The rate of reported crimes dipped in 2023, the FBI said Monday, with a 3% drop in the number of violent crimes reported to police and a 2.4% drop in property crimes. Even hate crimes fell, despite the tension in the Middle East. Motor vehicle thefts were up, and robbery reports remained roughly the same from 2022 to 2023. But other major categories of crime were all down, with reported murders dropping nearly 12% and the number of reported rapes down more than 9%. The data is an estimate based...

U.S. property crime trends for the same period likewise saw an overall decrease of 2.4% relative to 2022, with burglaries down 7.6% and larcenies down 4.4%. Motor vehicle thefts OTOH were up by a whopping 12.6%. Interestingly, even hate crime incidents showed a marginal drop of 0.6% in 2023 relative to 2022. So the bogus Republican talking point about crime rates exploding during the Biden Administration is, not surprisingly, just so much malarky — while they did indeed increase dramatically...

Mayor Todd Gloria endorsed the tough-on-crime plan during a morning rally. SAN DIEGO—A five-point plan to improve public safety and cleanliness in downtown San Diego was proposed Monday by a group of residents and business owners. Mayor Todd Gloria endorsed the tough-on-crime plan during a morning rally. “The success of downtown is imperative not only for the people who live, work and visit here every day, but for the continued progress and success of our entire city,” Gloria said. “From...

A Colorado county has gotten almost every homeless person off of the streets by enacting a “Handouts Don’t Help” initiative amid the nearby city of Denver’s all-out homeless and drug crisis. Less than an hour south of Denver, Douglas County has taken the panhandling, loitering, drug dealing, and street-sleeping problems seriously. Around 70 signs have been erected at intersections and roads that used to be popular homeless spots, directing people to DouglasHasHeart.org — a webpage with...

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“It gets to the very fundamental nature of democracy,” says Danielle Jefferis, an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska College of Law. “Who has a right to cast a ballot?” The Nebraska case weighs the redemptive power that the right to vote can have on those who’ve lost it, with the principle that voting rights come with responsibility to protect the integrity of elections. Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion now under...

OceanGate co-founder Guillermo Sohnlein articulated a vision for the future of deep-sea exploration during his testimony before the U.S. Coast Guard panel on Monday. Sohnlein, who co-founded OceanGate with Stockton Rush, left the company before the implosion of the Titan in June 2023. He outlined plans for a fleet of four to five deep-diving submersibles, each designed to carry five passengers to depths of 6,000 meters (approximately 19,685 feet). Sohnlein emphasized that the absence of a...

CARACAS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Bleider Leves, a 17-year-old mechanic, was heading to his Caracas home one day in late July after Venezuela's contested election when police grabbed him on the street. Officers beat, tortured and jailed him without cause, his mother said. Nearly two months later, the teenager remains imprisoned but there have been no charges nor any sign he will be released, his mother, Adelaida Herrera, said in an interview. Rights groups alleged there have been 25 deaths and 2,400...

Egypt said it sent military aid to Somalia, the latest show of support for the Horn of Africa nation that’s embroiled in a feud with neighboring Ethiopia over a breakaway territory. A shipment that recently arrived in the capital, Mogadishu, is part of backing “for the efforts of sisterly Somalia to achieve security and stability, combat terrorism” and preserve its sovereignty and unity, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said Monday in a brief statement.

Donald Trump has promised to visit Aurora, Colo., where he has claimed that Argentinian gangs have taken over apartment buildings. The Republican mayor is welcoming Trump to show him otherwise.