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Articles by Matt Delaney

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Teen’s stabbing death shows girl power to increase rate of violent crime

A fight over a McDonald's sauce packet in the District last weekend left one teen girl dead, another charged with murder and a community grappling with how susceptible young people of both sexes are to getting caught up in the city's juvenile crime crisis -- as either victim or perpetrator.

August 29, 2023