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There is no nationwide crime wave (and police killings are not up)

Since 1991, murder and violent crime have plummeted in the U. S. But in a widely discussed op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “The New Nationwide Crime Wave,” Heather Mac Donald recently made a startling claim: “Gun violence in…

UK students develop a ‘facial recognition’ cane for the blind, visually impaired

File photo. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun) Equipped with a new “smart” cane, Americans who have lost their sight will now again be able to immediately recognize their family and friends. Students at Birmingham City University in England focused their talents on…

Fox News Poll: Voters want stronger measures against ISIS

Two-thirds of American voters favor doing “whatever it takes” to defeat ISIS. ; They also think the White House doesn’t have a clear plan to get the job done. A new Fox News poll finds that 66 percent support “doing…

Climate change brings needed rain to Africa

File photo – A Sahrawi man stands in the Sahara desert between Tindouf and Tifariti, (REUTERS/Juan Medina) Climate change has been going on since the beginning of time, but has been the source of intense debate in recent years. In…

Fox News Poll: Only 36 percent think Obama’s policies have helped the economy

It’s a three-way split on the Obama administration’s economic policies. ; The latest Fox News poll finds that 36 percent of voters say President Obama’s policies have helped the economy, 32 percent say they’ve hurt and 30 percent think they’ve…

Fox News Poll: Bush, Walker, Carson top GOP pack, support for Clinton down

National security is a much bigger issue for Republicans this time than during the last primary. ;And more GOP hopefuls make it official — yet they barely move the needle. ;Bernie Sanders nearly doubles his numbers and support for Hillary…

Murder capital: Baltimore’s homicide explosion in wake of Freddie Gray case dwarfs rate of similar cities

The double murder Thursday of a young mother and her 7-year-old boy brought Baltimore’s bloody monthly homicide tally to 38, a figure that dwarfs that of similar-sized cities and even exceeds the total for the same period in New York.…

How robots are helping Marines save lives on battlefield

Marines are known for risking their lives on the battlefield, but more and more, robot technology is helping to avoid those dangers and save lives. At this year’s Fleet Week celebrations in New York, Marine specialists showed Fox News National…

An herb may help fight Ebola

While the Ebola virus was previously in the news daily for months, that story has died down, and the situation with the virus is slowly improving in West Africa. Still, 150 new cases of Ebola were reported just this past…

Fox News Poll: Voters believe White House incompetent, US still in recession and ISIS has moved next door

Majorities of voters feel the country is still in recession, think terrorists are living in their hometown and rate the Obama White House handling of the government as incompetent. Those are some of the findings from the latest Fox News…