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New data from the FBI show that the nation's murder rate rose slightly last year, but the number of robberies skyrocketed by six percent. The preliminary figures also show an overall 1.3 percent rise in violent crime across the country last year, the second straight annual increase.The number of homicides in major metropolitan areas climbed more than six and a-half percent. Smaller cities, meanwhile, saw their murders decrease by almost 12 percent.The spike in robberies marks the highest increase in any category of crime surveyed in the FBI report.The report also shows that violent crime rose in every region of the country except for the Northeast, while western states saw the largest jump in violent crime.
Source:AP
"...and the earth was filled with violence"
(Genesis 6:11)
As in the days of Noah....
