Alexandria man dies in crash on Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Police are investigating whether a 79-year-old Alexandria man suffered a medical emergency when his Ford Explorer crashed into another vehicle on the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway on Saturday morning (March 14). David Owens, the driver of the Explorer, was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead, according...
Safeway in Northeast DC set to close
WASHINGTON - A Safeway grocery store in Northeast D.C. is set to close in two months. What we know: — The Hechinger Mall Safeway at 601 Maryland Ave. NE is expected to close by May 16, according to a spokesperson for Albertsons, Safeway's parent company. The Safeway closure follows...
Black Press Sunday service in Washington, D.C., celebrates 199 years of Black journalism
When officials at St. George’s United Methodist Church pulled Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and other Black parishioners off their knees while praying in Philadelphia in 1787, they went on to form their own church, free of racial discrimination. In a similar example of Black people shaking off the shackles...
Blunt And Belligerent: Temple Hills Man Resists Arrest During Calvert Traffic Stop
HUNTINGTOWN, Md. — A Temple Hills man was arrested after allegedly resisting arrest during a traffic stop in the Huntingtown area of Calvert County. Justin Gregory Lemer Brown, 35, of Temple Hills, was taken into custody around 7:14 a.m. on March 8, 2026, following a traffic stop near the intersection of Route 4 and...
150,000 Tulips bloom on the National Mall
WASHINGTON — The National Mall turned into a colorful spring garden as Tulip Day made its debut in Washington, offering visitors the chance to pick their own bouquet from 150,000 tulips. The one-day event transformed part of the Mall into a large tulip field, where visitors with reserved tickets...
UPDATE – OPM Changes the Call for Monday: “Open With Option for Unscheduled Leave...
Status: Open With Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework. Federal agencies in the Washington, DC area are Open and employees have the Option for Unscheduled Leave or Unscheduled Telework. Telework Employees Not Scheduled to Telework must report to the office on time or notify their supervisor of their...
Maryland Couple Wins $4 Million Mega Millions Prize
A Montgomery County couple from Silver Spring recently claimed a $4 million Mega Millions prize after replaying a set of numbers originally generated by a quick pick ticket that had not won the previous week. The $5 ticket matched the first five numbers in the March 10 Mega Millions drawing...
Preparing for a power outage during extreme weather
WASHINGTON - The Washington, D.C., region is bracing for possible power outages as a dangerous line of storms continues to push through central Maryland, northern Virginia and the District on Monday. The storm system triggered numerous Tornado Watches, Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. A power outage...
Fairfax woman raises safety concerns after tree falls on car
Jessica Rooks had her three kids and her sister in the car. This comes one day after a tree fell on a car driving along GW Parkway, causing a fatal crash.
Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center receives Immediate Jeopardy Citation
WASHINGTON (7News) — 7News has another exclusive report in a series that Washington D.C. reporter Phylicia Ashley has been covering in a series of failures at Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center. The hospital was intended to bring much-needed medical care to an underserved community. It opened last April, and...
