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Driver pleads guilty to driving 87 mph in 2023 crash that killed Fairfax Co. teen 12/10/2025 03:09pm • A man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the July 2023 crash that killed 17-year-old Rebekah Zarco, of Burke, Virginia, according to Fairfax County prosecutors. Jose Zelaya, 44, was driving 87 mph in a 40 mph zone on July 18, 2023, in the crash that killed Zarco, who was driving h AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Arden Cho seizes her golden moment after Hollywood heartbreak 12/10/2025 09:18am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three years ago, Arden Cho was ready to walk away from acting. She'd landed her first lead role in the Netflix series “Partner Track,” only to see it canceled after one season. She was heartbroken. Her agent wouldn't let her go. “She refused to say ‘You’re done.’ She US stocks hold in place in the countdown to the Federal Reserve’s meeting on Wednesday 12/09/2025 07:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks largely held in place on Tuesday as Wall Street waits to hear what the Federal Reserve will say Wednesday about where interest rates are heading. The S&P 500 edged down by 0.1% and remained near its all-time high set in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dip San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police 12/09/2025 07:38pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history. The settlement exceeds the $27 million the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay the family of George Floyd, who Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US 12/09/2025 03:57pm • MIAMI (AP) — Hundreds of Nicaraguans sang in praise of the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as in the back of vehicles on the streets of Miami to mark the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception. The exuberant celebration called “gritería” San Diego officials OK $30 million for family of teen killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in U.S. 12/09/2025 03:37pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego officials OK $30 million for family of teen killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in U.S. Australia's social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friends 12/09/2025 07:00am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep ranch, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his circle of far-flung friends once Australia's world-first social media ban takes effect on Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) fr Why those who have aggressive relationships with parents, friends as teenagers are aging faster 12/09/2025 04:26am • Teenagers who have conflictual, hostile or aggressive relationships with parents or friends are more likely to show early signs of premature aging and look older by the time they’re 30, according to a University of Virginia study. The study, which monitored a group of over 100 people in Virgini Supreme Court declines to hear Texas book ban appeal in case watched by free speech groups 12/08/2025 06:18pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal on a Texas free speech case that allowed local officials to remove books deemed objectionable from public libraries. The case stemmed from a 2022 lawsuit by a group of residents in rural Llano County over the removal Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids 12/08/2025 11:40am • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 by Attorney General Andrea Campbell, alleges that Meta did this to make a p Bitter blast of winter chills descend on DC region 12/08/2025 05:58am • Cold weather continues this week in the D.C. region, as clouds thicken and temperatures tumble into the teens. 7News First Alert Meteorologist Jordan Evens said snow is accumulating three to six inches in Southern Virginia, where the winter storm warnings are in effect, and potentially one to th He shares the 'wonders of the night sky' with DC. But this young immigrant may be forced to leave the US 12/08/2025 05:55am • For 19-year-old Gael Gomez, the Mount Pleasant Sidewalk Astronomers is a group that has changed his life for the better in many ways. “We bring down the sky and the universe to the sidewalk for everyone to enjoy,” said Gomez, who co-founded the group alongside his friend, Adam Green. Seei Bad reviews didn’t scare off the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ audience. It even broke a record 12/07/2025 12:06pm • “Five Nights at Freddy’s” has powered up the box office once again. The sequel opened in 3,412 theaters in the U.S. and Canada this weekend and far surpassed expectations with $63 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Seemingly immune to widely negative reviews, “Fiv San Diego considers $30 million settlement in police-involved shooting death of Black teen 12/06/2025 06:10pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego city attorney’s office has agreed to pay $30 million to the family of a 16-year-old youth who was fatally shot by police last January in what would be one of the largest settlements of a police-involved killing case in U.S. history. A resolution authorizing the pro Father says ex-wife didn't supervise son who's the focus of a probe into stepsister's cruise death 12/05/2025 05:10pm • TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy being investigated in the death of his stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month didn't have his father's permission to go on the trip, the dad said in family court papers accusing his ex-wife of failing to supervise the teen. The teenager and his 18