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  • It’s time for Apple to reinstate ICEBlock

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    In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock — and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity — from its App Store. Apple’s stated rationale? The apps could “be used to harm law enforcement officers.” But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers don’t need protection from civilians. Apple had that exactly backward.

    That became impossible to ignore on Wednesday, when ICE agent Jonathon Ross killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in cold blood. By now, you don’t need me to recount her brutal last moments. But the footage (graphic and disturbing as it is) is out there, and we can see the Trump administration’s propaganda about the event for what it is.

    ICE was a dangerous force long before this week. This was the agency’s ninth shooting since September. 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025. Around a third of those arrested by ICE agents — often masked and refusing to identify themselves — don’t even have criminal records.

    What changed this week was, arguably, that the victim wasn’t a brown-skinned person. ICE claimed the life of a white American citizen, one who, according to her wife, was a kind, loving mom and a Christian. Unfortunately, the US has a dark history of shrugging off violence as long as it’s directed towards a marginalized group. That wasn’t possible for mainstream newsreaders here.

    LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 8, 2026 Dozens, holding photos of Renee Nicole Good, protest her death a day after an ICE agent killed Good in Minneapolis, in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on January 8, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Genaro Molina via Getty Images)

    On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance smeared Good baselessly, insisting the mother was part of a “left-wing network.” He also claimed ICE holds “absolute immunity” when it comes to doing things like killing Americans in broad daylight. Meanwhile, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt framed the deadly incident as the “result of a larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country.” And the FBI has blocked Minnesota’s criminal investigation bureau from accessing evidence to complete a thorough examination of the homicide.

    In short: an agency with the full backing of the federal government killed an innocent citizen, and while there are tools to inform the public about the likely locations that agency may be acting in, Apple has chosen to keep them from us.

    Apple has a history of presenting itself as a safer, socially progressive alternative within Big Tech. Its keynotes are replete with heartfelt testimony of iPhone and Apple Watch features saving lives. It releases Pride-themed accessories to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the company has (so far) resisted government pressure to eliminate its DEI programs. Hell, its modern era was kicked off by the “Here’s to the crazy ones” TV ad, which intercut images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Lennon and Gandhi — explicitly cloaking its corporate image in civil disobedience and social justice.

    A photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Apple's homepage (2015)

    A photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Apple’s homepage (2015) (Apple / The Internet Archive)

    But the company also wields that progressive image for selfish reasons, wrapping business priorities in the guise of conscientiousness. For example, when government regulations push for openness or interoperability, Apple warns of the security and privacy risks for its users. When Apple tightly controls where you can buy apps, it’s about keeping porn away from the kids. And Apple has decided the theoretical safety of ICE officers is more valuable than the very real threat they pose to the communities they harass.

    ICEBlock’s availability on the App Store may not have changed the outcome of Wednesday’s events. But it could resume its job as a community informer. It could make it easier to notify the public of where these masked thugs are congregating, perhaps even helping others avoid Good’s fate.

    Engadget has reached out to Apple for comment on reinstating ICEBlock; we’ll update if we receive a response.

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  • 3 officers killed, 2 injured in York County shooting: Pa. state police

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    An unknown person fatally shot three police officers and wounded two more Wednesday afternoon in York County, according to Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris.

    There is no active threat to the community, according to Paris, and the shooter was killed by law enforcement.

    York County District Attorney Tim Barker will release more information this evening, Paris said.

    Law enforcement officers were at a property in North Codorus Township where the shootings occurred to follow up on a “domestic-related” investigation that began Tuesday, Paris said. He said police are not releasing more details because they are obtaining and serving more search warrants.

    “There are no words I can offer to assuage the grief the community experiences,” Paris said. “We stand here united. We will not rest until we’ve conducted a full, fair, competent and thorough investigation into this matter.”

    Paris delivered the information at a news conference hosted in an auditorium on the first floor of WellSpan York Hospital. The room was lined with law enforcement and medical personnel.

    The shooting, which occurred at around 2:10 p.m., stemmed from a warrant service on Haar Road in North Codorus Township in York County, according to NBC10.

    Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro lamented the tragedy of the shooting, and referred to the fatal shooting of Officer Andrew Duarte who was killed in February by a stray projectile while responding to a hostage situation at York Memorial Hospital.

    Shapiro shared that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi reached out to him and offered the federal government’s support in the investigation.

    “This is an absolutely tragic and devastating day for York County and the entire commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said.

    “We need to help the people who think that picking up a gun, picking up a weapon, is the answer to resolving disputes,” Shapiro said. “We need to do better when it comes to mental health, and dealing with those in need.

    “We have to do better as a society,” Shapiro said.

    A log of 911 calls describes the incident as “officer down,” with a “signal 13,” which means officer in trouble. Officers needed medical transport, according to dispatch logs, with a medivac helicopter and ambulances sent to the scene.

    At least two officers were transported with multiple gunshot wounds, according to dispatch logs.

    Officers were keeping people well back from the scene in the area’s rolling farmland, with some 30 police vehicles blocking off roads bordered by a barn, a goat farm and soybean and corn fields.

    The incident resulted in a temporary shelter-in-place order within the Spring Grove School District. Students have since been driven home by school buses.

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    Michelle Baughman with the York County District Attorney’s office said Wednesday afternoon, “We will come forth with information at an appropriate time; however, now is not that time.”

    Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, in a social media post, said, “Please send prayers to the officers and those involved in the shooting in York County.”

    The Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia said in a social media post that they were “monitoring the incident” in Pennsylvania and advised Mexican residents nearby to follow official instructions.

    A spokesperson for the Mexican consulate in Philadelphia said the post was “only a precautionary alert for our community.

    PennLive staff writer Madison Montag and The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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  • Three police officers killed, two wounded in York County ‘domestic-related’ investigation

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    Governor Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania State Police commissioner offer details on a shooting in York County that left three police officers dead. (Photo courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services)

    *This is a breaking news story. We’ll move quickly to provide the best information we have at the time.*

    Three law enforcement officers were shot and killed in North Codorus Township, York County, on Wednesday during an investigation into a “domestic-related” incident that happened at a home there the previous day, state police said. 

    Two others were wounded and were in critical, but stable, condition Wednesday night. The suspect was killed by police, according to State Police Commissioner Col. Christopher Paris.

    As of 6:15 p.m. Wednesday evening, there was no active threat to the public, Paris said at a press conference.

    “Our hearts and prayers go out to them, to the families of the deceased and the families of those officers who were wounded,” Paris said. “There are simply no words that I can offer to assuage the grief that this community has experienced, and unfortunately will continue to experience.”

    The injured officers are being treated at WellSpan York Hospital. Paris did not share which law enforcement agencies the officers who were shot worked for, and noted that many details would not be made public until the investigation progresses.

    It’s the second time a York County officer has been killed in the line of duty this year. In February, West York Patrolman Andrew Duarte was killed during a hostage situation at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York.

    Gov. Josh Shapiro, who made a speech against political violence last night in Pittsburgh at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit, travelled to York County Wednesday.

    “This kind of violence isn’t ok,” he said at a press conference. “We need to do better as a society. We need to help the people who think that picking up a gun, picking up a weapon, is the answer to resolving disputes. We need to do better when it comes to mental health.”

    It was the deadliest single day for law enforcement in the commonwealth since the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police began keeping track on their fallen heroes page, which dates back to 2012. On April 4 2009, three officers were killed in a shooting in the Stanton Hill neighborhood in Pittsburgh after responding to a domestic call. Two others were wounded. 

    Governor Josh Shapiro talks with Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Col. Christopher Paris after a shooting in York County left three police officers dead on September 17, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services)

    The name of the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting was not released, but the incident took place near a home on Haar Road.

    Phoebe Luckenbaugh, who lives several houses away from where the shooting happened, said the property with a farmhouse and a red barn close to the road was home to a young family.

    Craig Zumbrum, who is listed in property records as the owner with his wife, Elizabeth, died in 2023. His widow and four children, including two teenagers, still live in the home and were often seen in the yard, Luckenbaugh said.

    “They’re a nice normal country family,” she said, adding that she has no first-hand knowledge of what happened at the farm Wednesday. Since Craig Zumbrum’s death, a relative has raised crops on the farm for the family, Luckenbaugh said.

    State Police are asking the public to avoid the scene.

    Paris said that state police will lead the investigation, in collaboration with York County District Attorney Tim Barker. He added that state police have been in touch with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s office in Philadelphia.

