Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin and the Dallas ICE shooter both scrawled messages on their rounds. A criminologist breaks down what these inscriptions mean.

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As the president prepares to send federal troops into Memphis and Chicago, we debunk a few of his most mendacious talking ...

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Sarah DeGue, a recently laid off forensic psychologist who spent 17 years in the Division of Violence Prevention, talks to ...

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