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Parts of Chicago, Philadelphia More Dangerous Than Wartime Iraq, Afghanistan: Study

Skyrocketing crime rates are turning mayoral elections in America’s biggest cities into referenda on those cities’ liberal prosecutorial policies.

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The governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, hugs gun control advocate Maria Pike after he signed comprehensive legislation to ban military-style firearms on Tuesday. Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

For some, two American cities are being labeled more dangerous than the war-torn Middle East of a few years ago — and one of them is known as, you guessed it, the City of Brotherly Love.

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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