FBI CRIME REPORT DROPS: The total number of homicides in the United States increased by 4% in 2021, compounding a 30% increase in 2020, according to new national data released by the FBI yesterday, which also showed a small drop in overall violent crime rates. New York City and Los Angeles were excluded from the FBI’s estimates as they failed to report data to the agency. Read more.
UKRAINE ACCUSED OF ASSASSINATING RUSSIAN WOMAN: U.S. intelligence believes Ukrainian government personnel were behind the assassination of Daria Dugina, daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist ideologist and herself a high-profile supporter of Russia’s war against Ukraine, The New York Times reported yesterday, citing unnamed American officials. Read more.