homicide

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Extreme ideas are shaping a campaign which features a record 35 candidates, as Peru confronts soaring extortion and a homicide rate that has more than doubled since 2018.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"In five years, the homicide rate dropped from 128 to 0.8 per 100,000 inhabitants."

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

De Jong said investigators are requesting the public’s help regarding the Doukoullos case, and asking anyone with information to contact the department’s homicide bureau at 323-890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at 213-628-2013.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Steve De Jong of the sheriff’s homicide bureau declined to comment on the case, and said investigators are still trying to determine how, and if, the victim and the suspect might have known each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The violent-crime rate among black youths, in fact, has dropped by 60 percent in the past two decades, and the homicide rate has dropped by 82 percent.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater