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Data from big cities suggests most violent crime fell last year. It's not the full picture, experts...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt's widely known the U.S. doesn't have reliable federal data on crime trends. But a new report out...
Big-city crime is down, but not in Memphis. A coalition of America's Black mayors will look for...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhen Paul Young was sworn in as the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, more than two months ago, he vowed...
FBI data shows America is seeing a 'considerable' drop in crime. Trump says the opposite.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJeff Asher is a New Orleans-based crime data analyst who has worked at the CIA and Department of...
Asheville police report citywide violent, property crime drop in first 3 months of 2024
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoASHEVILLE — Crime in Asheville appears to be continuing on a downward trajectory set by a record...
Crime in America is down, rudely interfering with GOP narrative that it's out of control
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTo: Fox News hosts and producers, far-right AM-radio pundits, Republican fearmongers and scary GOP...
Amid a crime spike and affair allegations, New Orleans mayor faces a possible recall election
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces a possible recall election as violent crime spikes,...
Just for laughs
The Gaston Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI read with great interest the last two Sundays’ Gaston Gazettes and determined that somebody at USA Today has a warped sense of humor. It is also...
The Excerpt: Crime stats show improvement. Why do so many believe it's never been worse?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn a special episode (first released on January 17, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Crime in 2023 saw one of the largest declines in history. According to the FBI, murder is down double digits ...
Hate crimes overall are on the rise in Illinois and across the U.S. Who's targeted?
Gannett via AOL· 5 months agoReports of hate crimes are on the rise across the United States, including Illinois. The 75...
Homicides are trending down, and we don't know all the reasons why. But do we need to?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMurder in the United States soared during 2020 and 2021, leveled off in 2022 and now appears to be...
