Over a two-year period, prosecutors across 16 states charged more than 400 people with pregnancy-related crimes, with most of the charges originating in states with near or total abortion bans, according to a new report released Tuesday.

Baltimore's homicides have fallen to historic lows under Mayor Brandon Scott. Now comes the test of sustaining it. J. Brian Charles explains what's working and what's at stake.

Broadview Police have opened an investigation into an attack from federal agents on a CBS crew at Broadview, per BPD Chief Mills.

Random thought but Task on HBO should not be sharing Sunday nights with the NFL

Not anymore

Penn State game puttin me to sleep

Trump's claims about crime and immigrants aren't exaggerations. They're lies. @jenmascia.bsky.social breaks down the facts for @thetrace.org

If you're making the GOAT argument for LeBron you really gotta explain the 2010 playoffs and the 2011 Finals

Please just take the season off. No point in rushing back in April when they’re fighting for an 8th seed

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Older Americans have the highest rates of gun suicide of any age group. Not by a little — by a lot. Why? I spent months exploring this question through data, field reporting, and interviews with experts. Our story is up today on @thetrace.org www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gun-...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, the loudest voices rushed to assign blame. @jenmascia.bsky.social shows why that reaction is predictable, what it distracts us from, and why it matters.

Lordt have mercy

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

Bluesky gotta step up cause I'm not seeing any reactions to this Dame Dash interview and I know that other app is going off

Damn, RIP

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, violent political rhetoric has only intensified. @bychipbrownlee.com spoke with Professor Jeff Sharlet about what this moment means and the risks of escalation.

Pablo and his team are proof that REAL sports journalism is still possible

Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was shot today at an event in Utah while on his “American Comeback” tour. He reportedly was being fact-checked at his “Prove Me Wrong” table about the trans mass shooter myth when he was shot.

Washtenaw County, Michigan, sits just west of Detroit but faces its own split gun violence crisis. In Ypsilanti, shootings are driven by retaliation. Across the county’s rural towns, older white men are dying by suicide at far higher rates. Local leaders have built two playbooks in response.

Knicks said "this ain't our mans"

If they can make the $ work and can stay flexible for next offseason, I say go for it

This sweeping overview by @radleybalko.bsky.social on the Trump administration's expansion of federal power is worth your time. Nothing but facts and context in here

After weeks of the Trump administration warning of a crackdown, President Trump shared a threatening post depicting himself with helicopters, flames and the Chicago skyline, saying the city was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” Illinois officials condemned the message.

In just two weeks, more than 20 U.S. colleges received false active shooter reports, triggering lockdowns and heavy police responses. These swatting incidents may be fake, but the fear and trauma they create are real. Strong reporting from @jenmascia.bsky.social

A judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis officers in the Tyre Nichols case. It's the latest turn tied to the disbanded Scorpion Unit. As I work on a book about these units in Memphis and nationally, it’s striking how the same cycles keep unfolding in real time.

One of Trump’s newest EOs targets states that ended cash bail. In New Mexico, bail reform is in the constitution, and research shows it hasn’t increased crime. Experts say reversing it could jail more poor people and risk public safety.

Public health experts say framing gun violence solely as an “urban” issue ignores rising rates in rural communities, especially suicides, and risks sidelining proven solutions. @fairrionam.bsky.social digs into this in her latest piece for @thetrace.org

“Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state.”

She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.

"Under the Constitution, policing powers are reserved to the states. The federal government has very little legal authority to intrude on those powers." Important context from Yale’s Jorge Camacho in this @thetrace.org Q&A by @jenmascia.bsky.social

National Guard troops in D.C. have been ordered to carry weapons. Why might that make some people nervous? Kent State.

Minneapolis poured millions into community violence intervention groups after George Floyd’s murder. Five years later, shootings are down, but the network of interrupters that helped stabilize the city is now fractured, caught in a contract standoff with the city. My latest for @thetrace.org

In the 1990s, John Jay professor David Kennedy pioneered a groundbreaking violence prevention strategy. @bychipbrownlee.com spoke to him about Trump's strategy to reduce crime in D.C. and what a more effective approach might look like.

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is complicit in dismantling America's public health infrastructure and endangering the nation's health by repeatedly spreading inaccurate health information," the letter states.

Idk where Dirk and Kawhi belong but they damn sure don't belong on the same team with Harden and Dwight

March for Our Lives helped usher in major gun policy wins, but now faces new challenges. Layoffs, internal divides, and a lawsuit alleging racism all point to deeper questions about sustainability and leadership in young advocacy groups. New @thetrace.org story by @vansant.bsky.social

I spoke with crime prevention expert David Kennedy about the Trump administration’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital, and the tactics that might prove more effective.

Damn, wish he coulda got that one last season

As federal agents patrol DC under Trump's takeover, a new analysis from @jeffasher.bsky.social shows murders and carjackings are clearly down while other violent crime data is less reliable

I gotta see it against NBA competition

It's like cable but worse

“He probably doesn’t even know where Anacostia is.” Ward 8 residents say they’ve seen few signs of Trump’s law enforcement surge and question whether it will reach the neighborhoods most affected by violence via @usatoday.com

"It is true that D.C. has a chronic violent crime challenge. But it's also true that it is by no means the most dangerous city in the United States." Great reporting by @bychipbrownlee.com and @jenmascia.bsky.social putting D.C.'s numbers in context.

A real shocker...

It’s wild that horror is the only genre where original stories like this can make bread

Been randomly thinking about the 2010 NBA Finals. It wasn't the cleanest series, but it might've been the grittiest. Game 7 was a 12-round fight. Gasol was unreal. Lakers didn’t just win, they survived. For my money, this was the best Finals of the 2010s and the most painful as a Celtics fan.