After a shooting, relatives or neighbors of the victim are sometimes left to clean up human remains on their own. Philadelphia's new program will start addressing that fraught task.

A new study focusing on four major U.S. cities finds gun assaults on children more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Black children were the most frequent victims.

A study of roughly 2,700 shootings in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia found widening racial disparities after the pandemic began, with black children the most frequent victims.

Police say rape cases are tough because a victim's memory is often spotty. The ways trauma affects the brain is helping police in rape and sexual assault cases.

How a sexual assault survivor is questioned by police can greatly influence the ability to access memories of that traumatic incident. Better interview techniques might help solve more cases.

The state is mandating all health care workers get vaccinated against COVID-19. Last week, the workers could either become vaccinated or get tested regularly. But testing is no longer an option.

In January, California expects to enroll 138,000 undocumented, low-income residents under age 26 in the state's version of Medicaid. But young adults say their parents need health care coverage, too.

California is set to become the first state to offer Medicaid to young adults up to the age of 26 who are undocumented. The state will pay for the health coverage with state funds.

Nearly a year after Sacramento police fatally shot Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man who died in his grandmother's backyard, DA Anne-Marie Schubert presented her office's findings on Saturday.

After last month's shooting of Stephon Clark, his neighbors are renewing calls to provide investment and opportunity to their Sacramento, Calif., community.