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D.C. Muslim woman speaks out about hateful attack

We are hearing for the first time from a D.C. Muslim woman who says she was the victim of a hateful attack. She even caught some of it on her cell phone camera.We are not revealing her identity.She says it all happened just after 9 p.m. on April 21.She ha → Read More

Thousands pay respects to late Justice Scalia

Bidding farewell to their longtime colleague, the eight remaining Supreme Court justices joined family members, former law clerks and members of the public Friday in paying their respects to Antonin Scalia in a tradition-laden, solemn day at the marble cou → Read More

Protesters in Md. participate in 'die-ins' as they call for an end to police brutality

Dozens of dedicated protesters endured bitter cold temperatures Monday night to call for an end to police brutality. They did so on the day the nation celebrates the life and legacy of slain Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.I think he Dr. Kin → Read More

Students expelled for making violent threat via email

According to the Washington Post, two students who were seniors have been expelled from the Washington Latin Public Charter School in Northwest D.C. for making a violent threat via email.The Post said it happened on Wednesday. The teens sent the email to m → Read More

9 Metro workers busted for theft have been fired, arrested

Nine Metro workers have been arrested for theft.Metro says the complicated scheme was discovered last July. Nine employees from various stations were caught stealing from the system using 'SmarTrip Cards.'In some cases, Metro says the employees targeted r → Read More

The D.C. Guardian Angels began patrolling Metro's Red Lines

Right now, the D.C. Guardian Angels are starting its patrols on Metro's Red Lines.The volunteer safety patrol group, D.C. Guardian Angels, is assembling to launch weekend patrols. About a dozen or so of these safety patrols will ride the Red Line train, mo → Read More

WSSC crews work late into evening to repair frozen pipes in Brentwood neighborhood

Crews worked late into the evening Wednesday, insulating temporary water lines above ground that froze in the bitter cold temperatures. As many as 90 homes were without water, some since early Monday morning.Its been awful, said homeowner Renee Martin. I c → Read More

Fire that displaced family of 3 in New Carrollton was started by falling power line

A family has been forced out of their home in New Carrollton, Md. after a fire broke out over the weekend.On Sunday, a family of three two adults and one child escaped safely after their house went up in flames.On Sunday, Prince Georges County Fire Depar → Read More

Bracing for the coldest air of the season

The DMV can no longer dodge its overdo winter weather as an arctic plunge makes its way toward us. On Sunday's relatively balmy January night - with temperatures hovering around 40 degrees - the ice skating rink in Arlington was packed.Skaters were laced → Read More

MCPS responds to 7 ON YOUR SIDE report of dangerous radon levels in schools

ABC 7 was first to tell you about a problem with radon in Montgomery County Public Schools. A report showed 28 locations had levels that topped the EPA recommended limit of 4 picocuries per liter.One location even registered an 11.9.Late Sunday, the Superi → Read More

Police raid home of man suspected of supplying weapons to San Bernardino couple

WASHINGTON ABC7 -- There is new cell phone video obtained by ABC News showing an early morning raid on the home of a man who is said to have bought the two high powered rifles used in the San Bernardino massacre. Investigators believe the man either sold o → Read More

CEO of Planned Parenthood for D.C. area speaks out after attacks in Colorado

Robert Dear, the man accused in the shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Clinic on Friday, killing three and wounding nine, made his first court appearance wearing a suicide prevention suit.He is charged with first degree murder. Investigators continu → Read More

Misty weather doesn't help as travelers inch by in post-holiday traffic

Traveling the Sunday after a long holiday weekend is always bad, but today's rough weather conditions made it much, much worse.Most travelers told ABC7 that they sat in airport gridlock for about 30 minutes Sunday evening as they were trying to pick loved → Read More

American killed in Mali hotel attack was mother, volunteer

Anita Datar is the only known American to die in today's terror attack in Mali. The public health expert lived in Takoma Park and worked in D.C. for an international development company called Palladium. She is the mother of a young son.Friday night outsid → Read More

ATM skimmer discovered at Alexandria 7-11

© WJLA | Portions are © Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed. WJLA is the local ABC affiliate for the greater Washington DC area. From our studios in Arlington, VA ABC7 covers national and local news, sports, weather, traffic and culture and carries entertainment and sports programming. WJLA serves Alexandria,… → Read More

Vigils held across the region for victims of the Paris terror attacks

WASHINGTON ABC7 -- At the exact hour vigils were being held around the world for the victims and families of the Paris terror attacks, prayers were also going up at Saint Louis de France, a small French Parrish in Northwest D.C.Father Jean-Marie Vincent sa → Read More

A defiant Ben Carson slams the media for questioning his past

A defiant Ben Carson held a news conference in Florida Friday evening after a controversy had been swirling all day.It began with a claim Carson made in his book, Gifted Hands.The retired neurosurgeon wrote that he had been offered a full scholarship from → Read More

Police calling body found in burnt car a homicide

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department are conducting a homicide investigation following the ruling Sunday by the medical examiner that the cause of death was a gunshot wound and the manner of death homicide.This comes after a body was found in → Read More

D.C.&39;s crime fighting initiative, "All Hands on Deck," gets mixed reactions

D.C.'s crime fighting initiative All Hands on Deck has gotten off to a rocky start. There have been 10 shootings since 7 p.m. Friday. Two men are dead, bringing the city's homicide count to 105.The homicides happened during a triple shooting on B Street So → Read More

Highly decorated Navy Seal dies in early morning bicycle accident

A highly decorated Navy Seal is dead after a bike accident early Friday morning.It happened on Massachusetts Ave. in Bethesda, about 6:15 a.m.Tim Holden, avid cyclist and former Navy Seal, was struck by a car while biking eastbound on Mass. Ave., just ha → Read More