Murders Down in First Half of 2009
The FBI reports a decrease of ten percent in nationwide murder rates during the first half of 2009. Overall violent crimes fell by 4.4 percent, and property crimes also dropped, by 6.1 percent. Car thefts also dropped significantly, falling nearly 19 percent and continuing a sharp downward trend in that category. The figures are compiled [...]
Schwarzenegger Performance at All-Time Low
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is facing his lowest-ever approval rating – in fact, compared with the six governors that preceded him, his approval rating ranks just above Gray Davis just before he was recalled from office. Schwarzenegger’s approval rating currently stands at twenty-seven percent, with sixty-five percent of voters disapproving of his current performance. His approval [...]
US, Among Others, Stops Counting Swine Flu Cases
The United States government has stopped keeping track of the number of H1N1 flu virus. Doctors working for government offices report that they stopped counting the number of swine flu cases in July, when there were estimated to be roughly one million infected people in the country. The number of deaths has been just over [...]
First Half of 2009 Yields Record Low in Highway Deaths
Officials from a government study recently reported that the number of highway deaths in the first six months of 2009 were a record low. The number of people killed on the road was estimated at 16, 626 for the first half of 2009, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says. Fewer than thirty-eight thousand people [...]
Gov’t Study says 60 Percent of Kids Exposed to Violence
A recent study by researchers for the Justice Department found that the majority of children encounter violence in their everyday lives. Attorney General Eric Holder called the results “staggering,” though a leading criminologist says that the survey may lump together serious and minor incidents. The survey found that over sixty percent of children were exposed [...]