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May 31 0000 UTC Brief
In law enforcement
Virginia authorities are still searching for Michael Puckett after they say he ambushed two Carroll County deputies during a welfare check Friday night, killing Deputy Logan Utt and injuring another officer. The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward, and officials are warning the public not to approach him.
In Pennsylvania, Officer Yeager with the Central Berks Regional Police Department was killed in a crash while responding to help a neighboring department. Two separate incidents, both reminders that police work can turn lethal without much warning.
In politics
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing fresh scrutiny after reports that he exchanged sexually explicit texts with other women during his marriage. The disclosure, shared with his campaign last year by his wife, adds to a growing pile of trouble for the presumptive nominee as he prepares to challenge Republican Senator Susan Collins.
In Britain
A 170-year-old Christian music festival in Buckley, Wales, is under strain after Flintshire County Council moved to full cost recovery for road closures and event support. Organisers of the Buckley Jubilee say fees for traffic management, bunting, and insurance have made the event much harder to sustain, though this year’s festival will go ahead after emergency fundraising.
In Germany
A German court has sentenced a former member of the Red Army Faction after she spent decades in hiding. The case also drew attention because, according to the supplied details, it was a journalist, not police using facial recognition, who helped track her down. A tidy use of technology, then, in the service of catching someone who spent years trying to stay invisible.
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