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WASHINGTON (7News) — Three men are in the hospital after a shooting Saturday morning in D.C.'s Congress Heights neighborhood, police said. Officers found two men shot around 1:19 a.m. in the 3300 block of 14th Place SE, just a few blocks from the Congress Heights Metro station. They were rushed to the hospital with ser

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman ruled that a traffic stop that led to the arrest of a fatal shooting defendant was conducted legally during a motions hearing on Aug. 7. Joshua Franklin, 41, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during crime of violence and unlawful possession of

A Maryland version of Winnie-the-Pooh’s fabled magical forest has been officially protected from development. Informally known as the “Hundred Acre Wood,” the forested tract was transferred by NASA to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during a signing ceremony in July. The 105-acre property is now managed as part of t

An 18-year-old Silver Spring man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to a firearm charge stemming from a fight during which a gun discharged in the parking lot of Blake High School earlier this year. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Ann Harrington sentenced Taric Wilson to five years in prison,...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A 10-year-old girl was attacked by a beaver Thursday at Seneca Creek State Park in Maryland, according to the state's Department of Natural Resources. The girl was canoeing with a group at summer camp around 3:30 p.m. when it happened. Camp counselors jumped in...

A Friday morning trip along the tracks took a terrifying turn in Maryland. A man was airlifted to an area hospital in critical condition after being struck by a MARC train in the 22000 block of Mt. Ephraim Road in Dickerson on Friday, Aug. 14, police said. The call came in at around 10:30 a.m. Montgom…

A teacher accused of assaulting two administrators while trespassing at the Silver Spring elementary school where she previously worked is not competent to stand trial, a Montgomery County judge decided Friday in Rockville’s District Court. Nadine Akoko Sefako Dogbo, 27, of Gaithersburg, also faces charges related to “

The family of the man with Down syndrome who went missing for six days and was found in a Montgomery County, Maryland, Metro station is suing the company that was responsible for his care and the transit agency, saying their negligence contributed to his lengthy disappearance. Rashawn Williams, a 31-year-old...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Maryland man originally charged with murder in a Charleston shooting pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Friday. Joshua Scales, 34, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the January 2025 shooting death of St. Albans resident Ethan Chic-Colbert. Chic-Colbert was in a p

Six individuals face federal and state charges in a multi-state organized retail theft ring that stole over $48,000 from stores across Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.