Tag: Crime and Criminals

Was It Hatred of Women? Australia Asks After Stabbing Rampage.

Mary Aravanopoulos stood clutching her daughter, huddling for safety with about 15 other women in the dress shop filled with ethereal organza gowns. They had watched a man saunter past in the mall corridor, swinging a large knife in his hand back and forth. Soon, they heard about one woman getting stabbed, then another. Amid […]

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Four Years Out, Some Voters Look Back at Trump’s Presidency More Positively

Views of Donald J. Trump’s presidency have become more positive since he left office, bolstering his case for election and posing a risk to President Biden’s strategy of casting his opponent as unfit for the presidency, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College. While the memories of Mr. Trump’s […]

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After Bondi Stabbing Rampage, Australia Asks How and Why

It was a perfect mid-autumn day with blue skies and temperatures approaching nearly 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the kind of weather that has made Bondi on Australia’s eastern coast one of the most sought after addresses in the world. But by the end of the day, any sense of normalcy had been shattered. At a shopping […]

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In Bogotá, Cyclists Fear Becoming Crime Victims

Bicycles are an essential part of the Colombian identity — ubiquitous, cheaper and, in some urban communities, often a faster way to get around. No Colombian city embodies riding on two wheels more than the capital, Bogotá, where the metropolitan area of nearly 11 million inhabitants has no subway system and some of the world’s […]

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