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Joseph Atsus, a 51-year-old Pennsylvania resident, received a four-year federal prison sentence on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, in Scranton for participating in a long-running museum theft operation. Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion imposed the sentence. Key Takeaways. Joseph Atsus, 51, was sentenced to 48...

WASHINGTON (AURN News) — A program aimed at developing the next generation of civil rights attorneys is marking a major milestone. The Legal Defense Fund has provided support and training through its Marshall-Motley Scholars Program for the past five years, focusing on building a pipeline of civil rights lawyers...

Typically, you may have noticed food delivery robots near college campuses, but this time Serve Robotics is doing things differently.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The 7News First Alert Weather team is tracking a significant winter storm expected to impact the region Saturday evening through Sunday night. Confidence remains high that this will be a major winter storm, bringing plowable snow to many areas, with a chance of some mixing farther south.

ATLANTA (AP) — Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines and knock out power for days, while Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston could see enough snow to make travel very difficult or nearly...

A 37-year-old man has been charged with federal crimes after authorities say he traveled to Kentucky to pick up a 13-year-old he met on a dating app and allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with her.

WASHINGTON, DC (7News) — The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public's help to find the man responsible for a shooting in Northwest D.C. On Saturday, Nov. 29, at approximately 4:45 a.m., a man was shot while approaching his car in the 3200 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest. When...

The National Weather Service has upgraded the Winter Storm Threat for the Baltimore-Washington region to the highest possible level, classifying the upcoming system as an extreme winter storm with the potential for major, high-impact conditions across much of Maryland, DC, and Virginia. According to the National...

Murder victim Christine Banfield's father took the stand on day five of her husband Brendan Banfield's murder trial. He testified that Christine had frequent, prolonged nosebleeds as a child.

Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for a psychiatric patient who escaped from a treatment facility on Monday evening. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW) informed officers at 6:38 p.m. that Kevin Gudiel, 25, had fled from the facility. Gudiel,...