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On Saint Patrick’s Day, spotting someone searching the grass for luck might not seem unusual. But in Washington, D.C., it’s not just a holiday tradition for Walter Jenkins — it’s a daily ritual. “Most people are like, did you lose your keys, did you lose jewelry...

Traffic Alert: All northbound lanes on I-95 are closed in Temple Hills due to police activity.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Businesses in the Navy Yard are dealing with the fallout after another so-called “teen takeover” over the weekend that ended with robberies, assaults and a gunshot fired into the air. Police said roughly 200 juveniles flooded the D.C. neighborhood, creating chaos in one of...

Columnist Dana Milbank on Monday said he was leaving The Washington Post to join a new Robert Allbritton-backed Washington, D.C., news organization in a “a bold new journalistic venture.” Allbritton is the founder of Politico. “It feels wonderful to align myself with a public-spirited media owner who uses his...

WASHINGTON — A DC Councilmember is hoping to use a portion of the budget to make city trash and recycling cans more rodent-resistant. On Monday, Councilmember Christina Henderson introduced the Public Trash and Recycling Container Budgeting Act of 2026. “We need a different strategy when it comes to waste...

The owners of Matt and Tony’s All Day Kitchen + Bar (1501 Mount Vernon Avenue) have filed paperwork to open a sister location across the street in Del Ray. Restaurant owners Matthew Sloan and Eric Brannon are asking the city for permission to allow 10 seats of outdoor dining for the space formerly occupied by Benny...

A MARC passenger train struck a vehicle sitting on the tracks in Maryland on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a massive emergency response and shutting down a busy roadway during rush hour. The crash happened around 4:10 p.m. at the railroad crossing near Randolph Road and Nebel Street in Rockville, when a...

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (7News) — Police investigating a sexual assault case in Woodbridge, Virginia, last week said the man responsible may have targeted the same 26-year-old woman nearly a year ago. On March 10, 2026, the woman was jogging near the intersection of River Ridge Boulevard and Powells Creek Boulevard...

Police found 91 shell casings at the scene. Bullets damaged multiple car windows, school windows and even entered a home, hitting the bedframe of a child’s bunkbed.

Police said traffic is being impacted after a car and train crashed into each other.