Two of the federal government’s methods of measuring crime tell two different stories, complicating recent claims from the media and President Joe Biden that crime is declining.

Numerous media outlets have, in recent months, run headlines suggesting that crime is declining across the country. The statistics they’re citing, however, don’t tell the entire story.

The federal government has two ways of measuring crime, the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. The former asks around 240,000 Americans if they’ve been the victim of a crime in the last year whereas the latter relies on crimes reported to police in a given year and shared with the bureau.

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Two of the federal government’s methods of measuring crime tell two different stories, complicating recent claims from the media and President Joe Biden that crime is declining.

Attention Walmart customers - get ready for some major changes! At least two Walmart stores have pulled the self-checkout machines in order to go back to the traditional check-out lines. Score one for humans!

If you're a Walmart aficionado in St. Louis, Missouri or Cleveland, Ohio, you may have already seen the changes, as the supermarket giant has already started scaling back the once-praised scannable machines that frequently went from being an ease to a headache. I mean, just how many times has one of us seen a grandmother struggling to figure out how to get certain items to scan or someone taking way too long to find the USB code? Something needed to be done!

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Walmart customers say goodbye to self checkout | WND | by Around the Web

Attention Walmart customers - get ready for some major changes! At least two Walmart stores have pulled the self-checkout machines in order to go back to the traditional check-out lines. Score one for humans!

If you're a Walmart aficionado in St. Louis, Missouri or Cleveland, Ohio, you may have already seen the changes, as the supermarket giant has already started scaling back the once-praised scannable machines that frequently went from being an ease to a headache. I mean, just how many times has one of us seen a grandmother struggling to figure out how to get certain items to scan or someone taking way too long to find the USB code? Something needed to be done!

A single foreign billionaire’s nonprofit was responsible for roughly one-sixth of a massive left-wing dark money group’s revenue over the past few years, according to a new report.

The Berger Action Fund, a nonprofit founded by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss, gave $143 million to the Sixteen Thirty Fund between 2019 and 2022, a new report from the Capital Research Center found, constituting roughly 16% of the group’s revenue. The Sixteen Thirty Fund involves itself heavily in electoral politics by boosting Democrats, funding left-of-center ballot initiatives and bankrolling get-out-the-vote operations aimed at mobilizing liberal demographics.

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A single foreign billionaire’s nonprofit was responsible for roughly one-sixth of a massive left-wing dark money group’s revenue over the past few years, according to a new report.

A court case that already has been in the system for years is being pushed up to the level of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and it is expected ultimately to be before the Supreme Court, where it could be a vehicle to overturn that institution's creation of same-sex marriage for the nation.

That 2015 ruling, the Obergefell case, has been described by no less than the chief justice of the high court as unrelated to the U.S. Constitution, and exploded limits on same-sex marriage in dozens of states. But the U.S. Constitution doesn't mention marriage, and does provide that issues not specifically reserved for the federal government are under the control of the states.

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State court case predicted as possible path to demise of same-sex marriage

A court case that already has been in the system for years is being pushed up to the level of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and it is expected ultimately to be before the Supreme Court, where it could be a vehicle to overturn that institution's creation of same-sex marriage for the nation.

That 2015 ruling, the Obergefell case, has been described by no less than the chief justice of the high court as unrelated to the U.S. Constitution, and exploded limits on same-sex marriage in dozens of states. But the U.S. Constitution doesn't mention marriage, and does provide that issues not specifically reserved for the federal government are under the control of the states.

A University of Maryland center removed a pro-life group from its terrorism database – and made other changes – after two College Fix reports about the research.

The Big Ten university’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, or START, had recorded two members of Students for Life of America in its ongoing study of “radicalization,” The Fix previously reported. This put SFLA among white supremacists, Islamic terrorist groups, and other threats based on an incident in which students were arrested at a peaceful protest.

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University removes 'terrorist' label from pro-life group after media attention | WND | by Around the Web

A University of Maryland center removed a pro-life group from its terrorism database – and made other changes – after two College Fix reports about the research.

The Big Ten university’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, or START, had recorded two members of Students for Life of America in its ongoing study of “radicalization,” The Fix previously reported. This put SFLA among white supremacists, Islamic terrorist groups, and other threats based on an incident in which students were arrested at a peaceful protest.