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Karen Robinson-Jacobs

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St. Louis
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Covers:  I cover business issues impacting communities of color in the metro St. Louis area.
i love the lord, family & food, in that order. am a knobler fellow with @typeinvestigate and an investigative reporter with @leeentnews krobjacobs@gmail.com
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42 people died in police chases in North Carolina last year. Is it an upward trend?

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| Hickory Daily Record Verified
Law enforcement pursuits – sparked by everything from speeders to a lack of license plates – claimed at least 42 lives in North Carolina in 2024, a review of public records shows. The carnage continues as grief-stricken loved ones and some law enforcement officials push for tighter restrictions on police chases.
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42 people died in police chases in North Carolina last year. 2 Triad departments refuse to release their chase policies

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| Winston-Salem Journal Verified
Law enforcement pursuits – sparked by everything from speeders to a lack of license plates – claimed at least 42 lives on North Carolina roadways in 2024, more than double the death toll recorded in the state for each year between 2018 and 2021, a review of public records shows. The carnage continues even as grief-stricken loved ones and some law enforcement officials push for tighter restrictions on police chases.
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3 years after George Floyd's death, are local police as diverse as their communities?

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| Winona Daily News Verified
Nearly three-quarters of more than 100 law enforcement agencies across much of the U.S. don't reflect the racial makeup of their communities, data supplied by the departments to Lee Enterprises shows. As part of a seven-month investigation by Lee and Type Investigations, agencies were ranked based on the gap between the proportion of officers and leadership in the agency who identify as people of color and the percentage of people of color in the communities they serve.
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For 6 million US women, finding a safe place to have a baby is difficult, report finds

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| Buffalo News Verified
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For 6 million US women, finding a safe place to have a baby is difficult, report finds

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| WFMZ-TV (Allentown, PA) Verified
Women in more than half the states across the country saw availability of nearby prenatal and pregnancy care drop from 2018 to 2022, according to a nationwide study released Tuesday by the March of Dimes. The report estimates that nearly 6 million women in the United States live in counties with no or limited access to maternity care services.
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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| Pantagraph Verified
Robin Fritz, a 5-foot-1-inch woman in her early 60s, was “terrified” when she was tackled by a sheriff’s deputy in Sullivan County, Tennessee, she said in a civil rights lawsuit filed last year. The encounter came after she confronted a teenage neighbor who she said was driving recklessly.
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Camera use by local police departments rises, but are they worth it? Experts disagree

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| madison.com
Robin Fritz, a 5-foot-1-inch woman in her early 60s, was "terrified" when she was tackled by a sheriff's deputy in Sullivan County, Tennessee, she said in a civil rights lawsuit filed last year. The encounter came after she confronted a teenage neighbor who she said was driving recklessly.
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Camera use by local police departments rises, but are they worth it? Experts disagree

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By Karen Robinson-Jacobs Verified
| Tulsa World Verified
Robin Fritz, a 5-foot-1-inch woman in her early 60s, was “terrified” when she was tackled by a sheriff’s deputy in Sullivan County, Tennessee, she said in a civil rights lawsuit filed last year. The encounter came after she confronted a teenage neighbor who she said was driving recklessly.
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