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US murder rate falls to 100-year low: report

US murder rate falls to 100-year low: report

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A look at data as concerns grow around surging violent crime | PBS News Hour

A look at data as concerns grow around surging violent crime | PBS News Hour

New report suggests these best practices for reducing crime in America

New report suggests these best practices for reducing crime in America

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Crime rates spike

Crime rates spike

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Student Loan Rates Double; What Are Long-Term Solutions? | PBS NewsHour

Student Loan Rates Double; What Are Long-Term Solutions? | PBS NewsHour

WATCH LIVE: Trump announces deal to expand coverage, lower costs on obesity drugs | PBS NewsHour

WATCH LIVE: Trump announces deal to expand coverage, lower costs on obesity drugs | PBS NewsHour

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Akron reports lower crime rates

Akron reports lower crime rates

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Tampa police Department noticing lower crime rates in the city

If you’re a victim of a crime, you're told to go to the police and report it. But what happens if they don’t believe you? From the Center of Investigative Reporting (@motherjonesmag and @revealnews), Rachel de Leon reports on how far one child had to go to prove her innocence. A warning: This story involves details of child abuse. | PBS NewsHour

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Putting criminals in prison actually does lower crime rates. | Congressman Tom McClintock

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Lower crime and birth rates mean America's prisons are emptying out

DIGGING DEEPER: 2023 Minnesota crime rates compared to previous years

Why are unsolved murders more common in certain communities? | PBS NewsHour

WATCH LIVE: Fed chair Powell holds news conference on interest rate decision | PBS NewsHour

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Experts say study is 'solid' that increasing police budget may not reduce crime rates

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Cable news continues to undercover data showing crime rates are falling

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Private prisons help with overcrowding, but at what cost? | PBS NewsHour

Violent crime increased last year even as property crime rates went down

President Donald Trump moved this week to take over policing in Washington, D.C., in order to “rescue our nation’s capital from crime." Yet, the data doesn’t back up many of his claims. Murder and violent crime dropped significantly across the U.S. last year. That trend has continued so far in 2025. The crackdown in the nation's capital comes as his administration has cut funding for other kinds of crime prevention work. | PBS NewsHour

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In an unprecedented move, President Trump has taken over Washington, D.C.'s police department and activated its National Guard. The federal takeover invokes rare, but legal, presidential authorities, but local officials say he’s wrong to say that crime has spiraled out of control. Amna Nawaz discussed the legality behind this action and what this means with Georgetown law professor Steve Vladeck. | PBS NewsHour

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Tensions are rising in Chicago as President Donald Trump signals that he'll soon send troops and ICE agents to the city as part of his crackdown on crime and illegal immigration. This weekend, he posted on Truth Social, “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” PBS New's John Yang spoke with Brandis Friedman, the anchor of Chicago Tonight on member station WTTW, for more on how residents are reacting. "This weekend we've seen a number of people take to the streets, thous

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Thursday's COVID-19 headlines: • The daily death toll has reached roughly 2,600 Americans for two days in a row — the most since early March. • In Idaho, officials have imposed health care rationing. The state has one of the nation's lowest vaccination rates. https://to.pbs.org/2xQQeuL | PBS NewsHour

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President Donald Trump seemed to downplay domestic abuse Monday during an event at the Museum of the Bible as he touted his crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. "If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see, so now I can't claim 100%," Trump said. "But, we are, we are a safe city." Trump also suggested that crime would be lower if "much lesser things" like domestic violence were not included in the data. In August, the Trump administration took control of the D.C.

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Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the number of immigrants coming to the United States has been too high. “I can believe that the United States should lower its levels of immigration in the future while also respecting that there are people who have come here through lawful immigration pathways that have contributed to the country,” Vance said during an event organized by Turning Point USA, the political advocacy organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk. “But just because one pers

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Sunday pushed back against the Justice Department's criminal probe into the central bank, saying the threat of charges is a "pretext" to undermine its independence. "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions or whether, instead, monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation," Powell said in a video. The DOJ issued grand jury subpoenas to the Fed over Powell

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School districts and families are pursuing lawsuits against social media giants seeking to hold them accountable for rising rates of teenage depression, suicides, cyberbullying and eating disorders. Special correspondent Christopher Booker has this report. https://to.pbs.org/3MzB3rB | PBS NewsHour

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The Supreme Court on Monday seemed to lean towards loosening a federal law that bars drug users from owning guns. During oral arguments, both liberal and conservative justices appeared to support a Texas man who argued he shouldn't have been charged with a crime because he owns a gun and uses marijuana. Critics fear such a ruling could put guns in the hands of serious drug users. A decision is expected by the end of June. | PBS NewsHour

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What's behind rising violent crimes in the U.S., and how they can be reduced

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Federal and state prosecutors charged a man with 16 counts of attempted murder and with a hate crime after he allegedly set fire to demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, who were marching in support of Israeli hostages. The Trump administration has condemned the attacker for his alleged crimes and his legal status, saying he had overstayed his visa. Laura Barrón-López reports. | PBS NewsHour

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