The largest cities in the United States (at least the top few) don't tend to shift around in the ranks, but they definitely do grow. Ten U.S. cities have a population of more than a million. California and Texas each have three of the most populous cities. Notice that more than hal...
This set of pictures captures life on the campus of Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School in the last days before the final showdown. Chinese hiker went missing at Mt. Whitney in west U.S. A 27-year-old female Chinese hiker, Dongying Qiu, went missing at Mt. Whitney, California in ...
The population in Sioux Falls is up by 4,500 people (45th overall); an increase of 1.6 percent. Rapid City grew by an even bigger percentage. South Dakota's second-largest city added 2,651 people (36th overall); an increase of 1.9 percent. CITIES WITH BIGGEST PANDEMIC POPULATION INCREASES...
A man places a hat at a makeshift memorial near the Staples Center in Los Angeles in memory of former NBA great Kobe Bryant who, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, died Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. The plane was en route to Bryant’...
Some — but not all — counties in Pennsylvania allow voters to “cure” mail ballots — which means to fix defects that election officials identify so their ballot can be counted. Many voters who are notified they made errors preparing their mail ballots fix the problem by gettin...
California's coronavirus cases are at their highest levels in months, a disquieting reality Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday was "obviously sobering" and that led San Francisco Bay Area health officials to urge people who travel outside the region to quaran
Over the past 50 years, the number of hunting licenses in California has been on a rapid decline, falling 70% from more than 760,000 in the 1970s to under 268,000 in 2020—even as the state’s population has skyrocketed, according to The Mercury News. Urbanization and strict gun laws,...
State and local governments are beginning to make plans for an expected$50 billionin settlements from opioid-related lawsuits. The National Association of Counties has announced the creation of anOpioid Solutions Centerto assist with this work. “There's an effort to try to have more oversight an...
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates that in 2016 there were more than 12,000 police departments in operation throughout the United States. The number includes tribal police but does not include sheriffs' offices, which are typically run by counties or other state subdivisions rather than loc...