a chinstrap beard at Friday's hearing, a departure from his usual clean-shaven look.