The Brookland Metro station saw the most crime from January to August of this year, with 44 crimes reported, according to an October security report.

Animal rights groups in Maryland are not happy with a ruling that deems pit bulls to be “inherently dangerous.”

The District might be ranked second among U.S. cities in pedestrian friendliness, but there are still plenty of intersections around town where it’s not always the safest to tread. DDOT identified the 24 most dangerous intersections for pedestrians.

Hey, did you guys read the news this morning? We’re basically living inside Thunderdome! “Report: D.C., Baltimore among most dangerous cities” shouts the headline on WTOP this morning — the story opens by informing us that we should all be locking up our wallets and never leaving the house ever again: “The list…lists D.C. as the fourth most unsafe city with more than half a million people.” Egads! Of course, once you get past the…

Houston Transit Authority volunteer Eliot Swainson, left, who came to the aid of a passenger who had fallen on the tracks this morning, gives directions to another Metro passenger. We reported this morning that a woman fell on the tracks on the Red Line to Glenmont at the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station around 9:30 a.m. DCist has now learned that the woman narrowly avoided being struck by an oncoming train — largely due to…