A room at Crowne Plaza London Docklands. Originally branded as Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, the first United States Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel was opened in Rockville, Maryland, in 1983. Within a couple of years the brand was spun off as an independent chain (still owned at the time by Holiday Inn).
Americans have a better chance of being killed in Chicago than U.S. troops do in Afghanistan, figures from the nationâs third-largest city show. This year 228 Chicago residents have been killed, while the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan during the same period is 144, The Huffington Post reported.
On Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a study that presented cities in America with the highest numbers of murders. And while murders per capita might present a better picture of just how dangerous a city is, the raw death toll in a city is undeniably jarring. Topping the list is Chicago with 500 murders, knocking down previous title-holder NYC to second with 419.