Silver Spring MD

When someone mentions breathtaking views, they usually mean it figuratively, but the vistas from Weverton Cliffs on the Crampton Gap to Harpers Ferry trail will literally leave you gasping. This 10-mile stretch of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland serves up some of the most spectacular overlooks in the entire Mid-Atlantic,...

The Maryland Department of the Environment is investigating a leak of roughly 32,000 gallons of jet fuel at Joint Base Andrews, raising concerns about contamination in nearby waterways and the military base’s reporting practices. The incident has drawn heightened scrutiny because Joint Base Andrews, located in Prince George’s County, is one of the nation’s most […]

Rockville, Md. (DG) – A coordinated crackdown across parts of Maryland shut down multiple illegal car rallies over the weekend, leading to arrests, recovered firearms, and several juveniles detained. Authorities say the Maryland Car Rally Task Force launched the overnight operation Friday at 10 p.m., continuing into early Saturday morning across Prince George’s, Howard, and Montgomery counties.

A man who broke into several houses in Northern Virginia at night while nude has been arrested, police say. Investigators were staking out the 14000 block of Gatwick Square in Centreville early Monday morning in the hopes of catching the suspect who was caught on camera creeping around homes wearing nothing but shoes and a piece of clothing wrapped around his head. He’s suspected...

A person was taken to the hospital after they were rescued from a house fire in Fairfax County overnight.

Advocates are pushing back after Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed cutting the Pay Equity Fund in her latest 2027 budget proposal.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A man was arrested Monday after he assaulted a woman and a police officer near the National Portrait Gallery in D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said. Officers responded to the 900 block of G Street Northwest around 9:49 for the assault, where they located the...

– A Riverdale woman, who won a $2 million top prize on the $30 200X the Cash scratch-off, had trouble believing it was the real deal. “She’s been asking me all the time, ‘Do you think it’s real?’” her husband said April 10 when the two claimed the windfall at Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. By the time of claiming, she was largely convinced of...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A D.C. man who pleaded guilty of having a loaded shotgun on a Metrobus after trying to evade fare will spend nearly two years in federal prison, according to the US Attorney's Office for D.C. on Monday. Officials said Gerald Evans, 30, will spend 21 months...

The 4-month-old was taken from Maryland before being discovered on Saturday, April 11, in Columbia, Mississippi, police said. Officers stopped a vehicle for speeding when they identified the driver as Celso Galvez Morales, who was wanted out of Maryland on kidnapping charges. He was taken into custody without incident. Inside...