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US Crime · United StatesData collected from 35 American cities showed a 21% decrease in the homicide rate from 2024 to 2025, translating to about 922 fewer homicides last year, according to a new report from the independent Council on Criminal Justice.See the Story
Murders plummeted more than 20% in U.S. last year, the largest drop on record, study shows
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Secretary of State · BentonSome Arkansas voters got these seemingly fishy letters from Secretary of State Cole Jester’s office. No letterhead? No names? No date? Nearly 1,300 Arkansas voters who were also registered in Alabama or Tennessee were sent undated form letters from the state lacking official letterhead telling them they may be removed from voter rolls if they didn’t respond within 30 days. The Arkansas secretary of state’s office on Monday confirmed the letters …See the Story
Arkansas voter verification letters sent by state lacked date, official letterhead
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New Orleans · New OrleansHelena native James Sallis, a multitalented author best known for crime writing, died Jan. 27, per an obituary from The New York Times. He was 81. Known most widely for “Drive,” a 2005 novel that was adapted into a 2011 film starring Ryan Gosling, Sallis published dozens of books throughout his life, 18 of which were novels. He also wrote poetry, essays, criticism and short stories, even significantly exploring science fiction with the latter. …See the Story
Crime writer and Helena native James Sallis dead at 81
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