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The District’s homicide count increased in a single day with four incidents. According to D.C. Witness data, Feb. 11. marked one of the deadliest days so far this year with four lives lost in less than 24 hours. This increase is more than the total number of homicides recorded for the entire month of January.

WASHINGTON — DC Police say a garbage truck they were looking for after it fled the scene of a crash that killed one woman and seriously injured another in Northwest has been located in Maryland. They declined to specify where the vehicle was found, or if anyone has been...

Knife dispute inside Columbia Road business ends in bloodshed and arrest WASHINGTON, DC — A late-night dispute inside a Northwest business escalated into violence when a woman allegedly brandished a knife and cut a man who tried to intervene, police said. The incident unfolded at approximately 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in…

On their second day in Washington, DC, a group of venerable Buddhist monks from Texas marked the end of their multi-month walking pilgrimage at the Lincoln Memorial. Approximately two dozen monks had embarked on the 2,300-mile journey from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth to the nation's capital....

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A Fairfax County judge sentenced Juliana Peres Magalhaes to 10 years in prison Friday for her role in the killings of Christine Banfield and Joe Ryan, rejecting prosecutors’ recommendation that she receive time served and be deported. Peres Magalhaes's lawyer said she will...

MARYLAND — Police are investigating after a man was fatally shot Friday morning inside a store in Baltimore. Officers responded around 9:30 a.m. to the 1000 block of Broadway for reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found a 36-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a...

Several stores at the Clarksburg Outlets were damaged after a fire broke out on Friday, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

A former Laurel police chief on Friday was sentenced to 55 years in prison for setting three fires at two Clarksburg properties owned by his stepson and daughter-in-law between 2016 and 2020. David Michael Crawford, 74, of Ellicott City, is already serving two consecutive life sentences plus 75 years for...

Fairfax County is mourning one of its own. Firefighter Brandon Winfield died Thursday, February 12, 2026, following a brief illness, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Winfield served Fairfax County for 20 years after being hired in 2006 as a member of Recruit Class 121. At the...

NOTE: The Office of the Governor shared the following press release:. Extension of price collar through 2030 will save consumers across the region an estimated $27 billion, building on the Moore-Miller Administration’s comprehensive strategy to lower energy bills and ensure grid reliability. ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor...