incident

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Instead, she said magistrates in Oldham made the decision to name and shame her following a conviction for an anti-social behaviour order following an incident at the town's main bus station.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

A Pasadena police officer shot and wounded a colleague in the shoulder inside the department’s parking garage last September during an incident the police chief described as “unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"Any threat against the president is taken very seriously by the department, and our US Park Police will investigate this incident and hold those responsible accountable," the spokesperson said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

That incident could have significantly set back the relationship between the government and SpaceX, according to Loverro, who is now president of Loverro Consulting.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Nevertheless, for weeks after the incident, the girls sat around discussing it, wishing things could have been different.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall