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City Of LA Seeing Spike in Killings, Despite Overall Dip in Crime

July 16, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Overall crime in the city of Los Angeles dipped slightly in the first half of the year, but the number of killings soared to its highest level in more than a decade, according to a report released July 16. Data compiled by Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization based at the University of Southern…

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‘Torso Killer’ Pleads Guilty in 1974 Cold-Case Murders

April 29, 2021
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NEWARK—For years, a savage murderer called the “Torso Killer” dribbled out confessions to a New Jersey detective, closing cold cases into the brutal deaths of four young women that dated back to the late 1960s. But there was one unsolved case the notorious serial killer would never admit to: The slayings of 17-year-old Mary Ann…

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Murders Rose 56 Percent in Major US Cities Amid Defunding Push: Report

April 16, 2021
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Murders spiked in major American cities since the death of George Floyd amid a push to slash police funding, according to a new analysis. The rise in homicides in 10 major cities last year coincided with police making fewer arrests and stops, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund found. In Chicago, for example, arrests and stops…

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