In the first month of his term, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced his own “Blueprint to End Gun Violence,” which includes strategies like increasing the number of officers on patrol and expanding partnerships to work more closely with federal and state law enforcement. Rising gun violence has brought more attention to Adams’ plan and…

For the second time in the past week, mourners gathered for a funeral for New York Police Department (NYPD) officer. “An ocean of officers” honored Officer Wilbert Mora, the second of two officers shot and killed while responding to a call about a domestic argument in a Harlem apartment. The funeral for the other officer,…

New York City Mayor and former NYPD Captain Eric Adams highlighted the tributes to Officer Jason Rivera at his funeral Friday. Rivera was one of two officers killed last week by a gunman who opened fire on them in a hallway as they responded to a family dispute. “He can still hear us from a…

Violent crime has spiked in big cities like New York and Los Angeles. The homicide rate in New York City increased 3% from 2020 levels and 52% from pre-pandemic levels in 2019, per New York Police Department statistics. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, homicides in L.A. are up more than 50 percent from 2019-2020. A…

New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced on Twitter Thursday he is going to take his first three paychecks as mayor in Bitcoin. His tweet, sent two days after winning the city’s mayoral election, came in reply to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who said he was going to take his next paycheck in bitcoin. It all…

In what many considered to be the biggest of the 2021 election results, Republican Glenn Youngkin was declared the winner of the Virginia gubernatorial election early Wednesday morning. He defeated Democrat and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The video above shows clips from Youngkin’s victory speech. “Together, we will change the trajectory of this Commonwealth,” Gov.-elect…

Voters across the country headed to the polls for Election Day 2021 Tuesday. The video above shows scenes from Election in Virginia, New York City and Minneapolis. The Tuesday race getting the most attention is the Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin. The race is seen by many as a…

More than two decades since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, the alleged mastermind and four Al-Qaeda conspirators still await the formal start of any trial. The men are accused of aiding hijackers who killed 2,977 people at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Since being captured, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,…

President Joe Biden met with Attorney General Merrick Garland, local elected officials and police chiefs at the White House Monday to address rising crime and gun violence rates. The video above shows some of those officials talking to reporters after the meeting. The New York Times, citing unofficial data from criminologists, reported homicides in major…

New York City officials are expected to take a second crack at reporting preliminary results of the city’s Democratic mayoral primary Wednesday. Their first attempt was marred by an error in which the city’s Board of Elections accidentally included 135,000 test ballots that weren’t meant to be counted. The city is trying ranked choice voting…