An estimated 11 million people across the northeastern US are under flood risks or warnings this week after historic levels of rainfall — 1-in-1,000-year events — swept through New England, with rivers in Vermont and New York’s Hudson Valley overflowing and turning town streets into waterways.

The structure of our bail system separates people from their families, jobs and community before they may be convicted of a crime. We must assess the inadequacies of our existing bail system and its price for freedom before conviction. Bails should provide an opportunity for qualified individuals awaiting trial to return to their communities. Yet more often than not, excessive bail amounts result in the incarceration of our poorest residents.

On Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers continued a time-honored tradition in Wisconsin politics: using a quirky Badger State governing tool to infuriate the opposing party.

In an NIJ podcast, LEADS Scholars from three police departments discuss how they worked with community organizations and used evidence-based policing to reduce gun violence

The criminology conference The Stockholm Criminology Symposium, which is organized annually by the Crime Prevention Council, is one of the foremost of its kind.

Crimes will be significantly fewer if you attack the criminal logistics. This is the opinion of the American criminologist Tamara Herold, who is on a temporary visit to Stockholm.

Sin City offers so much more than vice. Here are five ways to see Las Vegas' many virtues. In other words, if you're a fan of fitness and fun, here's how to go alllll in.

A new approach to serving Las Vegas’ homeless population calls for the construction of a facility that offers comprehensive on-site services needed to rebuild someone’s life such as medical and mental health care providers, job training and more.

Homelessness isn’t a modern problem. It goes back at least 2,000 years. The Bible and Quran talk about it, with both stressing the importance of charity for the homeless. In 2023, though, people wonder if charity is enough. In modern times, states fund job training, hoping that putting people to work will overcome economic need, which often leads to homelessness.

Seven in ten Americans use social media regularly. Chances are you have more than one site you frequent with new ones popping up each day, but do you feel fulfilled? Is it possible to get more out of your online life?

Many Nevadans are struggling when it comes to mental health. Death by suicide rates are up for ages 18-24, and for those over 65. The 988 system is designed as a lifeline for people in crisis, and it has been in place for nearly a year.

The homeless crisis in Western cities has a scope of challenges that require dense cooperation between various nonprofits, government, health care, service providers and business interests, according to a UNLV roundtable discussion on the topic Wednesday organized and sponsored by Nevada Women’s Philanthropy.