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WASHINGTON (7News) — Just named Interim DC Police Chief Jeffrey Carroll has been with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for 23 years. Starting as a patrol officer straight out of Towson University, Carroll rose through the ranks, commanding the department's most critical divisions before becoming executive...

A D.C. man in a wheelchair says nurses and aides are sleeping on the job when they’re supposed to be keeping him safe. He and advocates are sounding the alarm about what they call a growing risk affecting some of the District’s most vulnerable residents. Damon Brooks knows...

A group of Buddhist monks are walking from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. They are moving with purpose. Here's what we know.

WASHINGTON — A Washington, D.C., man who carried out a series of pre-dawn bombings targeting ATMs and businesses in Maryland and the District of Columbia was sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, to five years in federal prison. Cahlyl Rollins, 25, received a 60-month sentence in U.S. District Court after...

On a blustery evening in October, Daniel Foster sat onstage at the Kennedy Center, viola in his lap. The National Symphony Orchestra was about to play “Don Juan,” an 1889 tone poem by Richard Strauss about a young libertine in search of the ideal woman. The opening is fiendishly tricky for viola. It has a fast and...

The man told officers that it all started when the suspect—a woman— entered his room and began arguing with him about not picking up his phone, the police report detailed.

The DC Police Department has issued a critical alert for 16-year-old Serenity Simon, who has been reported missing since Monday. Serenity was last seen in the vicinity of the 1000 block of Maryland Ave NE, a detail publicized by the police in an effort to solicit assistance from the community in locating her. The...

The Metropolitan Police Department has reported an arrest related to a shooting incident that occurred on Southern Avenue, Southeast, earlier this year. According to the official press release, a man sustained a gunshot wound and sought treatment at a local hospital following the incident, which triggered an...

Ross Dress For Less is closing next month in Old Town. The department store at 112 N. Washington Street will close forever on Friday, Jan. 16, according to a sign posted on the retailer’s door. After closing, the building will be renovated and turned into a new “upper school” for the private Linder Academy, which...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Alexandria police arrested one woman and are searching for two others after a robbery on King Street last week. The whole thing was caught on camera. Police say three suspects ran out of the ALO store on King Street with about $8,000 worth of merchandise. According to Detective Anthony LaRusso with...