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Counting the Lives Lost to School Shootings
By Chris Wilson
Mass Shootings: Gun Violence Across U.S. Likely to Get Worse
By Josiah Bates
Chesa Boudin's Recall Election in San Francisco Is About So Much More Than One Prosecutor
By Philip Elliott
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'Something Has to Be Done'
Uvalde residents reckon with gun violence in their community.
By Jasmine Aguilera/Uvalde, Texas
May 27, 2022
Minneapolis' Struggle to Reform Police After George Floyd
"We can’t put our trust in a government system where, when they make a mistake, they can choose when they want to protect us and choose when they don’t want to protect us.”
By Josiah Bates and Janell Ross
May 25, 2022
Students Begged for Help as Cops Waited Outside
As many as 19 law enforcement officers waited in the hallway outside because they believed the gunman was no longer a threat, authorities said.
By Katie Reilly
May 24, 2022
'I'm Sorry. I've Got Your Sister.'
Katherine Massey had a list. She needed to get meat, fruit, paper towels. The 72-year-old Buffalo native usually went to the grocery store every two weeks, and when she did, she stocked up. On Saturday,...
By Eric Cortellessa/Buffalo
May 20, 2022
Before Depp-Heard Trial, Celebrities Shaped Abuse Narrative
"Something as dramatic as this cracks through a lot of the denial," one advocate told TIME in 1994
By Olivia B. Waxman
May 19, 2022
We Don't Know the Full Extent of Anti-Black Hate Crime
Since the FBI began tracking hate crime, Black Americans have been its most common victims—but the data likely fail to show the full picture
By Janell Ross
May 19, 2022
The Buffalo Shooter Targeted a City Haunted by Segregation
The gunman allegedly posted a racist manifesto online before the massacre.
By Eric Cortellessa/Buffalo
May 16, 2022
An Alabama Correctional Officer Helped a Murder Suspect Escape. The Jailbreak Highlights a Bigger Problem
The seemingly made-for-TV story of the Alabama murder suspect who escaped from jail with the help of a female correctional officer after the two possibly became "romantically involved" ended in tragedy
By Josiah Bates
May 12, 2022
Guns Became the Leading Cause of Death for American Children and Teens in 2020
For years, car accidents were the leading cause of death for kids and teens
By Josiah Bates
April 27, 2022
Shooting Fuels Debate Over Whether Police Make Subways Safer
A Brooklyn-based community police officer tells TIME that many officers prefer not to work in the train stations because they feel it's a waste of time
By Josiah Bates
April 14, 2022
Sunset Park Residents on Edge After Brooklyn Subway Shooting
"We will use every resource we can to bring those to justice who continue to prey on the citizens of New York," NYPD police commissioner Keechant Sewell said during a Tuesday evening press conference
By Josiah Bates
April 12, 2022
After Subway Shooting, an Unsettling Day for New York
Annie Tan told her students that the shelter-in-place order was just a drill. Tan, 32, teaches fourth- and fifth-grade special education at an elementary school in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and just hours earlier had passed...
By Charlotte Alter
April 12, 2022
Why the FBI Won't Release Quarterly Crime Stats for 2021
Behind the news is a little-noted switch in FBI data-collecting processes—which experts say raises concerns about how the U.S. tracks crime
By Josiah Bates
March 25, 2022
Is the 'Cure Violence' Model for Violence Interruption Really Effective?
Though it is far from the only example of its work, Cure Violence is perhaps the most familiar anti-violence program in the country. Founded in 2000 in Chicago by Dr. Gary Slutkin, an epidemiologist who...
By Josiah Bates
February 23, 2022
The Relentless Trauma of Violence Prevention Work
Chronic stress, trauma exposure, frequent threats of violence and the relentless grind of gun crimes' impact: A recently-released report from the University of Illinois Chicago reveals in stark terms the strain and struggles that many...
By Josiah Bates
February 17, 2022
FedEx Driver D’Monterrio Gibson Says White Men Shot at Him
Federal law enforcement officials are looking into a white father and son who allegedly chased and fired shots at D'Monterrio Gibson, a 24-year-old Black FedEx delivery driver, moments after he delivered a package in a...
By Janell Ross
February 11, 2022
In New York, Eric Adams Targets Bail Reform Amid Plans to Curb Gun Violence
In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams wants to crack down on crime. And the state's bail system, which both criminal justice advocates and lawmakers have worked to reform in recent years, has been one...
By Josiah Bates
February 10, 2022
Community Leaders Fear Eric Adams’ Plan to End Gun Violence Is Leaving the Public Out of ‘Public Safety’
Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, announced on Jan. 24 a detailed plan aiming to end gun violence in his city. Adams, a former police officer and Brooklyn borough president, made public...
By Josiah Bates
January 27, 2022
Shot in His Own Home, a Gun Violence Victim Shares His Story
Across the U.S. in 2021, tens of thousands of people were shot. Here is one of their stories
By Josiah Bates
January 14, 2022
25 Years Later, the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Remains Unsolved—and Issues It Highlighted Persist
On Dec. 26, 1996, 6-year-old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of the family’s Boulder, Colo. home, along with a ransom note asking for $118,000. Autopsy results released in...
By Olivia B. Waxman
December 23, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial Centers on Allegations of 'Grooming' Young Girls. Here's What That Means
When the first accuser in the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell took the stand on Nov. 30, she spoke of meeting Maxwell and her longtime associate Jeffrey Epstein at a summer arts camp when she was...
By Eliana Dockterman
December 2, 2021
What To Know About the Contacts Book That Could Be Crucial to Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell began on Monday, more than two years after the death of her alleged associate Jeffrey Epstein, with whom she has been charged with conspiring to sexually abuse minors. The trial...
