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FOX5 meteorologist Mike Thomas has released his early first call thoughts on a potentially significant winter storm expected to impact the region this weekend, signaling confidence is growing in a high impact snow event for parts of the Mid Atlantic. The map shows 8-14 inches for a big portion of Maryland and...

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the sentencing of Kanika Oni Boston, 51, of Washington, D.C., following her convictions for felony theft scheme and felony insurance fraud. The case involved fraudulent insurance payments obtained from Aflac and National Teachers Association Life Insurance while...

Inspire Nail Bar is preparing to open a new location this March at the North Pointe shopping center along Flower Hill Way in Gaithersburg. The salon will be located at 18251 Flower Hill Way, within the newly developed 16,000SF retail and restaurant center. The business recently shared that construction is nearing...

A viral thread on BlueSky describes the driver unexpectedly heading to Vienna and “driving erratically.”. Passengers on a bus that was supposed to go from New York to Washington, DC, were unexpectedly taken to Vienna, one passenger said in a viral BlueSky thread. Posts from BlueSky user Musicology Duck...

Howard County Police arrested a 15-year-old Columbia boy on charges that he robbed another youth of his shoes at gunpoint Friday afternoon in Clarksville. The teen and an unnamed co-conspirator arranged to meet with another youth to buy shoes, according to a police report. The two suspects and the youth...

Eastern Shore man switches scratch-off at the last second and wins $50,000 DENTON, MD — A spur-of-the-moment decision at a gas station turned into a $50,000 payday for a Caroline County man who picked a new scratch-off ticket instead of his usual choice, making him the first top-prize winner on…

Administrators at Odessa Shannon Middle School delayed contacting Montgomery County police for several hours following an Oct. 22 incident that seriously injured a student when he was struck in the head with a metal object thrown by another student, according to a police report recently posted on social media by the...

D.C. police are still investigating a deadly crash from Northeast that occurred back in November.

BALTIMORE - Gov. Wes Moore released a $70.8 billion budget proposal on Wednesday for fiscal year 2027 that makes nearly $1.8 billion in program cuts and fund transfers to eliminate a projected $1.4 billion shortfall, in part by reducing cost-sharing with local governments. The Maryland governor told reporters that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The 7News First Alert Weather team is tracking a significant winter storm expected to impact the region Saturday evening through Sunday night. Confidence remains high that this will be a major winter storm, bringing plowable snow to many areas, with a chance of some mixing farther south.