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VIRGINIA — Fairfax County Parkway was closed in both directions at Old Plains Road late Tuesday morning as police conducted a death investigation, according to authorities. The Fairfax County Police Department announced the investigation in a social media post around 10:30 a.m. Officers responding to the scene...

WASHINGTON - D.C. police are continuing to search for two suspects accused of robbing a cellphone store in Northeast D.C. last week. According to investigators, two armed suspects went into a T-Mobile store in the 800 block of H Street, Northeast, just before 8 p.m. on Thursday, December 18. Police...

Metro has announced that there will be additional hours of operations for the holidays, and free rides and parking will also be available during select times.

D.C.’s new acting chief of police takes over the department at a tumultuous time for the city with a police force facing a range of challenges. Acting Chief Jeff Carroll has been No. 2 at the Metropolitan Police Department since Pamela Smith became chief in 2023. Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Carroll was her...

D.C. acting police Chief Jeffery Carroll is starting his new role under a cloud of controversy as Chief Pamela Smith departs amidst allegations of inaccurate crime statistics in the District. FOX 5's Bob Barnard sat down with the new leader to discuss the major issues he plans to tackle.

The D.C. area was hit the hardest by federal layoffs and that greatly impacted the amount of people turning to nonprofits for help. But those nonprofits themselves saw major cuts to the amount of federal funding they received, with some seeing all of it disappear. Laura Tomasko, senior policy program...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A 23-year-old man was shot and killed in Southeast D.C. on Sunday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. It happened around 6:03 a.m. in the 2300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Officers found a man, identified as Dennis Ziegler, with a gunshot wound. He was unconscious and not...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Months after a fire at The Gardens at Wingate Apartments in Southwest D.C. left more than 100 residents homeless, questions are being raised about whether the tragedy could have been prevented. An investigation by 7News uncovered more than 100 safety and health code violations at the...

The number of unemployed Alexandrians is up by a third from a year before, according to September jobs figures that were delayed by the federal government shutdown. A total of 96,711 city residents were counted as employed in the civilian workforce, with 3,479 reported unemployed, according to figures reported Dec....

HYATTSVILLE, Md. – The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Friday in the unincorporated section of Hyattsville. The deceased passenger of one of the involved vehicles is 49-year-old Laura Johnson of Laurel. On December 19, 2025, at approximately 11:40 am,...