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Community leaders and family members of victims gathered at a youth outreach center Friday to honor the 157 people killed by homicide in Kansas City in 2021. Standing outside ArtsTech, a youth ...

When Hudson County returned to some semblance of normalcy in 2021, it didn’t leave out the bloodshed and murder. There were 30 homicides in the county of 724,000 people with a few days left in the ...

From a distance, Baltimore police officers watch an argument on W. North Avenue near Pennsylvania Avenue in West Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via ...

Plants, running gear, bottles of wine, books, women’s clothes, and more—you can shop until you drop with these retailers, all new to our city, from our 2021 Best of the City list. To help local ...