Virginia Team Finds Senior Poodle Abandoned In Parking Lot, Then Reads A Shocking Note
Dogs give endless love and loyalty, yet too often, as they grow older, they’re discarded, abandoned, or forgotten. That was the sad reality for Princess, a senior Poodle from Virginia. She had spent her life devoted to her family, only to be left behind when age caught up with...
Barnes & Noble plans new Alexandria bookstore in Shoppes at Foxchase
Barnes & Noble is planning a new bookstore in the Shoppes at Foxchase. The national book retailer hopes to open in Walgreens’ former space at 4515 Duke Street toward “the end of this year,” a spokesperson told ALXnow. The plans come as the company seeks to open at least 60 stores across the country in 2026, including...
Buddhist monks draw massive crowds to Alexandria streets during cross-country peace trek
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — On a journey spanning 107 days and thousands of miles, a group of two dozen monks arrived in Alexandria and Arlington this week, drawing massive crowds eager to receive a message of peace in a time of national divisiveness. The monks, whose cross-country trek began in...
JCPenney to exit Springfield Town Center after 53 years
After surviving recessions, the dawn of online retail and a sweeping redevelopment, JCPenney’s time at Springfield Town Center is at last coming to an end. The department store will permanently close on May 24 after 53 years at the shopping center formerly known as Springfield Mall. Signs advertising sales...
9 DMV Universities Named to World’s Top Universities of 2026 by ‘Time’
The ranking featured four Virginia universities, with one making the top 50. Time released its ranking of the “World’s Top Universities,” and the DMV’s public and private universities are well represented. Nine area colleges made the inaugural list. In the list of the top 500 public...
3 young people stabbed in massive brawl in downtown Silver Spring
Three people were stabbed in a fight involving more than 20 teenagers in downtown Silver Spring Monday night, according to Montgomery County police. Police say the fight broke out at about 6 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Wayne and Ramsey Avenue during rush hour. A vendor who works nearby...
DC mom believed she prepaid her funeral before death, family still gets a bill...
A D.C. mother paid and planned a funeral so that her family wouldn’t have to. She gave them the receipts and signed contracts, but when it came time to bury her, the family told 7News the papers were worth nothing. They had to pay double for what their mother already covered.
Nearly One Year Later, Driver Charged In Deadly Freightliner Crash That Dragged SUV In...
Andrew Joe Machinjiri, 25, of Severn, was charged on Tuesday, Feb. 10, in connection with the fatal collision that took the life of Silver Spring resident Jiwon Kim last year. At approximately 12:48 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Silver Spring, Montgomery County Police and Fire and Rescue crews responded to the...
D.C. Cop Charged With Scamming Pennsylvania Man on Facebook Marketplace
The Metropolitan Police Department’s website provides a list of helpful tips on how to safely conduct online transactions: Use public and well-lit meeting spots, research the other person, share your plan with a friend, and avoid advance payments, for example. And in January, following a social media transaction...
Man assaults, hurls homophobic slurs at stranger who refused high-five, DC Police say
WASHINGTON — A Maryland man is facing charges after police say he assaulted a stranger who refused a high-five while walking along 14th Street, Northwest, last week. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, 26-year-old Emundson Dean Robert, from Germantown, Md., is charged with simple assault (hate/bias)....
