The study analyzed data from US death certificates from 57 jurisdictions. Comparing the data to previous years, the study authors found a 28% relative increase in the rate of firearm deaths from 2013. Over those three years, firearm homicide rose by 32% and firearm […]
TUCSON — The desert borderlands of the Southwest are a death trap for migrants. In the summer, the temperature can rise past 115 degrees, and in the winter it can drop below freezing. Water is scarce; shade is almost nonexistent. Some 8,000 people attempting to enter […]
Therese Patricia Okoumou got a slow clap around the world when she scaled the Statue of Liberty on July 4. In a now famous photo, she sat with her legs crossed at the base of Lady Liberty while a police rescuer was just a few […]
New York City officials agreed to shell out $6 million into a trust to settle a case after a Staten Island boy vanished from a foster home after being denied an opportunity to remain with relatives, the NY Post reports. City Administration for Children’s […]
I’m giving up most of my column space today to introduce you to Abrar Ibrahim, a 12-year-old girl in Yemen who weighs just 28 pounds. Nothing I write can be as searing or persuasive or true as Abrar is in this photo. Lawsuit: […]
The number of migrant children in shelters fluctuates daily and thousands have been caught in a backlog that has some confined for many months. Migrant caravan: Girl dies in custody after crossing Mexico-US border As of Thursday, the number of unaccompanied children […]
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