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WASHINGTON (7News) — Residents in a Southeast D.C. neighborhood said they've endured several nights of gunfire, with one man being shot on Aug. 2. Neighbors also said cars were hit, and on Tuesday, a spent casing remained on the street. "They hit everything else on the ground but what...

The D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) recently limited the locations where residents experiencing homelessness can get vouchers to receive free IDs, a move some service providers worry will create new barriers to identification. D.C. residents need some form of identification to apply for housing, housing...

Police said a man was arrested for a shooting that happened in Greenbelt.

BOWIE, Md. (7News) — A Bowie, Maryland woman is "frustrated" after she said she is one of many to have booked with an online travel agency that never came to fruition. Michelle Griffin was excited to go to Egypt this fall, but those plans are now shut down as the travel agent, Laticha Douglas of FlyGirl World Travel...

What might be D.C.'s slowest development project is back on track, with a pared-back grocery store. Why it matters: The McMillan development — now branded as the Reservoir District — near Bloomingdale is being built in phases after a fraught history of NIMBYism and lawsuits delaying its start.

The man who gunned down a former staff member to a DC councilwoman is heading to prison for more than a decade. Deandre Miles, now 30, of Washington DC, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for his role in the shooting death of 28-year-old Davon Fuller in October 2023, authorities announced.

The Metropolitan Police Department has swiftly resolved an armed robbery incident that occurred in Northeast D.C., leading to the apprehension of a local teenager. According to a press release from MPD, the event unfolded last Friday evening when Sixth District officers were summoned to the 1400 block of Eastern...

Early this morning, the DC Police Department reported a shooting that occurred in the 900 block of 52nd Street NE. According to a social media post from the department, Metropolitan Police Department units arrived on scene to investigate the situation. The authorities have issued an alert for a suspect described as a...

Or, let’s say you spot a fountain in the distance and by the time you get to it, you notice it has seen better days. You push the button and the water barely dribbles out, or it’s during the winter and the fountain is frozen. Well, those days...

DPR's Late Night Hype events provide a safe space for youth to enjoy music, food, dancing, and video games while learning about resources, while the emergency juvenile curfew has been met with criticism for not addressing the root causes of youth violence and for penalizing those who want to enjoy their summer...