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Prince William County Police is seeking information in the unsolved case of Montgomery County woman Cynthia Joan Gastelle, who was last seen on April 3, 1980, at her residence in Takoma Park, Maryland. The 20-year-old was expected to attend two job interviews that day but never returned home. Cynthia’s skeletal...

WASHINGTON (7News) — 15 residents, including three children, were displaced following a three-alarm apartment fire in Northeast D.C. on Saturday, according to DC Fire and EMS. Crews responded to the 1400 block of Eastern Avenue, NE, where smoke was seen coming from the top floor of a three-story apartment...

Here’s D.C.’s Week In Review: The Washington, D.C. region is navigating a week of major legal, transit, and public health developments. This week, a significant chapter closed in a high-profile Fairfax County double murder case with the Banfield murder sentencing. As a result, this brought a sense of resolution to a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two men from the District have pleaded guilty to violently assaulting, robbing, and carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Southeast Washington, D.C., in early 2025, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Laithen Bell, 20, and Cornell Jamison, 21, both of Washington, D.C., entered their guilty pleas in...

Amtrak offers first look at fancy new trains. Here’s when they’ll debut in the Northwest. Amtrak is rolling out a fleet of fancy new trains, and Oregon riders at the front of the line to try them out. The rail company gave a first look at its new...

D.C. native Johnny Gill possesses one of the clearest, strongest Soul voices of his generation, though arguably his fame has never quite matched his broad talent as a singer and musician. Click Here for the full biography. More than four decades after he broke on the scene as a teenager, it is clear that Gill’s […] ...

Alexandria will be getting a second Barnes & Noble bookstore, in Alexandria's West End, according to First Washington Realty, which manages the Shoppes at Foxchase in Alexandria. The new bookstore will be located at the shopping center at 4515 Duke St. The 13,276 square foot spot is sandwiched between Cava...

Four people were hospitalized after a crash involving a tanker truck in Bowie on Sunday, according to Maryland State Police (MSP).

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A juvenile male suspect has been charged after a non-fatal shooting at Springfield Town Center that sent a man to the hospital, Fairfax County police said. Officers responded around 5:34 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, to the 6500 block of Springfield Mall for a reported...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A weekend system is poised to bring a messy mix of rain and snow to the Baltimore–Washington corridor Sunday afternoon into early Monday, with colder air wrapping in late enough to flip parts of the region to snow—especially north and west of Interstate 95.