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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday outlined a new plan to combat the city’s crime crisis, which includes bringing in federal resources and limiting the number of offenders on electronic monitoring. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Three people were killed, and a 14-year-old boy among 15 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago since Friday, 5 p.m. One person was killed and a 14-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting in Pullman on the Far South Side Friday night. A 14-year-old boy stopped two officers about 7 p.m., telling them he and his brother had been shot…

Police have arrested seven rioters in The Hague after youths set fires in streets and threw fireworks at officers

Crime in Chicago is being driven by guns and drugs, but also social media. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski explains how it happens and what police are doing to stop it.

Evacuations from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport picked up pace on Wednesday after a frenzied and deadly start to the week.

Authorities say a driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona, critically injuring several riders

At least three people have been killed and 32 have been injured in shootings across the city of Chicago so far this weekend, according to police.

At least three people have been killed and 20 have been injured in shootings across the city of Chicago so far this weekend, according to police.

Soldiers and police in Myanmar used lethal force to suppress the latest protests against last month’s coup as the military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day with a parade in the country’s capital Saturday.

“Hate and violence often hide in plain sight,” President Joe Biden said Friday. “It’s often met with silence. That’s been true throughout our history. But that has to change because our silence is complicity. We cannot be complicit.”

Chicago’s Asian community has concerns that recent violence against people of Asian descent around the country could happen here, especially after the Atlanta shooting spree. Chicago police are stepping up patrols to keep everyone safe, but is that enough? NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Testifying before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on anti-Asian violence on Thursday, actor Daniel Dae Kim called on Congress to take action. “What happens right now and over the course of the coming months will send a message for generations to come as to whether we matter,” he said.

President Joe Biden on Thursday denounced the “vicious hate crimes” against Asian Americans across the country. “[They’ve been] attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated,” Biden said. “It’s wrong, it’s un-American, and it must stop.”

Asian American lawmakers, along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats, denounced on Friday a rise in hate incidents targeting members of the Asian community across the country and called for stronger action — both by Congress and the Biden administration.

While the pandemic’s long-lasting impact has affected public health and the economy, the Asian-American community has also experienced the fallout of COVID-19 – being unfairly blamed for the pandemic and becoming the target of discrimination and violence.

Killings rose dramatically across the U.S. last year, and a study suggests that the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice unrest were factors

After Wisconsin protests over Jacob Blake’s shooting by police turned deadly last month, a new lawsuit filed by witnesses and loved ones of victims claims Facebook provided an outlet for groups to “organize and further their conspiracy.”

For months, the nationwide protests against racial injustice and COVID-19 lockdown orders have attracted all kinds of extremists using online platforms to plan, coordinate and drum up support for their activities

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday discussed the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Exhausted American cities are facing yet another challenge in addition to the coronavirus and the street protests over the police killing of George Floyd.