3 charged with murder after 20-year-old dies in Landover shooting
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — Two Maryland women and a man are facing murder charges in connection with a deadly shooting in Landover on Sunday, according to Prince George's County police. Diontay Jackson, 20, was killed in the shooting. His alleged killers were identified by police as De’Andre...
Man arrested in July shooting death of 18-year-old in Northwest DC
WASHINGTON (7News) — A 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in Northwest D.C. earlier this year, police said. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said Alan Maybin of Northwest D.C. was arrested Monday by members of the Capital Area Regional...
Eviction Notice Hits Downtown DC’s Swahili Village Amid Bankruptcy
An eviction notice has been posted at Swahili Village, the Kenyan restaurant at 1990 M Street NW in downtown Washington, D.C., that had been closed for renovations with plans to reopen this past spring. The notice marks a new setback for a restaurant that has spent the past several years navigating a high-profile wage-theft settlement and, more recently, a corporate bankruptcy filing.
Democratic socialist the heavy favorite as nation’s capital elects its 1st new mayor in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the nation's capital are electing their first new mayor in 12 years, and a self-described democratic socialist is heavily favored to win. Janeese Lewis George , a D.C. council member who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is facing DC Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and 11 write-in candidates. Republicans in heavily Democratic Washington did not field a mayoral candidate. Lewis George far outpaced six rivals, includin
Warner closes his last campaign at home in Alexandria
On the eve of Election Day, the senator told a packed Port City Brewing crowd it was his final event as a candidate and urged a win “too big to rig”
Temple Hills Killer Caught With Loaded Glock After Fleeing Stolen ATV: Feds
A Maryland man who fatally shot a 23-year-old in the back while he played basketball at an elementary school is in trouble with the law again, this time after a stolen ATV, a foot chase, and a loaded Glock that went skidding across a DC sidewalk. Savon Lee Blanchard, 33, of Temple Hills, pleaded gui…
DC Gunman Accused of Killing Man at Bus Stop, Then Opening Fire Again Before...
Deadly predawn rampage leaves one man dead, a suspect wounded and police under investigation. WASHINGTON,...
Two local senior living facilities rated among the best in Virginia
Two senior-living facilities located just outside of Arlington are among the best in the state, according to a new Newsweek ranking. Goodwin House Alexandria ranked No. 2 and Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads ranked No. 3 in Virginia in the magazine’s newly released list of America’s Best Nursing Homes.
Rented Montgomery County home trashed during massive Halloween Party: ‘Complete chaos’
BETHESDA, Md. - Cleanup was underway Monday after hundreds of people showed up at a rented home in a quiet North Bethesda cul-de-sac for a massive Halloween Party. Illegal commercial house parties were outlawed in a 2025 Montgomery County law, but that didn't stop one from happening on Halloween night.
Metro responds after man claims he was locked inside station after Commanders game
WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro is responding to claims that customers allegedly got stuck inside Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metro Station after the Commanders game Sunday night. One user, who goes by DMVAdventures on X, posted a video that appears to show chains around a station gate. "It took so long for the...

















