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Amid the stream of mass shootings that have become chillingly commonplace in America, the reality of the nation's staggering murder rate can often be seen more clearly in the deaths that never make national news. Take July 4 in Chicago. A rooftop shooter opened fire int...

There's been more than 140 murders reported in New Orleans in 2022. An unofficial tally showed 31 killings in June - the most in a single month since July 2004.

NEW ORLEANS - Halfway through the year, an informal survey of nationwide per-capita murder rates shows New Orleans is on pace to reclaim its ranking as the most murderous city

New Orleans City Councilman Oliver Thomas has suggested that the crime rate is too much for the local police department and its time to call in the military, as the murder rate jumped 46%

Against the backdrop of voter rage about crime that ousted San Francisco’s progressive...

People are being killed in Los Angeles in 2022 at near the same elevated rate as last year, when homicides hit a 15-year high, according to LAPD data.

According to Jeff Asher with AH Datalytics, New Orleans has seen 93 murder from the beginning of the year through April.

Paul Noel, a 25-year veteran who serves as Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau would become the latest in a steady exodus of leaders from the NOPD.

© Provided by Xinhua WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- As violent crimes, including shootings and other assaults, have increased overall in the United S

Spike in violence in U.S. "part of a broader trend": NYT -