by Robert Preidt and Ernie Mundell (HealthDay)—The rate at which homicide is taking the lives of Americans jumped by 30% over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic—the largest year-to-year increase ever, new federal government figures show. The rate jumped from 6 homicides per 100,000 people in 2019 to 7.8 per 100,000 in 2020, according...
