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Twenty-four Fairfax-area Boy Scouts and seven adults were rescued after rising floodwaters stranded them during a canoe trip on the Cacapon River in West Virginia.

WASHINGTON — Students from across D.C., Maryland and Virginia will participate in the national spelling bee on Tuesday. “I think I'm naturally talented. I've always been good at words and etymology, and finding out where they come from, and I don't really study that hard, in my opinion, " said 14-year-old, Ethan Atanga

The man the girl reportedly went missing with had pleaded guilty to felony grand larceny in 2006, according to court records.

WASHINGTON (7News) — Two teens were among three people shot near a Southeast D.C. apartment complex on Memorial Day, according to D.C. Police. Heavy police presence was spotted at an apartment complex in the area of G Street and Finch Street after police said they were called to the area at around 5:15 p.m.

The woman who died in the crash near Joint Base Andrews over the weekend was identified as 54-year-old Marcia McNair.

The shutdown of Saks Fifth Avenue’s Friendship Heights and Tysons stores this month leaves its landlords with hundreds of thousands of square feet to refill or repurpose. Those and other department store closures also have retail experts rethinking the traditional mall anchor store. “Anchor stores play the major role..

MARYLAND — A 23-year-old man was killed in a crash early Memorial Day morning in Bowie, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers said the two-vehicle crash happened shortly after midnight on U.S. Route 301 near Mill Branch Road in Prince George’s County. A preliminary investigation found that a BMW traveling on Rou

Leaders from the cities of Hopewell and Alexandria and Prince George County have formally opposed a nearly 30% proposed water rate increase by Virginia-American Water Company (VAWC).

After a cool and rainy stretch, warmer weather is expected to return this week, though scattered showers and isolated storms could impact Memorial Day events before drier conditions arrive later in the week.

Forbright Bank has now paid $36 million to officially acquire Chase Tower in Chevy Chase, according to newly recorded land records first reported by Maryland Newsletters. The purchase gives the Montgomery County-based bank ownership of the 12-story office building at 4445 Willard Avenue, where it has maintained its hea