FARGO — Statistics are often used to help people gain perspective of various elements of weather. However, when misused, statistics can make a mess of things. For example, the normal daily rainfall ...

A Feb. 11 News editorial reported that fewer than 50 percent of seniors at Riverside Institute of Technology passed the new state Education Department math requirement needed to graduate. As the ...

A viral chart claims the UK has the highest rape rate in Europe — but misleading data, flawed comparisons, and political spin distort the facts. DW breaks down what the numbers really mean and why ...

Several studies by reputable researchers have estimated that from 800,000 to more than 1 million assaults, rapes, robberies, carjackings, and other attempted violent crimes are ended by the presence ...