The Rev. Guilherme Peixoto scrambled to adjust his DJ set for an upcoming youth festival when he realized he had a new opening act: Pope Leo XIV.

Businesses in Little Village, one of the Chicago’s most important commercial districts, have seen sales plummet during “Operation Midway Blitz.”

According to Chicago police, a repeat offender who was awaiting trial for an unrelated attack and was not being held in jail set a woman on fire aboard a train.

The government had accused Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ruiz, 21, of assaulting a federal officer during an Oct. 4 incident in Chicago.

Homicides are down nearly 20 percent this year in 52 of America’s largest cities, a decline that spans both red states and blue states.

The incident in Sturgeon, Missouri, led to the mayor’s resignation and calls to disband the local law enforcement agency.