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A Northern Virginia mom is furious, after she says her fifth-grade son was allegedly forced by classmates to take part in a “segregation game” after school last week.

A D.C. family tells the News4 I-Team they plan to pursue legal action against the Federal Bureau of Prisons after they say their son died from medical neglect behind bars.

Virginia health care providers are being asked to step up reporting of cases in which CBD or THC products are making kids sick, after a surge in the number of emergency room visits for children in recent years.

Five people were injured Sunday night in a confirmed tornado in Culpeper County, Virginia. News4’s Drew Wilder has more now on a family who says they were gathered in a secondary home on a rural property when the tornado picked up the entire room and dropped them about 20 yards away.

A driver from Falls Church is facing charges after a hit-and-run on I-395. A motorcyclist was hit near the Pentagon after this weekend’s Rolling to Remember event, where thousands of motorcycles were on our roads. News4’s Adam Tuss has more details on the incident that was captured on video.

Young people captured in a shocking new video could be seen playing with what appears to be a gun outside a high school in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Police say a man pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the officers in the neck.

D.C. police are searching for who killed a 16-year-old boy north of the U Street NW area earlier this month.

Grilling season is here, and the experts at Consumer Reports put to the test the gear and the gadgets to help you master the grill. News4’s Susan Hogan reports.

Firefighters in D.C. will launch the D.C. Firefighters Memorial Project and hang over 100 memorial helmets to honor the fallen. News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to Capt. Dennis Carmoody and C. Angelique Williams-Wilkinson, daughter of firefighter John T. Williams. 

Teenagers Saki Frost and Azhari Graves appeared in court Tuesday morning on several charges in connection to a shooting in early May at Dunbar High School that injured a 17-year-old girl. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Grieving family and friends are hoping to get more details about the crash that killed Lucius “Tyrone” Gaskins, a father of nine children and a grandfather to two, as he walked on a sidewalk near the Huntington Metro station in Virginia last week. His mom, Rowena Coleman, said Gaskins moved back in with her a few years ago to help&#8230...

The National Portrait Gallery exhibit “Brilliant Exiles” explores how American women, especially Black women, were able to escape the constraints they found at home when living in Paris, France in the early 1900s. News4’s Jummy Olabanji is gearing up for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games by looking at ways that you can get a tas...

Residents of a community that is still under construction are concerned about a series of crimes. News4’s Darcy Spencer explains what’s happening there and how local leaders are addressing concerns.