PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023. In many parts of the country, though, those decreases don't match the public perception.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the federal government for $11 billion as a reimbursement for the border security measures he implemented. D.C.s Department of Forensic Science is fully accredited again after losing its accreditation in 2021.

PHILADELPHIA — As U.S. police departments ... the director of national programs at the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab. Violence interruption and intervention programs have helped decrease ...

PHILADELPHIA — As U.S. police departments ... the director of national programs at the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab. Violence-intervention programs have helped decrease gun violence ...

A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist faces 102 criminal charges, including dozens of counts of forgery, after authorities

On the data-driven side, an increasing number of police departments around the country, including Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, are using predictive analytics to stop crime ...

ICE completed a raid at a business in North Philadelphia on Tuesday and detained seven employees suspected of being in the country illegally.

A body was found inside a garbage can in West Philadelphia Thursday morning, prompting a homicide investigation, Philadelphia police announced. Officers responded to the 700 block of North 47th Street after 9:40 a.m. for reports of a body found inside a garbage can on the road.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A second man has been arrested for a murder that happened outside a cellphone store in North Philadelphia. Deonte Davis, 27, was taken into custody on Wednesday in Durham, North Carolina, the U.S. Marshals said.

Rex Heuermann, accused of multiple murders, contests DNA evidence in court, with his defense questioning the scientific acceptance of the forensic techniques used.

A Philadelphia-area prosecutor said defendant George Gooch Ash's actions were "sadistic." The Newtown Township man is accused of killing two dogs.

The Philadelphia Police Department reported two shootings, a stabbing, the assaults of multiple police officers, and a car that plowed into a group of fans.