Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback in NFL history, has retired after winning seven Super Bowls and setting numerous passing records in an unprecedented 22-year-career.

Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the crumbling seawall around the…

With the Mystics’ home opener about a month away, will the team find a way to meet demand by moving certain games to Capital One Arena in downtown D.C.?

Virginia Del. Danica Roem announced Monday she's running for state Senate in 2023, aiming to fill the newly-drawn 30th District seat.

The House passed a bill that would enter D.C. into a 99-year lease of the RFK Stadium site, which would allow for construction of a new stadium for the Washington Commanders.

The Washington Mystics are moving their game against Indiana Fever and star point guard Caitlin Clark to Capital One Arena after receiving what the team described as an “unprecedented demand” for...

BEIJING (AP) — Erin Jackson has never viewed herself as some sort of trailblazer. She just likes to skate really, really fast, whether it's on wheels or blades. Yet the 29-year-old from balmy Ocala…

Hundreds in and around the D.C. Metro area have reported a small earthquake between Gaithersburg and Rockville, Maryland, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

After playing the original Scout Finch in the 1962 movie classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Mary Badham stars in the theatrical performance at the Kennedy Center in the national tour of the 2018...

American University announced that the Wendy Rieger Memorial Scholarship Fund had been created in memory of the Emmy Award-winning journalist.

The full force of winter could be coming to the D.C. region, with an evolving storm system that could result in snowfall in parts of the area this weekend.

A leading Democratic Virginia legislator said Monday that proposed legislation to help pave the way for the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to relocate to northern Virginia is…

Reagan National Airport in Virginia has set a new single-year record of the number of guns caught at their security checkpoints.

The Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards would stay in D.C. until 2050, under a $515 million deal announced Wednesday by the mayor and teams’ owner.

A federal judge ruled in favor of the families of 12 immunocompromised students, who filed a lawsuit claiming that Virginia’s new mask-optional law violates their rights under the Americans with...

A man is dead and three others are wounded following a Saturday shooting at a nightclub on H Street in Northeast D.C., police said.

A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge ruled Friday.

Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will receive the President’s Award during the 53rd NAACP Image Awards this weekend.

A third person of the four who were hit by lightning Thursday evening in Lafayette Square, the public park right next to the White House, has died.

Starting Sunday, nighttime Metrobus riders in the D.C. area will have the opportunity to get off in between bus stops to be closer to their destination, in an effort to increase safety.

In Virginia, the Loudoun County School Board voted unanimously during a closed session to fire Superintendent Scott Ziegler.

George Mason University students are petitioning against the college’s decision to host Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as its commencement speaker in May.

A top Democratic Virginia lawmaker vowed Wednesday to keep language enabling a proposed relocation by the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to Alexandria out of the state budget...

Lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security are evaluating whether or not U.S. Secret Service officials may continue to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021,...

Lee Highway and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway will be renamed to Route 29 and Route 50, respectively, in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Barnes & Noble will be returning to the D.C. Georgetown neighborhood in June.

The Giant Food grocery store on Alabama Avenue in Southeast D.C. will no longer be stocking brand name health and beauty items such as Colgate, Tide and Advil.

The 7News First Alert winter weather forecast is out, predicting a potential 17 to 22 inches of snow for the D.C. metro area through.

Heather Wright is one of 65 disabled U.S. veterans competing in the Invictus Games for disabled veterans, but her disabilities may not be as visible as others.

A judge on Friday set bond at $100,000 for a Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the April shooting of Patrick Lyoya and entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf.

The U.S. Justice Department has found Louisville police have engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights following an investigation prompted by the fatal police shooting of Breonna Taylor.

Federal grants are heading to several groups in the D.C. area to plant thousands of trees in an effort to create more green spaces.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill Friday night that requires users to verify they are 18 years old through advanced verification methods to enter pornographic websites.

A 22-year-old from Richmond, Virginia is about to make history as a pioneering dancer.

A “working cat” that helped mitigate rodent problems in a D.C. neighborhood was taken. Neighbors want it returned.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has signed an executive order that aims to crack down on sexual harassment in District agencies.

The Fairfax County, Virginia, School Board voted Tuesday to ban firearms on all school-owned and -leased properties — not just schools.

President Joe Biden has asked Cabinet officials to “aggressively execute” plans to bring federal employees back to their offices, ending a precedent of remote work that started during the COVID-19...

D.C. bars will be allowed to stay open for 24 hours for a month this summer to accommodate the Women’s World Cup, thanks to an emergency bill passed by the D.C. Council.

Howard University has received a $2 million donation to digitize a major collection of Black newspaper archives in hopes of making it more broadly available to researchers and the public.

