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Officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, released body camera footage Thursday showing officers shooting an unarmed man near Tysons Corner Center last month. One of the officers has been fired by the department, and the fatal shooting remains the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, Chief of Police Kevin Davis told reporters at a news conference during which the body camera footage was played.

A Fairfax County, Virginia, jury — that convicted Veronica Youngblood of shooting and killing her two daughters in 2018 in their McLean home — will meet again Friday morning to hear closing arguments in her sentencing hearing. The jury rejected the defense’s argument Wednesday that Youngblood was not...

A death investigation has been launched in Fairfax County after two people were found dead on a trail in Reston, according to police officials.Officers were called at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, to the 2300 block of Players Pond Lane in Reston, where there was a report of two pe…

Additional details have been released by Maryland State Police as they continue their probe into the fatal Baltimore Beltway crash that killed six highway workers. The day after the crash, on Thursday, March 23, the six victims of the fatal crash were positively identified by state police investigators, hours after they laid out the details of the events leading up to the fatal incident.

Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia. Our class is learning about the United States, and I will be teaching our school about the state of Wisconsin. In the month of May, I will create a display for our State Fair that I hope will make you proud.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — One Fairfax County police officer has been fired (“administrative separation”) after he shot and killed 37-year-old Timothy Johnson near Tysons Corner Center in February, Chief of Police Kevin Davis announced on Thursday. Davis spoke during a press conference after releasing body camera footage from the fatal shooting. The […]

The residential building coming to 6707 Old Dominion Drive will be modest — at least compared to the high-rises going up in Tysons to the south — but it has already altered the future of downtown McLean. Contractor Trinity Group Construction anticipates beginning work next week on the...

ARLINGTON, Va. - Authorities say a person involved in a police pursuit was killed after shooting himself inside a rideshare vehicle in Arlington. Virginia State Police say around 8 p.m. Wednesday a trooper initiated a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 95 in Fairfax County after a vehicle was spotted going 40 miles over the speed limit.

On Thursday, March 16, Maryland Governor Wes Moreland asked the federal government to declare a state of disaster to address the proliferation of blue catfish and other invasive fish species living in the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay. In a letter to the Department of Commerce, Moore said that the invasive fish are devastating native species and causing severe declines in commercial catches. If granted by the feds, the declaration would qualify the state for millions of dollars worth of federal fishery disaster assistance.

A Fairfax County fire truck was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on Thursday afternoon, leaving one person with life-threatening injuries, according to police.Officers from the Fairfax County Police Department were called shortly before 5:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, to the intersection of Richm…

Washington, DC — WASHINGTON - Three years in prison. Riley Williams, originally arrested and charged with stealing Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the January 6 riots was sentenced today in a D.C. federal courtroom. Despite being acquitted of that charge, Williams was found guilty on six other counts and was sentenced for those crimes, including Disorderly Conduct, today.

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) expresses its condolences to the families of six Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) workers who were killed on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, when a car crashed into a work zone on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County. Maryland State Police said a driver attempting to change […]

The ongoing financial issues of discount retailer Tuesday Morning has led to them selling everything in the store- including fixtures and equipment. Last month I wrote an article about the discount retailer known as Tuesday Morningclosing eight of its stores in Maryland.

HYATTSVILLE, Md. — The Hyattsville Police Department is on the lookout for a series of suspects involved in a Thursday morning armed carjacking at the Mall at Prince George's. According to police, a mall employee pulled up to her work just before 6 a.m. on the 3500 block of...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s vision for the city includes police officers back in schools, a new jail and a school for paramedics. It’s all part of a massive, $19.7 billion proposed budget Bowser presented to the D.C. Council on Wednesday. The council will now dive into the details...

A man faces charges after investigators say a group of students helped thwart an attempted kidnapping in Maryland on Monday.

WASHINGTON - Authorities are investigating a double shooting in southeast D.C. that left two men dead. The shooting was reported just before 8 p.m. in the 4300 block of 3rd Street near Oxon Run Park. Police say both men were in their early 20s. No suspects or motives have been...

Fairfax County could be taking some notes from New York City and Portland as it tries to turn back the surge of recent pedestrian fatalities. The Board of Supervisors directed the Fairfax County Department of Transportation on Tuesday (March 21) to review turn-calming measures from other jurisdictions, discuss options with the Virginia Department of Transportation, and come back to the board’s transportation committee with an analysis of how that can be implemented.

(Updated 2:15 p.m.) The Alexandria Police Department is responding to reports of a bank robbery at the Wells Fargo on the 3500 block of Mount Vernon Avenue in the Arlandria neighborhood. Scanner traffic indicated the call for the robbery came in around 11:54 a.m. There were no injuries and no...

CHANTILLY, Va. (7News) — Three residents are displaced and a dog was rescued after a fire torched a home on Leighfield Street in Chantilly, Fairfax County Fire & Rescue said. On Tuesday, March 2, at 5:45 p.m., units were dispatched for a reported house fire and arrived to a...