A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

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The victim had been sleeping in the back seat of a running car when it was stolen, police said. It was the second child ...

Philadelphia police are beefing up security at the Roots Picnic after a mass shooting​ in the same area that left two people ...

Philadelphia police are investigating the theft of a vehicle from a Save A Lot parking lot in Germantown early Friday.

Some scary moments for a mom after her car was stolen with her child in the back. The boy slept through it all, police say.

A 6-year-old boy is safe after police say he was asleep in the backseat of a car when it was stolen from a Philadelphia grocery store parking lot.

Police said the mother left the engine running and the child asleep in the back seat while she made a quick stop at a grocery store.

Deputies in central Florida fatally shot a man believed to be on drugs who allegedly charged at them after emerging from a ...