Silver Spring MD

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz urged parties to continue plea negotiations during a hearing for a shooting defendant on Feb. 6. Demarco Bates, 28, is charged with four counts of assault with intent to kill, four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, unlawful possession of a firearm with...

A Metropolitan Police Department officer went viral when he welcomed a group of Buddhist monks to D.C. as they completed a 108-day, 2,300-mile Walk for Peace from Texas. The monks walked single file, one step at a time, for 15 weeks, finally crossing the Potomac River Tuesday. Officer Steven Ngyuen...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A 16-year-old was arrested for gun possession after an incident near the Silver Spring Metro Station on Monday evening, according to Montgomery County officials. On Feb. 9, 2026, at around 6 p.m., Montgomery County's 3rd District officers responded to an assault in progress at...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A road rage argument took a deadly turn on Wednesday when a person was struck by a passing driver on the highway. The person later died from his injuries at the hospital. According to Virginia State Police, the crash happened early Wednesday morning, just before...

WASHINGTON (7News) — It's been over two weeks since the first round of snowflakes fell around the DMV, amounting to widespread 6 to 10 inches of snow. Since then, we spent nearly 10 days below freezing, locking in all of that snow and ice with little to no melting besides what happened to be in direct sunlight before...

WASHINGTON (7NEWS) — A burglary at a Southeast D.C. home ended in gunfire and an arrest on Tuesday. Metropolitan police arrested Fredrick Douglas Smith III, 33, of Southeast D.C. The break-in happened around 7:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of Q Street. Investigators said Smith made his way...

Rockville, Md. (DG) – A deadly crash in Silver Spring has led to criminal charges against a teenager. Montgomery County Police were called just after 11:20 a.m. on January 14th to the intersection of Lockwood Drive and Northwest Drive for a two-vehicle collision. Investigators say a Lexus crossed a...

DC Superior Court Judge Andrea Hertzfeld sentenced a non-fatal stabbing defendant to 32 months of imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release on Feb. 10. Andrew Wooten, 40, pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2025 to assault with significant bodily injury while armed for his involvement in a stabbing on Aug. 7, 2025 on the...

Aritzia will not be opening a location at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, according to updated information provided by mall management. A representative from Montgomery Mall confirmed Tuesday morning that the retailer was planning to open at the property. However, mall officials later clarified on Wednesday...

Hidden Healers: A Celebration of Historical Black Figures in Medicine: How Dr. Herman Branson’s Alpha-Helix Model Revolutionized Science. Dr. Herman Branson made a groundbreaking contribution to molecular biology by co-developing the alpha-helix model of protein structure. This discovery, achieved alongside Linus...