On May 13, 2026, the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released the First Look: 2025 Crime Data on the FBI's Crime Data Explorer (CDE). These estimates are based on data submitted by more than 17,000 agencies, covering 96% of the population, for 2025.

News Outlet: FBI

Proceeds Go To: Criminal Justice Information Services Division

A women was found dead inside her apartment after not being able to be reached by family in days.

News Outlet: Click2Houston

Proceeds Go To: Women's Family (Redirects Through Harris County Sheriff's Office)

Experts debate why murder rates are hitting lows in 2026 despite public fear.

News Outlet: The Trace

Proceeds Go To: Chip Brownlee

A researcher at the Houston Methodist's Research Institute was hospitalized following a stabbing incident. Multiple people witnessed the incident and provided first aid before the Houston Fire and Police Department arrived. The Houston Police Department is investigating, and they don't think it was a planned attack.

News Outlet: KHOU-11

Proceeds Go To: Researcher (Redirected Through Houston Methodist's Research Institute)

A man known to children in a Spring-area neighborhood as the “Candyman” is now behind bars after Harris County Precinct 4 undercover investigators say he believed he was meeting a 13-year-old girl near a local school.

News Outlet: Click2Houston

Proceeds Go To: Harris County Sheriff's Office

Three men are facing felony charges after investigators with the U.S. Postal Service Inspector's Office say mail theft investigations uncovered multiple pieces of stolen mail and postal keys.

News Outlet: ABC 13

Proceeds Go To: Postal Inspection Service

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an announcement regarding a recent outbreak of hantavirus in several countries.

News Outlet: New York Times

Proceeds Go To: World Health Organization

The Nigeria Army has rescued 7 abducted orphaned children from a militant group in a recent operation.

News Outlet: AP News

Proceeds Go To: Authorities in Nigeria's Kogi State