Homicides are falling across the U.S. And that shift could impact the role crime — often a top voter concern — plays as an issue in November's election. But it is a phenomenon for which experts don't have a clear explanation. Some say homicide peaks come and go in cycles, some say policing improved after the []
Goalkeepers will be punished if they hold the ball for longer than eight seconds. We now know which leagues can trial this rule in a bid to tackle time-wasting. Liverpool have been 'hungover' since Man United dumped them out of the FA Cup - where has their energy gone?
Social disorder. Prisons emptied of violent criminals by gangs looking to rebuild their ranks. Schools, hospitals, and pharmacies targeted for looting and frequently burned. Corpses left rotting in the streets for fear of succumbing to the same fate by attempts to remove them. The capital’s port was captured and ransacked, with famine threatening. Meanwhile, on Haiti’s northern coast, cruise ships still disgorge foreign tourists to the protected (with no shortage of irony) “Columbus Cove Beach.”...
The radical right is set to dominate forthcoming European elections. Progressives need a fresh start and a new approachThe political signals coming from France are ominous. According to one poll last week, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party (RN) has increased its lead to a runaway 15 points ahead of June’s European elections. For Emmanuel Macron, who pledged to use the French presidency to halt the rise of the far right, all indicators point to a humiliating defeat that would overshadow the...
Rome, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today that on April 24 it will present the World Food Crisis Report at its headquarters in this capital. The post FAO will present new World Food Crisis Report first appeared on Prensa Latina.
The number of mortgage applications, including refinancings and additions, increased by 16 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same quarter last year. Applications for the purchase of a home increased by 19 percent, De Hypotheker reported on Wednesday. Half of these applications were from young home buyers under the age of 35.
(The Center Square) – Using taxpayer dollars, the state of Illinois and Cook County have made commitments to provide direct financial support to migrants who have arrived in Chicago from the open southern U.S. border. The city is considering an additional $70 million. In February, the Pritzker administration and Cook County announced direct funding commitments for the issue in the coming fiscal year that begins this summer. It was unclear how much, if any...
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A Japanese person will be the first non-American to walk on the moon, US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday during a state visit by Japan's prime minister.
Fitch has downgraded the outlook on China's debt as it warned of increased
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NBC is adding a wholly unnecessary, yet somewhat interesting, tweak to some of their Summer Olympics coverage. In a lengthy feature about this summer’s games from Paris, Variety reveals that NBC is outfitting the parents of athletes competing with heart rate monitors and will display the results on-screen. In something that might seem more at