From the Texas school massacre to a Tulsa hospital shooting and many less-reported incidents, a recent spate of gun violence across America bears out a trend police departments have long sworn by: murders go up in warmer ...
Social Sciences
Jun 4, 2022
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The year 2020 was marked by lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and ensuing protests across the United States. A new study analyzed the effect of these ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2022
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Sixty percent of violence intervention workers in Chicago have witnessed a shooting attempt; 32% have witnessed someone else get shot while at work; 20% have been shot at while at work; and another 2% have been shot at and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2022
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It's fair to say that drinking alcohol is popular among Kiwis, to the point of potential harm.
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2022
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Spending $500 for therapy and a small cash payment helped reduce crime and violence by half among some of the most troubled young men in West Africa, a new study has found.
Social Sciences
May 24, 2022
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It happened again over the weekend: another mass shooting and alleged hate crime, this time in Buffalo, New York, that left 10 dead and three injured. Most of the victims were Black. The 18-year-old accused shooter said he ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2022
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Increased investment in public schools pays off through reductions in adult crime, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2022
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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last month shattered the record for April, destroying more than 1,000 square kilometers of the world's biggest rainforest, nearly double the previous high, according to official figures ...
Environment
May 6, 2022
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Canadian lawmakers on Thursday passed an amendment to the nation's Criminal Code to allow for the prosecution of crimes committed on the moon.
Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2022
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Only one in three Americans, or 36%, approve of President Joe Biden's handling of crime, according to a December 2021 poll by ABC News and Ipsos. An ABC News story tied the low approval to "historic jumps" in the nation's ...
Political science
Apr 18, 2022
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