D.C.’s Dark Shift: Fewer Crimes, Bloodier Outcomes

A new midyear report by the Council on Criminal Justice brings a puzzling contrast to light—while violent crime is falling across most American cities, Washington, D.C. faces a grimmer transformation. … Read more

Gunfire Strikes Before Dawn in Southeast DC, Man Dies on Scene

A chilling silence swept through southeast D.C. early Friday as gunfire cracked the dawn. A man was found shot, breathless and unconscious, on the 4200 block of 4th Street SE. … Read more