NBC New York

Radio calls asked for help 45 seconds before Mexican ship hit Brooklyn Bridge

The Mexican navy tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge was underway for less than five minutes before its masts crashed into the historic span, and radio calls indicating it was in distress went ...
WMNF

National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters

Sharp spikes in calls for food assistance are rare outside of natural disasters. AP Photo/Eric Gay Matthew W. Kreuter, Washington University in St. Louis and Rachel Garg, Washington University in St.
Hawai‘i Public Radio

Hawaiʻi immigration detention hotline reports over 200 calls for assistance this year

The University of Hawaiʻi Refugee and Immigration Law Clinic is reporting a significant jump in calls from the Honolulu Federal Detention Center. In 2023 and 2024, the clinic received no calls from ...