Homicide rate declines sharply in dozens of US cities, a new report shows

A report issued by the Council on Criminal Justice is showing a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, based on ...

The states growing – and shrinking – the fastest, according to Census estimates

Nearly every state saw their population increase last year.

Trump’s immigration crackdown led to drop in US growth rate last year as population hit 342 million

President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has contributed to a year-to-year drop in the U.S. growth rate as the nation's ...

What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.

Violence has been falling for several years. But last year for the first time, all seven categories of violent crime tracked ...
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OCPS considers closing 7 schools due to drop in enrollment

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orange County School Board faces some painful choices. They are considering closing seven schools because of declining enrollment and shrinking budgets. The district says two ...
Arizona Daily Star

Colleges are fighting to prove their return on investment

For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — became a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the ...