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For 50 years, it’s become a summer tradition in Southeast D.C. This weekend, you can once again enjoy the Fort Dupont Park Summer Event Series free and open to the public. “We are celebrating the 50th anniversary,” Kym Elder of the National Park Service told WTOP. “We’re extremely excited to be able to offer 50 years of free family entertainment in beautiful Fort Dupont Park. … We’re going to be having a party all summer long.”

SILVER SPRING, MD – Police are investigating a smash and grab robbery at a jewelry...

Storms dumped several inches of rain onto parts of the region in a short amount of time Wednesday, causing flash floods and flooding in D.C. and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia during the evening rush. All flash floods have expired, but flood warnings are in effect for the city...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Wednesday is a big day! It's the first day of the 2022-23 school year for multiple school districts across the DMV. Students in the following districts will be back in the classrooms:. This year's back-to-school feeling will be a lot more normal Wednesday for the more...

MANASSAS, Va. (7News) — This year's back-to-school feeling will be a lot more normal Wednesday for the more than 7,000 students at nine schools in Manassas City. The school system is launching its new five-year strategic plan focusing on how it can best meet the needs of the students and staff, especially coming off of a very disruptive couple of years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Law enforcement officers are leaving their jobs "at a rate we’ve never seen before," with some departments seeing decreases by as many as hundreds of members compared to the same time last year, a handful of the nation’s top police officials said. National Fraternal...

Police investigating allegations of surreptitious recording at Silver Spring rental property. Montgomery County police executed a search warrant at an Airbnb rental property in Silver Spring last week after allegations surfaced of hidden cameras and surreptitious video recordings. Christopher Goisse, the property owner, denied putting in any recording devices, but said it’s possible a guest put in a device [Fox 5].

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — With less than three weeks before students return to school in Montgomery County, the district is working to fill more than 500 vacancies, including more than 150 teaching positions. Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Monifa McKnight held a press conference Monday to discuss the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens. But in the second year of his presidency, some of Biden’s most striking, legacy-defining legislative victories came about by staying out of it. A summer lawmaking blitz has sent bipartisan bills addressing gun violence and boosting the nation’s high-tech manufacturing sector to Biden’s desk, and the president is now on the cusp of securing what he called the “final piece” of his economic agenda with Senate passage of a Democrats-only climate and prescription drug deal...

CHICAGO -- Nationals manager Dave Martinez has had his fill of losing. After being a bench coach for the 2016 World Series champion Cubs and leading Washington all the way to a title three years ago, he is now managing a club close to 40 games below .500 and in last place in its division.

On the morning of Jan. 21, Himanshu Gediya was thinking about his grades. The end of the quarter was approaching and the senior was trying to stay on track for college. By early afternoon, hiding in art class as police swarmed his high school in Derwood, schoolwork was the least of his worries.

Washington Nationals (37-75, fifth in the NL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (44-65, third in the NL Central) PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Josiah Gray (7-8, 4.92 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 122 strikeouts); Cubs: Justin Steele (4-7, 3.67 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 97 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -173, Nationals +148; over/under is 8 runs.

Though Juan Soto’s departure is still raw and seeing him in any uniform but the Curly W stinks, the Nats' future is actually brighter today than it was before the trade deadline, Axios' Jeff Tracy writes.Why it matters: Our home club is currently baseball’s worst team. We could use the silver lining! Catch up quick: Before the drastic slide of the past three seasons, the Nats spent a decade as one of baseball's best teams, culminating, of course, with the magical 2019 World Series run.That didn't happen by accident, as GM Mike Rizzo made numerous shrewd trades and signings to...

One kid does something amazing — and it can inspire another kid to do amazing things, too. And another kid. And another. And on it goes. This is partly why young Jerron Hoffman, a 12-year-old living in Virginia, is dedicating a big chunk of his time this year to helping kids who are in the hospital with cancer.

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Scientists say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of lightning strikes across the United States, after lightning struck at a square near the White House, leaving three people dead and one other in critical condition.

The Takoma-East Silver Spring Community Action Center has moved from Piney Branch Road to new offices at 8703 Flower Ave., officials announced. The TESS Community Action Center is part of the Department of Health and Human Services and has served the Long Branch community for 50 years. The walk-in offices...

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