Baltimore homicides and shootings fall to lowest levels since 2015
Baltimore finished 2024 with a second consecutive year of historic decreases in gun violence unlike the city has seen since the 1970s.
Massachusetts sheriff introduces training to help corrections officers manage stress
While regular people experience stress from traffic jams or arguments, the men and women who serve in law enforcement experience stress on a different level every day. Now, the Middlesex County Sheriff's Department is using a new training aimed at helping incoming corrections officers regulate their emotions and stress.
‘This is not luck. This is a systemic approach’: These major US cities are trying to curb violent crime — and it’s working
Before he was the mayor, Brandon Scott was a regular at a barbershop here just steps from an intersection long notorious for illegal drugs.
A KEY PIECE
Chris Spruill knows both the danger and pull of a nearby street corner in his East Baltimore neighborhood.
Chelsea program focuses on protecting young mothers from violence
For more than three decades, the nonprofit Roca has tackled youth violence in the Chelsea area and beyond.
How Boston became the safest big city in America
In the basement of Charles Street AME, a church in Roxbury, a historically black neighbourhood in Boston..