San Diego logged 34 killings last year, a substantial fall from the 50 the year before. That decrease matched a fall in nearly every other major crime category in 2017 as well, from assaults and rapes, to burglary and vehicle theft, the San Diego Union-Tribune...
The Supreme Court will release orders from the February 23 conference on Monday. There is a possibility of opinions on Tuesday. The justices will hear oral argument on Monday in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees and Ohio v. American Express...
There is no count of many assault rifles are in circulation in the U.S., reports McClatchy Newspapers. Jan Kemp of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that, “by law, we are not allowed to have a national registry.” The gun industry’s argument...
The Parkland school shooting could be the turning point in the Florida debate over gun regulations, school security provisions and mental health services people say will help stop another mass school shooting from happening again, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. Lawmakers, after meeting with student survivors,...
The push for Congress to enact new federal gun restrictions after the Florida high school shooting faces formidable obstacles in Congress, where key Republicans have met calls for action with skepticism or silence, reports the Washington Post. Pressed by survivors of the Feb. 14 massacre,...
A federal jury returned a verdict on behalf of four New York City police officers accused of falsely arresting a man on drug charges, rejecting the man’s claim that he was detained so that the officers could earn overtime pay. The verdict in the case...