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Violent crime in 2025 saw the largest drop in 90 years, new FBI data shows
The murder rate in 2025 was 4.1 per 100,000 people, which is tied with 19955 and 1956 for the lowest all-time murder rate in U.S. history.
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Woman charged for allegedly vandalizing WWII Memorial released from jail on judge's orders
Melissa Farris, 41, agreed to conditions of her release, which included surrendering her passport and not leaving the continental U.S. without court approval, according to court documents.
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Jeanie Buss contests family's sale of remaining Lakers stake to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger
Buss reminded her siblings that the family needs to retain a 15% stake in the team so she can keep her role as governor, highlighting a 2017 court ruling that kept her in control of the team following her father's death.
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California court rules state laws cannot broadly override local government
In one major ongoing case, Bonta filed suit against the City of Huntington Beach for adopting a voter identification law for local elections, testing whether, and to what extent, the state constitution’s provisions on charter city control over local governance and elections will hold up in court.
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Columbia starts suspending students who have not cleared campus by deadline
School officials told anti-Israel protesters that they needed to vacate an encampment the group had established nearly two weeks ago, by 2 p.m. or face possible suspension.
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Congress seeks to unmask funding for Students for Justice in Palestine and its anti-Israel protests
The group—or more accurately the network of groups—is responsible for helping to organize and galvanize the anti-Israel protest movement sweeping the country.
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Cost of Biden's student debt cancelation could reach $1.4 trillion, report finds
The group said about $620 billion of debt cancellation has already been implemented.
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Colorado county ordinance would prevent taxpayer funds to assist illegal immigrants
The ordinance will prohibit the appropriation of funds for the purchasing property for providing “emergency sheltering of illegal aliens.”
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Columbia gives students until 2 p.m. to vacate campus encampment or risk suspension
The protests started earlier this month in response to Israel's war in Gaza on Palestinian-backed Hamas that stared in October 2023.
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Ohio Senate gets bill to increase penalties for drug, human trafficking
Abrams said that since the bill was introduced in late June, about 3,624 Ohioans and 57,380 Americans have died of fentanyl poisoning.
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West Virginia attorney general backs lawsuit from 4 middle school athletes in trans sports protest
Lawsuit calls action against students a "blatant violation of their minor children’s rights to free speech and expression."
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Climate activist gets 60 days in prison for causing $4,000 in damage to 19th Century sculpture
In addition to Joanna Smith's prison time, the judge ordered her to serve two years of supervised release, 150 hours of community service and pay for the damage to the exhibit.
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Florida sheriff's office seizes largest amount of fentanyl in county history, two illegals arrested
Two of the four individuals arrested were in the country illegally.