Firefighters extinguish two residential building fires in Alexandria over the weekend
The Alexandria Fire Department extinguished two residential building fires over the weekend. Just before 7 p.m. on Saturday (March 28), a fire was reported in a four-level townhome the 100 block of Quay Street, which is near the intersection with N. Union Street in Old Town. AFD arrived to find fire showing on the...
16-year-old shot outside store in Northwest DC
DC police are investigating after a 16-year-old was hospitalized after being shot outside a store on Kennedy Street NW over the weekend.
DC police search for suspects in robbery tied to Navy Yard teen takeover
WASHINGTON - D.C. police are asking for the public’s help identifying suspects linked to a robbery during a large teen gathering in Navy Yard earlier this month. Investigators released images of two suspects wanted in the robbery that happened just before 10 p.m. on March 14. Police say multiple attackers assaulted...
2 workers seriously injured after lift overturns at DC construction site
WASHINGTON (7News) — Two workers were seriously injured after an elevated lift overturned at a construction site in Northwest D.C. D.C. Fire and EMS said the two men were thrown out when the lift tipped over. They were both rushed to the hospital for "traumatic injuries." This happened at...
DC restaurant closures surged in 2025 amid federal layoffs, rising service costs
Restaurant closures in D.C. jumped roughly 39 percent in 2025, according to the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, as Foggy Bottom eateries faced declining sales and rising costs amid federal workforce layoffs and a rising tipped minimum wage. A RAMW report released this month found 54 percent of the...
After 10 years, Northwest Chinese Food closes doors at its Route 1 location
Ritchie's Colombian and Northwest Chinese Food on Route 1 on Feb. 3, 2026. The business are closing as the strip will be turned into apartments. (Jonathan Peter Belling/The Diamondback) It’s not unusual to see a long line of customers waiting for a table to open up inside of Northwest Chinese...
Shaw CVS Bust Turns Bloody as Cop Slashed, D.C. Man Hit With Nine-Count Indictment
A routine shoplifting call in Shaw turned ugly fast, and now a Washington man is facing a grand jury indictment after what prosecutors describe as a knife attack on Metropolitan Police officers during an arrest last summer. The case traces back to June 24, 2025, when an alleged theft at...
$1M prize claimed from Millionaire’s Raffle ticket sold in Del Ray
The winner of a Millionaire’s Raffle lottery ticket bought in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood has claimed the $1 million prize after initially forgetting about it, the Virginia Lottery said. An Arlington woman anonymously claimed the prize, marking the fifth and final $1 million prize from the 2026 Virginia...
H Street Streetcar Reaches Final Stop As D.C. Pulls The Plug
The D.C. Streetcar is about to make its last lap along H Street NE and Benning Road. Service shuts down on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, closing out a roughly decade-long run on the corridor. Riders who want a final trip are being urged to plan ahead, since city and transit officials have already trimmed the schedule and...
DC air traffic controller reveals ‘warning signs were all there’ before midair crash that...
A former Washington DC air traffic controller on duty the night of the fatal January 2025 mid-air collision involving an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter warned how there were “obvious holes” already in the system at the time of the disaster. “The warning signs were all there,” Emily Hanoka told CBS...
