Tag: Crime

Growth Or Life?

As part of our "Question Assumptions" series, we are eager to reexamine our economy. It happens every election season. Politicians campaign on the promise to fulfill the urgency of growing GDP (growth domestic product). One side points the finger at the other, accusing them of hindering this growth and arguing that it is the end all-be-all -- environmental consequences be damned. The cost of 3 percent...

Science Nerds, Venture Into the First Ever Space-Themed Escape Room

If you have a kid, work with kids, or just enjoy binge watching episodes of NOVA, then you've no doubt heard of STEM. Short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, there's been a real push to get more young people interested in STEM careers - especially young women. Interest in STEM among teens has dropped in recent years, but new programs are aiming to show...
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Meet URL, the First Porn Sniffing Dog

The days are numbered for peddlers of child pornography - there's a new snout of justice on their trail, ready to sniff them out....

Cockiest Fugitive Ever Didn’t Like His Mugshot So Sent in a Selfie

This fugitive from justice is operating on a whole other level of cockiness. Donald "Chip" Pugh wasn't happy with the mugshot cops were using...

The Strange Story of How a Man Pretended to be His Murdered Girlfriend

A 24-year-old man, charged only as Mr. Lee by South Korean law is awaiting trial on charges of murdering his 26-year-old girlfriend, Sunny Kim....

Suge Knight Running a Guy Down is Newest Chapter in his History of Violence

Remember Suge Knight? The cigar-puffing Founder of Death Row Records who looks like a Spider-Man villain with real-life villain tendencies? Well, as you might...

The FBI Could Have 52 Million Faces In It’s Facial Recognition Database By 2015

Facial recognition databases have long been used by the police to help hunt down possible criminals, despite the potential for failed accuracy. Papers turned...

Then and Now Photos Fuse New York City Crimes of the Past with Present Day

One of the most amazing things about New York City is that while the city evolves and neighborhoods change, the past isn't that far...

ShotStopper Gunfire Sensors Give Police a Leg Up on Unreported Crime

Cutting out violent gunfire in some of America's worst neighborhoods is a constant problem that might become a little bit easier with the help...