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Murphy claimed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act led to a “12% reduction in urban homicides in this country.” PolitiFact rates the claim Half True.

Six years ago, when Kendrick Fisher asked Louisiana’s governor to soften the sentence he received for slaying Timothy Dunn, the request opened a floodgate of emotions for Dunn’s family.

On today's top 5 Miller Company pledges $3.5 billion to Salt Lake development, including a possible MLB stadium.

Lawmakers in 2018 raised the purchase age to 21 following revelations that Stoneman Douglas shooter Nikolas Cruz had legally purchased the AR-15-style weapon...

Numbers are hard to come by but one report found they were up 93 per cent across 10 cities from 2019 to 2023

Wait times for police calls in New York City have never ben longer.

Experts agree that general trends show younger Americans are likelier to commit fatal shootings.

Vehicle thefts have risen across the U.S., largely due to an increase in Kia and Hyundai thefts. But that's not what's happening now in St. Paul, Minn., where car thefts have fallen dramatically.

Violent crime decreased in Charleston County in 2023, according to an analysis of initial reports by The Post and Courier. What could be in store for 2024?

The rates of both property crime and violent crime in Colorado went down in 2023, as people seemed to assume they were going up.