violence

More than half of Texas adults have experienced physical violence in their lifetime, according to the first comprehensive statewide survey. The Texas Violence Experiences Survey also found economic shocks, like eviction and loss of employment, have a strong correlation with recent experiences of violence.

Youth violence has fallen in Wyandotte County, in part due to the ThrYve program. Barry Anderson took part when he was a student at Wyandotte High School, and credits the program with teaching him basic life skills necessary to attend the University of Kansas.

Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro were among the 45 elected officials placed on a hit list by a man accused of killing a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband.

The Republican has a fraught relationship with the national group that issued the letter. Indiana and Montana also did not sign on.

The ex-police officer is the first in the nation to face harsher penalties under the 2022 reauthorization of the original act.

Three bomb threats, including a phone call to a banking chain and a suspicious package at Tinker Air Force Base, were investigated by police across Oklahoma Tuesday morning and afternoon.

Attempted strangulation can be a felony under Texas law and an indicator that domestic violence victims could end up dead. And advocates want to prevent that.

Anti-abortion violence has increased after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively stopping abortions in more than half of the states.

Since the election many of us have heard reports of a widespread increase in hate crimes across the United States, with many of the reports coming from…