Citing the recent line-of-duty deaths of Auburn police officer Ronald Tarentino and state trooper Thomas Clardy, the Senate unanimously agreed Thursday to a budget rider creating a scholarship program for the children of veterans, law enforcement officers and other public employees killed on the job.
Both Tarentino, a father of three, and Clardy, who had seven children, were killed conducting traffic stops. Tarentino was shot early Sunday morning and Clardy's cruiser was struck by another car on March 16.
(CNSNews.com) – An Israeli delegate lashed out this week at the World Health Organization for politicizing its annual assembly by singling out his country – the only one on earth condemned at the meeting for violating health rights.
Confronting what he called "the ritual of naming and shaming Israel," Omer Caspi on Wednesday criticized member states which he said "turn their eyes, ears and hearts away from real health emergencies and devote precious time and resources to politics."
