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One city's surprising tactic to reduce gun violence: Solving more nonfatal shootings

Police officers investigate one of several crime scenes from a shooting spree at 8th Avenue and Zuni Street on December 28, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. A disabled vehicle with a flat tire and shot out window remains in the intersection. A suspect went on a shooting spree on Monday night that spanned two cities, Lakewood and Denver, and claimed the lives of four people and wounded three people including a Lakewood police officer.

Working the polls cleared up one Pennsylvanian's 2020 election suspicions. Now he's taking charge as a judge of elections.

John "Jay" Schneider, 76, in Downingtown, Pa., on Oct. 30. Schneider is serving as a judge of elections for the first time, overseeing the Caln Township polling place. “You don’t know how much responsibility is there, and you don’t want to screw it up.”

How does the cost of living in each US state compare to the nations of Europe?

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Violent crime is up … and also down, according to new federal data

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20 photos of reproductive rights protests from the age of Roe up until now

Triptych with reproductive rights demonstrations from 1970, 1989, 2023.

Government Art & Culture Politics

Elegance vs. extravagance: What do Biden and Trump's car collections say about these very different leaders?

This combination of pictures created on October 22, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.

Election deniers focus recruitment in 'out of the way places'

The interior of the Shasta County, California, elections office on August 16, 2023

History of presidential debates

27 senators are up for reelection—which, if any, are 'progressive' relative to the political lean of their states?

Senator Kyrsten Sinema speaks at a news conference.

Politics Health

5 changes to reproductive health care in the US since Roe's reversal

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Most liberal county in states with the highest percentage of conservatives

Skyline of Little Rock, Arkansas in Pulaski County.

How Texas lawmakers gutted civics

A view of the Texas state capitol under dark clouds.

History of the NRA

Gun enthusiasts look over Charter Arms pistols at the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on May 21, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Politics Education

More than half of American legislatures are considering restrictive education laws. Here's what that means

Demonstrators protest Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plan to eliminate Advanced Placement courses on African American studies in high schools