homicide
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Virgin Islands, which has one of the highest per-capita homicide rates in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Not everyone opposes a foreign military presence, in a country that recorded South America's highest homicide rate last year, with 51 killings per 100,000 inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
On U.S. soil, police officers who shoot fleeing, nonthreatening suspects can be charged with and convicted of murder or other forms of criminal homicide under both state and federal law.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Robert Price, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department homicide lieutenant, said during a Thursday news conference that Jackson was from Arkansas and lived in California during the early 1970s with his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Though her case was never classified as a homicide, agents had clearly suspected poisoning.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
The mayor, in her push for another term, has touted the city’s 47% drop in homicides since she took office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
In L.A., police divisions that have long struggled with rates of killing — such as Southeast, 77th Street and Newton — again lead the city in homicides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The case looked like it would remain one of more than 250,000 unsolved homicides in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Members of the public should continue to submit legitimate information about unsolved homicides through PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com,” the police said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. homicides involve a gun, a far greater fraction than in other industrialized countries.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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