A Kentucky boy, 14, is shot in a prayer circle at school. A Washington, D.C., girl, 17, is shot while chatting outside with a group of friends. A 23-year-old woman, working her first job in Seattle, is shot by an intruder upset with tensions in...
The signs of dark, violent fantasies were ubiquitous in the social persona and private ramblings of Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a shaggy-haired, 17-year-old junior charged with killing nine classmates and a teacher’s aide and injuring many others at his high school in Santa Fe, a working class...
The Campbell County Jail in Jacksboro, Tn., in a remote corner of Appalachia, offers an agonizing glimpse into how the tidal wave of opioids and methamphetamines has ravaged the nation, the Associated Press reports. Addiction is driving skyrocketing rates of incarcerated women, tearing apart families...
Oeconomicae et Pecuniariae offers important insights not just for Catholics, but for anyone interested in a moral understanding of economics....
Programs that focus on addressing mental health and substance abuse issues of inmates can reduce the burden of crime on American taxpayers, according to the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). In a policy brief issued this month, the CEA suggested that every dollar spent...
The high school junior accused of gunning down 10 students and teachers in Santa Fe, Tx., faces a capital murder charge, but he never will be executed. Some day, he’ll be eligible for parole, the Houston Chronicle reports. Dimitrios Pagourtzis was charged as an adult,...