    “I can assure you that all of the resources of the Pennsylvania state police are being brought to bear,” Paris said. He added that, for the time, state police will be taking over calls for service for the Northern York County Regional Police Department.

    Shapiro said he was contacted by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who he said “shared with me we have the full support of the federal government.”

    “We so appreciate law enforcement at every level, and we of course appreciate our federal partners,” Shapiro added.

    Bondi said in a post on the social media platform X that the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were on the scene.

    “Violence against law enforcement is a scourge on our society and never acceptable,” she wrote. “Pray for the officers involved.”

    Attorney General Dave Sunday, who previously served as the York County District Attorney, said on social media that he was travelling to the county after hearing about the incident.

    “Learning that three officers were killed in York County where I worked for many years as a prosecutor, and where I still call home, is unfathomable,” he said in a statement. “Having served alongside these officers, I know of their caliber, their professionalism and the lasting impact they had on our community. This loss is a heart-wrenching reminder of the sacrifices police officers and other first responders make every single day.”

    Shapiro has ordered flags in the commonwealth to be flown at half-staff until the officers are interred. No date has been set yet.

    The Pennsylvania Capital-Star’s Peter Hall contributed to this story. 

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  • Police participate in ‘Shop With a Cop’ event benefiting children in Westmoreland County

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    The annual “Shop with a Cop” charity golf outing took place in Westmoreland County on Monday.

    The outing, held at Champions Lakes, has over 200 participants, including law enforcement officers, the DA’s office, politicians and local business owners.

    Proceeds from the outing benefit children who are impacted by crime in the county.

    Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Limani organizes the event each year.

    He said hundreds of kids participated this year.

    “The one year we took 550 kids shopping and it’s based on need. We reach out to each police department and they have the opportunity to nominate children within Westmoreland County. Then we go out there, hit the streets and take the kids shopping. I think the kids get a lot out of it, but I’m going to tell you the police officers get just as much,” Limani said.

    He says they raise over $50,000 during the annual event, which is nearly half of the operating cost for Shop with a Cop.

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  • Montana man caught a week after bar shooting faces 4 counts of murder

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    A man suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar and evading capture for a week while hundreds of law enforcement officers searched for him in the nearby mountains faces four counts of murder, according to court records.

    Defendant Michael Paul Brown lived next door to The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, where a bartender and three patrons were shot and killed Aug. 1.

    Authorities have not commented on a potential motive for the 45-year-old former soldier. His niece has said Brown long struggled with mental illness. Several local residents told CBS News they were aware of his troubles.

    The charges Brown faces were posted on a court website Saturday after the case previously had been under seal by a state judge. Charging documents were not immediately available.

    Following the shooting, authorities said Brown stole a truck and then ditched it a few miles outside of town, close to where he was eventually apprehended.

    He hid in nearby forests, moving locations while helicopters and drones circled overhead and officers and dogs searched on the ground, officials said. But he was eventually flushed into a sparsely populated area near a state highway by the pressure of so many officers searching for him, according to officials.

    Brown was captured on Aug. 8 inside an unoccupied structure near a state highway.

    Investigators also are examining whether he had any contact with individuals or property owners who might have helped him while he was on the run.

    State Department of Justice spokesperson Chase Scheuer said Friday that the probe is ongoing.

    Brown is scheduled to make an initial district court appearance on Sept. 3. He is being held on $2 million bail and represented by attorney Walter Hennessey, who did not immediately respond to telephone messages on Friday or Saturday. Brown is accused of killing Daniel Edwin Baillie, 59; Nancy Lauretta Kelley, 64; David Allen Leach, 70; and Tony Wayne Palm, 74.

    Anaconda, about 25 miles northwest of Butte, is home to roughly 9,000 people. Hemmed in by mountains, it was founded by a copper magnate in the late 1800s. A smelter stack that is no longer operational looms over the valley.

    The owner of The Owl Bar has said Brown patronized it over the past several decades, but he was not aware of any conflicts between the suspect and victims. Montana’s attorney general said the suspect lived next door to the bar and appeared to be a regular.

    A conviction for murder, known in Montana as deliberate homicide, is punishable by death in the state. Executions have been on hold since 2015 under a court ruling regarding a drug used in lethal injections.

