Bernard Condon, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A memorial to the seven people killed and others injured in Monday's Fourth of July mass shooting grows at a veterans memorial Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Red flags missed: How July 4 suspect slipped through system

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Jim Mustian Associated PressJuly 7, 2022

Illinois’ “red-flag” law could have stopped the suspect in the Independence Day parade shooting from buying a gun or at least delayed the purchase of the weapon he’s accused of using to kill seven people and wound dozens.Police in the Chicago suburb…

A TV display shows video evidence of a Grand Rapids police officer struggling with and shooting Patrick Lyoya at Grand Rapids City Hall on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed about 8:10 a.m., on April 4, after what police said was a traffic stop. (Grand Rapids Police Department)

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Chief IDs officer in fatal shooting

by John Flesher Associated Press, Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Ed White Associated PressApril 25, 2022

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. Genesis Healthcare, the nation’s largest nursing home operator which has 70,000 employees at nearly 400 nursing homes and senior communities, told its workers this week they will have to get COVID-19 vaccinations to keep their jobs — a possible shift in an industry that has largely rejected compulsory...

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Nursing home chain to workers: Get vaccine or lose your job

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Matt Sedensky Associated PressAugust 4, 2021

FILE - In this June 15, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo removes a mask as he holds a news conference in Tarrytown, N.Y. New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount. Unlike every other state with major outbreaks, New York only counts residents who died on nursing home property and not those who died in hospitals. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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NY’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, Matt Sedensky Associated Press, and Meghan Hoyer Associated PressAugust 11, 2020

In this Friday, April 17, 2020, photo, Dr. Gabrielle Beger, left, prepares to take a nose-swab sample from Lawrence McGee, as she works with a team of University of Washington medical providers conducting testing for the new coronavirus at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. Sending "drop teams" from University of Washington Medicine to conduct universal testing at skilled nursing facilities in collaboration with public health officials is...

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10,000 deaths: Ravaged nursing homes plead for more testing

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Matt Sedensky And Jim Mustian Associated PressApril 23, 2020

FILE-This Wednesday April 8, 2020 file photo shows a sign stating the 'Heroes Work Here' has been placed in the grounds of the Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber,File)

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Va. care home called ‘virus’s dream’ records 45 deaths

by Sarah Rankin Associated Press, and Bernard Condon Associated PressApril 14, 2020

A resident is removed from the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Gallatin, Tenn. Multiple people tested positive for the coronavirus at the facility Friday. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a statewide "safer-at-home" order on Monday to help stem the state's rapid spread of coronavirus, mandating the closure of all nonessential businesses while urging residents to remain at home whenever possible for the next two weeks. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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Nursing home infections, deaths surge amid lockdowns

by Jim Mustian Associated Press, Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Candice Choi Associated PressApril 2, 2020

In this Feb. 14, 2016, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant (24) hugs his daughter Gianna on the court in warm-ups before first half NBA All-Star Game basketball action in Toronto. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and several others are dead after their helicopter went down in Southern California on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

Helicopter tried to climb to avoid clouds before crash

by Stefanie Dazio Associated Press, David Koenig Associated Press, and Bernard Condon Associated PressJanuary 27, 2020

This June 2, 2017, frame from video shows the Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla.

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US picks Trump resort for G-7

by Kevin Freking Associated Press, and Bernard Condon Associated PressOctober 17, 2019

FILE - This photo from Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 shows then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event with employees at Trump National Doral in Miami. President Donald Trump was in full sales mode Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, doing everything but passing out brochures as he touted the features that would make the Doral golf resort the ideal place for the next G7 Summit _ close to the airport, plenty of hotel rooms, separate buildings for every delegation, even...

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Trump wants G-7 summit at his resort

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Adriana Gomez Licon Associated PressAugust 27, 2019