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Days after an explosion blasted manhole covers off the sewer in an otherwise quiet Loudoun County neighborhood, the incident remains a mystery, and residents remain on edge. Investigators executed a search warrant at a home not far away from the blast that woke up dozens of residents of the Potomac Station...

MARYLAND – This series explores the impacts of data centers on water supply, energy use and air quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Data centers house the computer systems that enable internet activity and, increasingly, artificial intelligence. Northern Virginia, in the middle of the Bay watershed, is the...

JOPPA, MD—Crews are on the scene of three crashes in the Joppa area.  The crashes were reported on Friday, October 10th. The first motor vehicle collision occurred on southbound Interstate 95 between MD-24 and MD-152. One person was transported to a local trauma center for treatment. The two left lanes of southbound...

Well, this is exciting. Another new bagel shop is in the works for Ashburn – this time in the Ashburn Village neighborhood. The Burn has learned that Torus Bagels is planning to set up shop in the Ashburn Village Shopping Center off Gloucester Parkway. It will be taking the...

Above an image of a child with blotchy skin, the Kent County Health Department asks its Facebook community “Think you might have measles symptoms?”. The department is hoping the county’s answer remains “no”. Amid the highest number of measles cases in the United States in more...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. – Agriculture has long been the backbone of the Eastern Shore, with corn and soybeans dominating local fields. But a new crop is starting to make its mark: cannabis. At Culta’s growing facility in Cambridge, cultivation managers Santiago Rodriguez and Maggie McBain are part of a growing...

RESTON, Va. (7News) — A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier was robbed at gunpoint in Reston, Virginia, on Thursday afternoon. The carrier did not have any injuries, but postal service property was stolen, the US Postal Inspector told 7News. The investigation is underway and more information will be...

One of two men wanted in the execution-style killing of a 29-year-old Maryland man has been captured hundreds of miles away — but detectives say the hunt isn’t over yet. Joshua Carter, 18, was arrested in Fayetteville, North Carolina, this week in connection with the Sept. 21 murder of Akwalabeng Fontava, who was...

SOYBEAN FARMERS ARE CAUGHT IN A U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR: China, the world’s top purchaser of soybeans, gets a large share of its beans from American farmers. Last year alone, China bought more than half of the soybeans exported by them, or $12.6 billion worth. The more than 12,000 Maryland families growing the beans...