New York City set a record Thursday of no murders for 10 consecutive days, according to Reuters. New York City set a record Thursday after 10 consecutive days with no murders, according to Reuters.
Police say a Pennsylvania teenager fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate in the face and then published a selfie with the body on a smartphone photo application. Maxwell Marion Morton, 16, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder, homicide and possession of a firearm by a minor.
The number of U.S. convicted criminals exonerated reached an unprecedented high in 2014. The National Registry of Exonerations revealed on Tuesday that last year saw 125 criminals exonerated.
A baby girl found dead in a dumpster in a Southern California beach community on Sunday. While looking through trash behind an Imperial Beach, California, strip mall, a person discovered the body of 3-week-old Eliza Delacruz, police said.
Eight children, ranging between the ages of 18 months and 15 years old, were found murdered in their home in the northern Australian city of Cairns on Friday. Returning from the store, the children's 20-year-old brother discovered his siblings along with his mother, who had also been attacked but was the only one alive.
Violent crime in the nation's largest city has hit a two-decade low, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Tuesday. The number of homicides in the past four months was down 7 percent compared with the same time frame last year; the number of robberies dropped 14 percent.
Eleven bodies were found burned and decapitated on the side of the road Thursday in the southern state of Guerrero in Mexico. The same day, President Enrique Pena Nieta announced a nationwide anti-crime plan.
Honduran authorities detained four people for the disappearance of Miss Honduras 2014. Police said Monday that the four suspects are being held for questioning for the disappearance of Maria José Alvarado last week.
Harvard grad and mayor of Colombian city tackles violence using scientific tool A mayor of a violent town in Colombia is using scientific techniques to curb crime in his city.
WhatsApp used to warn of coming violence in Brazil A forwarded message circulating in northern Brazil warned people to stay inside on the night of Nov.
Violent protests erupted Wednesday in the capital of the Mexican state of Guerrero over the still unsolved Sept. 26 disappearance of 43 students in the town of Iguala.
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Villagers dressing up as clowns will run afoul of the law in southern France lest the change their costumes. The municipality of Vendargues in the country's Languedoc-Roussillon region has banned the jesters after "evil clowns" terrorized citizens" in several incidents - and across the "grande nation" - in recent weeks.
Four bodies have been found in an area near Matamoros, Mexico where three Americans and one Mexican disappeared two weeks ago, The Associated Press reported.
Mexico's attorney general is accusing the Iguala mayor, his wife and the local police chief to be behind the forced disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero.
Police announced they found remains during their search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. The discovery of the body has led to a halt in the search until the remains are tested and identified, as they may be Graham's.
