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Volunteer group’s analysis of 59 fatal and serious pedestrian and bike crashes since 2017 found 10 of the 11 fatal crashes happened in darkness

It was a picture-perfect Halloween on Saturday, and thousands of costumed heroes, villains, monsters and historical figures took to the streets in Alexandria. With appearances by characters like George and Martha Washington, Dr. Doom and Harry Potter, S. Lee Street in Old Town was also closed off for its traditional Halloween block party, which started around 5 p.m. and lasted several hours.

Paul Anka and Barbara Mandrell are among the new class of honorees Getty The next class of Kennedy Center honorees has been announced as the storied institution remains in turmoil . Singers Paul Anka and Barbara Mandrell, composer David Foster, actor Andy Garcia and writer David Mamet will be honored at a celebration held December 7 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. Typically held at the Kennedy Center, the celebration has been relocated due to an ongoing legal battle being pursued by

Capital Weather (formerly Capital Weather Gang) has released its outlook for the upcoming winter publicly, calling for a warmer and wetter-than-normal season across the Washington region, but with below-average snowfall overall. This is the second major outlook released after ABC7’s last week. For Montgomery County, Capital Weather is forecasting...

Drivers can expect delays and detours Monday as several road closures will be enacted for a special event in the District, the U.S. Park Police announced.

Barbecue is out before it even got through the door at a Barracks Row restaurant space. Busy DMV entrepreneur Steve Salis has decided not to bring Catalogue hospitality’s Federal Pig concept to the storefront and will, instead, be debuting a new steakhouse called Woodruffs there, reports the Washington Business Journal.

ALEXANDRIA, VA—When Olympic triple-jump champion Thea LaFond-Gadson walked into George Washington Middle School on Oct. 22, she did not bring the students a story of effortless success. She brought them the truth about finishing last—and choosing to keep going. LaFond-Gadson met with members of the school’s Girls on...

A creative and gourmet sandwich shop, Dragon Hero, is preparing to bid farewell to the community. The Washington, DC sandwich spot will close permanently after serving its last sandwich this Thursday. The team behind the eatery shared the announcement on social media with a farewell message. Dragon Hero DC to...

Food stamp recipients in Massachusetts have until Nov. 29 to activate the new chip EBT card mailed to them, or the old card stops working that day. Massachusetts is not alone: Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey are already moving cardholders to chip cards, and Pennsylvania and New York follow in 2027. The switch is meant […]

A man was seriously hurt after being rescued from the water beneath the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Sunday, according to the DC Fire and EMS Department.