71-year-old woman left with unfinished renovation after joining DC pilot program
WASHINGTON (7News) — A 71-year-old woman in Washington, D.C., spoke out after a city-funded program intended to help her generate rental income had left her with unfinished renovations and mounting frustrations. Ethel Whitmore, who lost her leg, applied to the District’s Residential Accessory Apartment Program,...
Snow Flurries Fall in Springfield, Virginia
As a cold front passed through the D.C. area Saturday morning, light snow flurries fell from the sky, including in Springfield, Va. Digital Producer Anna Chen shared a video with DC News Now of her dogs, Figgy and Pumpkin, traversing in the morning flurries.
Maryland man sentenced to more than five years for leading doctor impersonation scheme to...
A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for orchestrating a nationwide prescription fraud ring that used stolen identities of medical doctors to issue thousands of fake narcotics prescriptions, prosecutors announced Tuesday. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central...
Back-to-back winter storms hit the East this weekend with arctic blast behind them next...
(NEW YORK) -- Two winter storms will move through the East this weekend, with cold air coming right behind it in an arctic blast forecast for next week. The first of the two storm systems will be a quick-moving, clipper system that continues to bring scattered snow showers to the Midwest and Great Lakes before...
Updated: Police Investigating Shooting Near Campus; University Shelter in Place Lifted
Police are investigating after a shooting occurred just off campus Thursday afternoon. Catholic University’s campus was locked down as a result. Officers responded to 911 calls saying someone was shooting at another person near the corner of Seventh Street and Monroe Street NE, on the Brookland Art Walk. Nobody is...
DC police investigating double stabbing in Southeast
D.C. police are investigating after two men were injured in a stabbing in Southeast overnight.
4 charged after missing person search leads to human remains in Prince George’s County...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Four people are facing charges after an investigation into human remains found in a park in Prince George’s County. On Nov. 3, Prince George’s County police were helping DC police and the FBI Cross Border Task Force in a missing persons investigation. During...
DC man gets 40 years for ‘sadistic’ killing of Virginia woman
It has taken nearly three years for an Arlington, Virginia, family to get justice in the murder of their loved one at a Northeast D.C. motel in 2023. It was back in April 2023 that 31-year-old Christy Bautista was stabbed over 30 times, her body battered by 46-year-old George Sydnor. During his sentencing hearing,...
Big change coming to airport security next month
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Air travelers who show up to airport security without a REAL ID or another accepted form of identification will soon face a new option, and a new cost, under a program rolling out nationwide next month. Beginning Feb. 1, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will launch...
Purple Alert: Concern for Missing 13-Year-Old with Autism
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Prince Parkman, a missing 13-year-old. Parkman was last seen on Saturday, January 17, 2026, at approximately 9:40 am, in the 14340 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver...

















