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Officer Mia Goodwin, 33, died when a tractor-trailer hit a truck cab that in turn collided with several Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) cars early on Wednesday morning. In a news briefing later that day, CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings confirmed that officer Goodwin had died while on duty and that several other police staff had been injured. He told reporters: “Today the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is hurting, we mourn the loss of police officer Mia Goodwin and the profession hurts, our city hurts....

According to WXYZ News in Michigan, 27-year-old Glorianna Moore was arrested by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department on May 8 after a routine food delivery. The news site reported that after delivering Dunkin’ Donuts in the town of Pontiac, she was followed by a deputy for six blocks before being pulled over. After she was pulled over, the deputy asked Moore for her license, but she responded by saying, “What am I getting stopped for?...

Although there are other Pokemon that are compatible with the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Pokedex, in terms of numbered Pokedex entries, players have to catch and evolve 400 Pokemon. This guide will talk about Fletchling in particular, a tiny robin Pokemon that’s been around since Pokemon X & Y; players that want to know how to catch and evolve it should keep reading to become informed. How To Evolve Fletchling Fletchling is a Pokemon that players will most likely encounter earlier on in their playthrough....

While Pokemon Scarlet & Violet offered a number of new items, many of the old favorites remain powerful. The Assault Vest is among that lot. As in previous generations, Assault Vest gives Pokemon a 50% boost to their Sp. Def stat with the drawback of preventing the holder from using non-damaging moves. RELATED: Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: How to Get Life Orb Given the fact that a significant number of players approach the game in that way regardless, this is essentially free stats for a lot of players....

Earthquake has been a reliable attack throughout the entire history of Pokemon. Its 100 damage beats out go-to attacks such as Flamethrower and Thunderbolt while still maintaining their 100% accuracy. It can also be learned by a very long list of Pokemon, making it a common sight in both single and double battles, whether that’s in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet or almost any other mainline game in the series....

RELATED: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet: Funniest Memes From The Games’ Launch The first three Pokemon to be revealed for these games were of course the starters, Fuecoco, Sprigatito, and Quaxly. Sprigatito is the Grass-type starter Pokemon that players can choose to partner up with at the start of their Pladean journey. It starts as a cute cat and ends up evolving into a bipedal magician. Upon reaching its final form, Meowscarada, it sees an incredible increase in its attack and speed stats and gains access to a diverse set of moves....

When Game Freak and Nintendo revealed new Pokemon coming to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, one Pokemon in particular took the internet by storm. Fans have been professing their love for Lechonk since it was revealed to the world, and it seems the fan fervor hasn’t died down yet. RELATED: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Fan Has Interesting Theory About Lechonk’s Evolution Lechonk isn’t a Pokemon Scarlet and Violet starter, but it’s become hugely popular nonetheless....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet heralded the latest generation in the long-running mainline video game series of the iconic franchise. The Generation IX titles take place in the vast wild expanse of Paldea, where players will get the opportunity to catch over 400 pocket monsters. This article lists all the available Mystery Gift codes for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet that players can use in January 2023. It will also inform readers on how they can redeem these through the in-game menu....

Since the release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, many players have come forward to report a number of game-breaking bugs and glitches that they have encountered while playing. While some of these may be minor inconveniences, others can cause serious issues like game crashes or data loss. This can lead to hours of wasted time and, in some cases, may even cause players to give up on the game entirely....

A great example is that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players can never take their school uniform off, nor change the way it looks outside of four predetermined outfits - one for every season. As such, players’ freedom is quite limited because school uniforms are such an overbearing part of the whole outfit that it’s hard to make anything else pop, especially considering that their colors cannot be changed. However, this is far from the worst issue that character customization entails in Gen 9, as Pokemon Scarlet and Violet completely remove the ability to wear skirts in Paldea....

The coin creature is likely to remain one of the most OP Pokemon in Scarlet and Violet, even after the nerfs, but this poses the question as to why The Pokemon Company doesn’t employ a different system for their games to support more frequent post-launch patches. This is something that many live service titles in the industry do, with developers focusing on new bits of content to release every season, including balance patches that tackle the most problematic elements in the game....

