crime

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Yes, the evidence has indicated that many of the greats of crime fiction, from Holmes to House, were neurodivergent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

These models can do things from a fraud and crime perspective that is fundamentally different from anything in the past.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In a 2023 interview with Steve Bannon, Trump became so enraptured talking about the musical that he wouldn’t stop, even as Bannon tried to get him to focus on crime in New York City.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Brindle went on to say that it was "very difficult to tell at the outset when granting asylum as to whether somebody is going to go on to commit crime or not".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

But race riots, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, and crime in general were on the rise in American cities, and Ginny and the Warden worried about their children’s safety in Birmingham.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French