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 29, 2021
What Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Has Meant for the Place Where He Lived
The place where Arbery was shot and killed has tried to be different since that 2020 day, but some things are hard to change
By Janell Ross/Brunswick, Ga.
November 24, 2021
In Kyle Rittenhouse Case, Self-Defense Was on Trial
Prosecutors said Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the violence that led to two deaths; the defense said he was only trying to defend himself
By Melissa Chan
November 17, 2021
Ahmaud Arbery and America's White Juror Problem
"No one's arguing that we know what's going to happen now because we know the jury’s racial composition, but it does matter"
By Janell Ross
November 5, 2021
Cuomo Accused of Forcible Touching in Criminal Complaint
(ALBANY, N.Y.) — A criminal complaint filed by a police investigator with a court in Albany has accused former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of committing a misdemeanor sex crime, though there were reports Thursday...
By MICHAEL HILL/AP
October 28, 2021
What to Know About the Murdaugh Family Murders
Murder investigations, embezzlement allegations, a drug addiction and hitman-for-hire: in recent months, a series of bizarre criminal incidents surrounding a prominent South Carolina family—and its patriarch, attorney Alex Murdaugh—have received national attention. It was the...
By Josiah Bates
October 20, 2021
Police Claim Witnesses Didn't Help Woman Being Raped on Train
Social isolation during the pandemic has made it less likely people will step in to help strangers, experts say, even as a prosecutor disputes the police version
By Melissa Chan
October 20, 2021
FBI Data Shows a Surge in Murders in 2020. That's Not the Full Story
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Sept. 27 release of its annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) confirmed what many expected: the number of murders rose in 2020 across the U.S. According to the FBI's data,...
By Josiah Bates
September 30, 2021
Fani Willis Is at the Center of America's Converging Crises
She's working under the spotlight of two cases that have drawn the nation’s eyes to her office
By Janell Ross/Atlanta
September 28, 2021
Report: Homicides Continue to Slowly Rise in the U.S., While Other Violent Crime Rates Decline
A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) presents data showing that murders have risen 16% in many major American cities over the first 6 months of 2021, as part of what is...
By Josiah Bates
August 4, 2021
Federal Gun Task Force Yields Arrests, Conflict in New York
The VIPER task force intends to combat a recent surge of gun violence in Rochester and Buffalo, New York City
By Josiah Bates
July 28, 2021
Amid Chauvin Trial, Minnesota Grapples With Another Police Killing
As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, entered its eleventh day on Monday, another police killing of a Black man in Minnesota has...
By Janell Ross / Brooklyn Center, Minn. and Josiah Bates
April 12, 2021
Why Evangelicals Worry About Sex Addiction
On March 16, a gunman shot nine people in three Asian spas in Georgia, and killed eight. The Atlanta Police Department said the shooter told them that he was a sex addict and was seeking...
By Belinda Luscombe
March 20, 2021
Criminals Are Capitalizing on Demand for Pandemic Pups
Dog thieves are targeting expensive breeds and puppies that can sell for thousands of dollars online
By Melissa Chan
March 12, 2021
In a Year Marked By Death, the Trump Administration Cements a Legacy of Unprecedented Executions
Alfred Bourgeois was put to death by the Trump administration on Dec. 11. Like nine other prisoners who came before him this year, Bourgeois was killed with a legal injection of the drug pentobarbital while...
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 30, 2020
2020 Ends as One of America's Most Violent Years in Decades
Across the U.S., this year has taken a heavy toll. The coronavirus has upended daily life and resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 people; 2020 is on track to be the "deadliest year in...
By Josiah Bates
December 30, 2020
The Trump Administration's Execution Spree Continues Today
If Alfred Bourgeois is executed Friday, he'll be the 10th person executed by the Trump administration since July
By Madeleine Carlisle
December 8, 2020
Hate Crime Deaths Reach All-Time High in 2019
2019 saw a record high for reported hate crime murders in the United States, according to the annual Hate Crime Statistics report released on Monday by the FBI. Hate crimes are described by the FBI...
By Josiah Bates
November 16, 2020
Minneapolis Residents Sue Over Reduced Police Presence
The lawsuit counters the widespread calls to defund police departments and take officers off the streets
By Josiah Bates
October 23, 2020
Why Grand Rapids Is Crowdsourcing Money to Address Violence
Grand Rapids, Mich., isn't a big city. But according to life-long resident JD Chapman Jr., it has a lot of "big-city problems" nonetheless. "We have all kinds of problems with our education, our health care...
By Josiah Bates
October 19, 2020
John McAfee Arrested on U.S. Tax Evasion Charges
McAfee is accused of failing to file U.S. tax returns from 2014 to 2018 and hiding assets including real estate, a vehicle and a yacht in the name of others, prosecutors said
By Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg
October 6, 2020
Mayors Worry Operation Legend Is Hampered by Politics
Mayors say the rollout of Operation Legend has been hampered by politics and had little impact so far on the ground
By Tessa Berenson
August 13, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell’s Wealth Remains a Mystery
Maxwell will spend the next year in jail because her opaque finances made the judge believe she was a flight risk
By Patricia Hurtado and Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg
July 17, 2020
Teen Arrested Over Murder of Secoriea Turner
Julian Conley, 19, was charged with aggravated assault and felony murder. He maintains his innocence, saying he was present at the scene with a weapon but did not fire.
By Sanya Mansoor
July 16, 2020
Atlanta Mayor Condemns Fatal Shooting of 8-Year-Old
"This random wild, wild West, shoot 'em up because you can, it has got to stop"
By Sanya Mansoor
July 6, 2020
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