In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, there are three storylines for players to choose from. However, if players want to make any significant headway, focusing on one storyline at a time isn’t an option. If players want to catch and battle with higher-level Pokemon, challenging Gyms is a must. Likewise, if players want to fully explore Paldea, they need to complete Arven’s quest to unlock more of their Legendary Pokemon’s traversal methods....

Paradox Pokemon are an entirely new concept introduced in Gen 9, and it seems that they might be tied to the overarching story of the Paldea region, possibly each appearing in specific locations indicated by the mysterious Scarlet and Violet books revealed today. Each Paradox Pokemon’s types change to a degree, and they are allegedly all going to be dual-type pocket monsters in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. According to the leaks, for example, Great Tusk will be a Ground and Fighting hybrid, whereas Iron Treads will be Ground/Electric....

Each Paradox Pokemon inherits one of the types of its original form which results in some having much better type combos than others. Flutter Mane, for example, retains Misdreavus’ Ghost-type while adding the fantastic Fairy type giving it only two weaknesses and a whopping three immunities. Scream Tail’s Psychic/Fairy-typing is far from bad, however, it doesn’t capitalize on its Psychic abilities enough to make it useful. Instead, keeping Jigglypuff’s Normal-typing while adding the Ghost type could have made Scream Tail much more powerful, putting it alongside the ranks of Hisuian Zoroark as one of the few mons using this incredible type combo....

RELATED: Gamer Finishes Every Pokemon Game Without Reusing the Same Pokemon For those looking to get the most out of their games, it might be time to take on a Pokemon challenge. Fans of the series have designed many challenges to make the games harder over the years, with difficulty ranging everywhere from demanding to downright mind-numbing. Updated Sept 28th, 2021 by Russ Boswell: Pokemon continues to grow in popularity, which is wild considering it’s over 25-years-old....

RELATED: Pokémon Sword & Shield: The 10 Strongest Galar Pokémon, Ranked While Sword and Shield do a better job explaining why some gym leaders use weaker Pokémon through the idea of a gym league challenge, the idea of a trainer with level 100 Pokémon battling against fully realized gym leaders sounds like the ultimate Pokémon challenge. 10 Gordie Gordie is Pokémon Sword’s rock type gym leader of Circhester. During the main story, Gordie’s team is made up of a level 40 Barbacle, a level 40 Shuckle, a level 41 Stonjourner, and a level 42 Gigantamax Coalossal....

The Pokemon Company warned players about doing this back in mid-April, but it seems more people have started using the trick than less. As a result, The Pokemon Company has decided to follow through with its threat of banning cheaters. RELATED: Japan is Selling Really Expensive Gigantamax Pikachu and Meowth Plushes As of right now, anyone deemed using this “loss prevention” glitch will lose the ability to participate in online Sword and Shield competitions....

It’s now confirmed that the rare Pokemon Double Pack SteelBook Edition is back for this year’s Pokemon Sword and Shield release. The bundle retails for a $119.99, the combined price of both Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield bought separately. The two-game package also includes a custom SteelBook featuring the two main Legendary Pokemon Zacian and Zamazenta in a gold box. There’s just one catch: the SteelBox Edition of the games is retailer exclusive....

Although Pokemon GO has an affinity for hat-wearing Pokemon, the fun costumed creatures rarely make an appearance in the main series of games. Aside from a few exceptions, and a past event that featured these same hat-wearing Ash’s Pikachu, players don’t often have the opportunity to collect novelty Pokemon like these. And now that event Pokemon are distributed digitally, instead of via live/physical events, it’s easier than ever to take advantage of the few opportunities that present themselves....

DLC for Pokemon games stirred up some controversy too at the time, since players had no idea what to expect from such a thing. Now, the precedent has been set. Isle of Armor tells players a lot about what to expect from The Crown Tundra in terms of length, content, and potential. RELATED: Scrapped Pokemon Snap Levels That Could Appear in New Pokemon Snap Isle of Armor’s Impressions Both of Sword and Shield’s DLCs are focused around adding new areas to the Galar region for the player to discover, as their names indicate....