Severe thunderstorms with strong winds, bearing the possibility of tornadoes and hail, are expected to come down on the D.C. area Monday afternoon and into the evening.

After a long and bittersweet farewell before embarking on a FedEx plane to China in November, the giant pandas are coming back to the nation’s capital.

According to a letter from the Office of the Attorney General of D.C., the Capitals and Wizards are contractually obligated to remain in D.C. until 2047.

Wendy Rieger, who was the longtime anchor at NBC Washington until her retirement last year, has died.

Thirteen teens were arrested Monday in Montgomery County, and each arrest involves a stolen or carjacked vehicle, according to Montgomery County police.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, who has been fighting cancer since December, will be having his last chemotherapy treatment Friday.

A report from the New York Times on Saturday alleges Will Lewis, the Washington Post’s embattled new publisher and chief executive, used fraudulent and unethical methods to obtain information for...

Giant Foods, which is headquartered in Landover, Maryland, may be forced to close some stores if an uptick in thefts and violence continues, the grocery store chain’s president says.

WTOP’s Neal Augenstein says he has “no evidence of disease,” five months after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will visit Nigeria in May for talks on the Invictus Games, which he founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and…

The majority owner of the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, Ted Leonsis, is expected to join Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin at a Wednesday morning event in Potomac Yard.

WTOP’s Neal Augenstein gives an update on his stage 4 lung cancer treatment and his hopes for surgery for his long-term health.

Rep. Jamie Raskin announced on Thursday that he has received a “preliminary diagnosis of being ‘in remission’ from diffuse large B-cell lymphoma” and has finished chemotherapy.

The House of Representatives has approved an amendment to a major defense bill that would give D.C.’s mayor the power to deploy the National Guard during an emergency.

Rockville, Maryland, native Helen Maroulis, the first American woman to win a wrestling gold medal, is now first U.S. female wrestler to qualify for three Summer Games.

Michael and Kevin Bacon returned to Annapolis, Maryland, this week to play a few concerts at Rams Head on Stage.

In one of his first actions after taking office, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered the commonwealth’s attorney general to investigate Loudoun County Public School’s response to two sexual assaults…

Pioneering aviator Captain Theresa M. Claiborne, the first Black female pilot in the U.S. Air Force, has retired after 43 years of flying.

It’s been closed for more than 20 years, but this weekend there will be a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of Largo’s Capital Centre.

Landover-based Giant Food’s new grocery store that opens Friday in Bethesda, Maryland, will include a Ledo Pizza Corner Shoppe.

In an attempt to curb gun violence, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a new bill that would ban assault rifles.

President Joe Biden hailed Adm. Linda Fagan as new Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and the armed forces’ first female service chief, declaring during a change of command ceremony on Wednesday,...

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar...

D.C. residents along one affluent neighborhood postal route have lost thousands of dollars in recent months to a USPS worker at the Friendship Post Office Station, court documents allege.

University of South California quarterback Caleb Williams becomes D.C. region’s first Heisman winner.

D.C. neighbors joined Thompkins Hallman in an apartment near Adams Morgan to celebrate the World War II vet and civil rights pioneer’s 100th birthday.

The Baltimore Orioles have reached a deal with the state of Maryland that keeps the team at Camden Yards for at least 30 years, according to an announcement after the third inning of Thursday night’s...

A statue of the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis will now keep watch over a site in his former Georgia congressional district which once held a monument to the Confederacy.

Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for the...

Cars owned by drivers who’ve racked up an excessive amount of traffic violations caught on D.C. cameras will now be subject to towing under a pilot program.

A new poll conducted in Michigan by the Howard University Initiative on Public Opinion shows President Biden’s support among Black voters has dropped to 49%.

Neighbors in Cleveland Park are celebrating how a convoluted, infrastructure relic was transformed into a Northwest D.C. community promenade.

Danica Roem has made history Tuesday as the first openly transgender person to be elected to Virginia’s state Senate.

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants,...

Chef Jose Andres and Mystics star Elena Delle Donne have been tapped to help lead the President’s Council on Sports.

The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching...

Two pygmy slow loris babies where born in March at the National Zoo’s Small Mammal House.

After more than two decades, FedEx is ending its sponsorship of the Washington Commanders’ stadium in Landover, Maryland, two years early.

A new documentary dives into the love affair between D.C. residents and New Balance sneakers that elevated the functional shoe into a local fashion icon.

The D.C. Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to make a former convicted murderer a member of the D.C. Sentencing Commission.

The nation is mourning a Navy SEAL from Maryland who died reportedly trying to save fellow Navy SEAL last week, but the death of 37-year-old Chris Chambers is also stirring up emotions in swimming...

A CVS in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, has put all its cold beverages under lock and key, including soda, juice and bottled water.