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Jamaica Fest will be held on Sunday, August 17, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Veterans Plaza (1 Veterans Place) in Silver Spring. The free event is a daylong celebration featuring live reggae and dancehall performances, traditional Jamaican food, artisan vendors, and family-friendly entertainment. Attendees are...

An Alexandria police officer was served a summons for a crash while chasing a stolen car.

Michael Pittman, a 30-year-old man from the District of Columbia, has been handed a seven-year prison sentence for his role in trafficking over 200 illegal firearms to the DC area, a stance announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. In his guilty plea made back on April 14, 2025, Pittman admitted to the...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A shooting early Saturday morning left a woman injured in Southeast D.C., said police. Officers found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound on the 2400 block of Elvans Road, Southeast, around 1:22 a.m., said Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials. The woman was taken to a...

Incidents of gun violence in the District have begun to touch even those entities typically held as sacrosanct by the unspoken rules of urban engagement. On Thursday afternoon, a D.C. fire truck, Truck Co. 13, found itself in the crossfire while traversing the intersection of Mount Olivet Road and Montello Avenue NE...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Police are investigating after a Virginia woman was accused in May of financially exploiting an elderly person in Lancaster County. According to the West Lampeter Police Department, Margaret Christel, 34, of Falls Church, VA stole or altered numerous checks worth $50,000 from the elderly...

Washington, DC is witnessing an unprecedented crackdown on unlicensed cannabis shops, as city officials accelerate enforcement efforts and padlock storefronts across the District. Over the past year, at least 50 cannabis businesses—most known as unlicensed “gifting” shops—have been ordered closed, marking a dramatic...

EDGEWOOD, Md. — A potentially fatal tick-borne disease, once largely confined to New England, is now spreading into new territory. Babesiosis, caused by the parasite Babesia microti, has made its way south into the Mid-Atlantic states, including Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Washington D.C., and West Virginia,...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A hit-and-run car crash on Interstate 295 left someone dead early Saturday morning, police said. Officers found a person unconscious and not breathing at the I-295 and Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast intersection. The person was pronounced dead, according to the Metropolitan Police Department...

TEMPLE HILLS, Md. – The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying the driver and vehicle involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run that occurred early Friday morning in Temple Hills. The identity of the pedestrian, a male, will be released once his family is...