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  • Police are increasing their focus on drunken driving in Michigan this month. Here’s why

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    To combat late summer and Labor Day holiday impaired driving, state officials have created a task force to increase enforcement and messaging about the dangers of driving drunk.

    The “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, which runs through Sept. 1, is a collaboration with the Michigan State Police (MSP) and county and municipal law enforcement agencies to try to and stop crashes involving impaired drivers.

    “Impaired driving is totally preventable, yet more than 12,000 people are killed each year because someone selfishly decides to drive under the influence. Law enforcement officers nationwide are joining us to help stop impaired drivers and save lives,” NHTSA Chief Counsel Peter Simshauser said in a release.

    Officials say from mid-August through the holiday they see an uptick in crashes involving drivers who are under the influence. During the heightened enforcement period, officers will be focusing on motorists who are under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

    “Getting behind the wheel of a vehicle after you’ve been drinking or taking drugs endangers you, your passengers and everyone else on the road,” said Alicia Sledge, director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP). “We are encouraging people to make the right choice and find a sober ride home if they plan on consuming substances that impair driving abilities.”

    One person is killed about every 42 minutes in a drunk driving crash, totaling more than 12,000 lives lost each year, the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration says. In 2023, 30% of all traffic fatalities involved an alcohol-impaired driver.

    From 2019 to 2023 there were a total of 44 driver fatalities in traffic crashes in Michigan during the Labor Day holiday period.

    Of those crashes, 43.2% were alcohol and/or drug-impaired, according to the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) and a news release from MSP.

    “I’ve seen first hand the heart-breaking devastation caused by poor decision-making of impaired drivers,” said Judge Brooks-Green, the chair of the Michigan Impaired Driving Task Force. “I’m honored and excited to be working alongside key stakeholders in traffic safety, including law enforcement agencies, community organizations, public health officials and other experts in the impaired-driving field, to help make our roads safer for everyone.”

    Here’s what to know about the program and ways Michiganders can keep themselves safe this holiday season:

    What blood alcohol concentration is illegal in Michigan?

    It’s illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or higher in Michigan, the release says. Officers also have the right to arrest a person at any BAC level if they believe the driver is impaired.

    How does alcohol affect your driving?

    According to Michigan Medicine, as little as 0.02 BAC can affect your driving. Here’s how:

    • BAC 0.02%: Decline in visual function, inability to perform two tasks at once, loss of judgment, altered mood.

    • BAC 0.05%: Reduced coordination, reduced ability to track objects, difficulty steering, slower response time.

    • BAC 0.08%: Reduced ability to concentrate, short-term memory loss, lack of speed control, impaired perception.

    • BAC 0.10%: Deterioration in reaction time, reduced ability to maintain lane position, reduced ability to brake, slurred speech.

    • BAC 0.15%: substantial impairment of vehicle control, loss of auditory information processing, loss of balance, vomiting may occur.

    The numbers on drunk driving data in Michigan

    According to a MIDTF report from 2023, in Michigan:

    • Of the 1,021 fatal crashes, 272 (26.6%) were alcohol-involved and 230 (22.5%) were drug-involved.

    • There were 8,817 alcohol-involved crashes (with 297 fatalities) and 2,250 drug-involved crashes (with 256 fatalities). The alcohol-involved fatalities accounted for 27.1% of people killed (1,095).

    • “Had Been Drinking” (HBD) injury crashes were highest in both June and July in 2023 (342 each), but the highest number of HBD fatal crashes (40) occurred in August.

    • There were 1,589 (18.2%) drinking drivers in crashes who were 24 or younger.

    Keeping safe during Labor Day weekend

    According to a 2023 news release from the state’s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs office, to practice safe holiday drinking, Michiganders should:

    • Never binge drink, generally defined as four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men in a two-hour period.

    • Have a pre-set limit. Remember that no one can force you to have “just one more” — or even one drink.

    • Have a plan beforeyou leave the house on how you’ll get home safely. Designate a sober driver to drive you home, or easily arrange for ride-share services by booking an Uber or Lyft through a phone app. Local taxicab operators are also just a phone call away.

    • Never let a friend drive drunk. Take the keys away and arrange a safe way for them to get home.

    • If you see a drunk driver on the road, call 911 to reach law enforcement.

    Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at jawilliams1@freepress.com.

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