Heres a tricky contradiction about local crime news: Most Americans consume it, yet few say its easy to stay informed about key questions that news should, theoretically, cover. More Americans follow news and information about crime than any other local topic except the weather. And 85% express interest in what local officials are doing to...

You may have heard that an eye-watering 250,000 subscribers have left The Washington Post following the paper’s decision to not endorse a presidential candidate. The figure represents about 10% of the Post’s digital subscribers. Readers were particularly upset at the timing less than two weeks from a close and consequential election and weren’t...