A member of the Latin Kings street gang and two associates were sentenced to prison this week in Hammond, Ind., federal court for racketeering conspiracy and other crimes in support of the gang.

Two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced today in Hammond, Ind., federal court for racketeering conspiracy.

A former Chicago police officer and two members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced to prison today in Hammond, Ind., federal court for racketeering conspiracy and related crimes.

We come together today because we’re still striving, as they once did, to realize the dream that Dr. King shared with us 50 years ago last month – on the steps of a memorial to America’s Great Emancipator – when he spoke of an Alabama where children of all races and backgrounds would be able to play together, to learn together, and to grow together.

A Texas leader of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced today in Hammond, Ind., to serve 262 months in prison for racketeering conspiracy.

A member of the Playboy Bloods street gang was sentenced today to life in prison for the retaliation murder of a man in November 2004 and the armed robbery of a Henderson, Nev., casino in 2002, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.

More than 30 years ago, LISC was launched in a moment of great challenge – at a time when distressed neighborhoods across the country faced uncertain futures. After decades of rising crime and deteriorating fortunes in parts of America’s most vibrant cities, the Ford Foundation and its allies stepped forward. And they established the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to take what was – at the time – a novel approach to addressing community challenges.

The chief executive officer and a managing partner of a New York-based U.S. broker-dealer were arrested today on felony charges arising from a conspiracy to pay bribes to a senior official in Venezuela’s state economic development bank.

On the second day of his federal jury trial, a Las Vegas Playboy Bloods street gang member pleaded guilty today to racketeering and drug charges, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada and Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division

Four members of the Two Six Nation street gang and four of their associates have been indicted for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy spanning more than 20 years, as well as murder and drug trafficking charges

It is an "eerie" day in Seal Beach as businesses struggle to come back and crowds stay away.

In the U.S., health care is big business—accounting for nearly one-fifth of the overall economy. And federal health policies often move financial markets. Understanding emerging health care market trends and their implications can provide critical context for federal policymakers. On Tuesday, November 15, the Leonard D. Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, a partnership […]

COP25, the annual global climate summit that ended last weekend in Madrid, offered a visible public spectacle, but little substantive progress. Part of the problem was that the summit — technically known as the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention to Combat Climate Change (UNFCCC) — was…

Words are powerful. The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is choosing good ones.

The city is getting bike lanes and light rail transit, and their new apparatuses are chosen to better fit the streetscape.

A controversial new ordinance tries to deal with another consequence of mass tourism.

We matured our cities around the needs to cars. Now it's time to mature our streets around human, not machine, needs. We are all pedestrians.

The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.

Soon you'll be able to see hardened lava flows, rainforests and beaches up close without leaving your house.

India's streetlights are about to have a serious upgrade. The energy savings alone will be huge.

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.

The Street View cameras now take you on extreme vertical tours alongside famous climbers.

A fleet of the cars mapped methane leaks in three major cities and the results aren't good.

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a

You can't help but notice the street kids in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some of them, darting through the heavy traffic of tuk-tuks and motos on their hunt for crisp dollar bills, are so young they have yet to learn to talk. Other than scooping them off

The remote atoll which is home to endangered species and historic landmarks can now be explored from your computer.

The software lets you virtually float down the Yampa River, which has been largely unchanged by man.

Now we'll be able to see air pollution information along with city maps.

Where have I seen this movie before?

Doing street improvements for pedestrians and cyclists increases sales by 30 percent. So why aren't cities doing it?

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida

A slippery art installation in Bristol, England, reminds us that streets are not just for cars.

I have been trying to write something punchier than David Goldberg at Transportation for America did but I cannot, this event is "so utterly outrageous, so emblematic of the failure of our current transportation

A new feature allows users to travel up the amazon, along rainforest trails, and through communities in one of the world's most remote regions.

FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

Lets declare a day of non-action, of unoccupying the big box stores. Instead, let's support our local, green neighborhood shops that need our custom.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.

These vibrant murals combine nature and realism with the chaos and tumult of the urban landscape.

What if the Google Street View car took thermal energy scans of all the country's buildings and then built a database of building energy efficiency information? That's the concept behind startup company Essess's approach to home energy audits.

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

The latest urban intervention to celebrate the city's status as European Capital of Culture is an unusual film venue for pedestrians.

A before and after photo of Lexington Avenue tells the story.

These simple but intriguing urban art sculptures made out of repurposed tires bring a new sense of place to some of Barcelona's neglected streets.

The city's iconic chamfered blocks will become superblocks the size of small towns.

We really have to change the way we use our cities.

In many cities, politicians are looking at the world through their windshields.

What can we do to save our streets? Decentralize everything.