At exactly 10:02 AM on a quiet Sunday in Grand Blanc, Michigan, the sounds of hymns gave way to gunfire. Moments later, fire consumed the walls of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. By 10:10, four people were dead, including the gunman.

The first duty of government is to keep its people safe. Without that assurance, every other civic promise—education, prosperity, democracy itself—loses its footing. That is why the condition of America’s cities, where violent crime and disorder remain stubbornly high, has become one of the nation’s defining tests.

REVEALED: The Chinese Billionaires Buying Up America – From Manhattan Towers to 198,000 Acres of Timberland

A Kentucky judge who was fatally shot in his chambers last year by the local sheriff allegedly operated a sex-for-favors scheme out of his courthouse, according to new testimony and documents filed in court.