Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Applicant for FEMA’sindividual assistance FEMA announced on Oct. 9 that it was raising the maximum amount of assistance available under its “Individuals and Households Program” for emergencies and major disasters by $500 – from $31,400 to $31,900. This new ceiling on assistance…
Chicago cops catch man in interrogation room ceiling
By Rummana Hussain Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — A purported gang member arrested this week for allegedly shooting a year-old girl last summer tried to escape by climbing into the drop-ceiling of a police interrogation room, authorities said. Malik Jackson, 17, didn’t get very far — but officials upped his charges…