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Now, more than three years after the start of the pandemic, the country is on track to record one of its largest — if not the largest — annual declines in homicides, according to a report released on Thursday. Even so, violent crime is still considerably higher than just before the pandemic, the benchmark that police chiefs and city leaders are striving to return to, as cities remain awash in guns.

Wesleyan University in Connecticut puts a decisive end to legacy admissions — a move that comes in the wake of the Republican-controlled Supreme Court's disastrous striking down of affirmative action considerations in admissions. Wealthy conservatives are already melting down over the announcement as Wesleyan joins a number of other universities including Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT who will no longer consider "legacy" criteria.

Road rage incidents appear to be on the rise as the country grapples with soaring temperatures amid oppressive heatwaves. Despite road rage incidents occurring due to a multitude of reasons, the rise in longer and hotter heatwaves this summer appears to be a major factor resulting in a spike in aggressive behaviors on the road.