Crack cocaine is the new heroin, say addicts and frontline support workers, its use and widespread availability an epidemic ...

Often, Valentine was trying to show the personality of each officer, like he did with this portrait of Officer Gary Capuano, who he calls a “happy-go-lucky guy” and a “great street cop ...

Becoming a young and aspiring NBA player is already a formidable challenge. However, Steve Francis' journey to the league was made even more complicated by extremely tough circumstances.

Last year, it suffered 246 homicides. That’s 246 too many, but mercifully, it is hundreds fewer than back in the bleak years of the crack epidemic, writes Jennifer Nagorka.(Shafkat Anowar ...

THEY CONTINUE TO CUT DOWN ON VIOLENT CRIME AND REBUILD A COMMUNITY THAT IS DEALING WITH THE IMPACT FROM THE CRACK EPIDEMIC IN THE 1980S. AND TODAY, THOSE ACTIVISTS MET WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ...

6. The idea that the United States is suffering from an out-of-control epidemic of violent crime, while not supported by official data, is central to his campaign's appeal. From our morning news ...

when the District was dubbed the nation’s murder capital because of bloodshed fueled by the crack epidemic. While the number of homicides varies from year to year, the concentration of killings ...

The 50-year-old is one of many hit by an extortion epidemic targeting both the rich and poor across the country, with an association representing businesses claiming an estimated cost of $1.6 ...