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John Hyman took his passion for planting trees and turned it into a multimillion-dollar Maryland landscaping business that is going strong after 45 years. While many companies rely on electronic payments for transactions these days, Hyman said his company had always used paper checks and never had a problem, until recently. Check fraud has exploded...

Since the cargo ship Dali collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, engineers have differed on whether anything could have been done to protect it. Here’s what some experts say.

The Maryland law passed last year that lifted the statute of limitations for survivors of child sex abuse to sue their perpetrators has survived another legal challenge. This week a Harford County Circuit Court judge ruled against the Harford County Board of Education’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former student who said he was abused ...

Gas leaks are dangerous and unpredictable and while it rarely happens, they could lead to massive explosions. A Maryland homeowner who uses propane to power her heat and water heater told News4 she’s never had a problem with her tanks but added, “I will always have my nose listening for that smell of cabbage.” However, the recent propane tank......

A month after a firefighter died and others were severely injured in a gas explosion at a Sterling, Virginia, home, Loudoun County’s fire chief says his crews were saving lives and should not have done anything differently. “Not at this time,” Loudoun County Fire & Rescue Chief Keith Johnson told the I-Team as he looked back on the response......

A D.C. couple filed a $60 million lawsuit against Amazon and a Maryland company following an accident that the couple says left a woman with severe injuries. Video obtained by the News4 I-Team shows the moment on Dec. 30 that Rita Iannazzi says she was hit while walking in a crosswalk at the corner of Cathedral Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue&#8230...

To help millions of students affected by pandemic learning loss, many school districts across the country turned to intensive in-school tutoring. But the News4 I-Team found that, despite widespread agreement among educational experts that tutoring is working, there are real fears those programs could sunset as the federal dollars that fund them are...

As Virginia’s 2024 legislative session ends, the fate of dozens of Democrat-backed gun safety bills is unsettled. For the first time since 2021, Democrats control both houses of the Virginia Legislature. As the session started, Democrat leaders promised a big push on gun safety. As the session went on, the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun ri...

With time running out for the Virginia Legislature to resurrect the Potomac Yard sports and entertainment district, Alexandria shared emails and text messages with the News4 I-Team revealing new information about discussions for the proposal. The I-Team sought the documents for weeks in a Freedom of Information Act request and only received them la...

A Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge ruled a class action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Washington can proceed Wednesday, dismissing a challenge brought by the church to the Maryland law underpinning the case. Attorneys for the archdiocese filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the grounds the state’s Child Victims Act – a 2023 law t...

When Henry Garland got into a car crash along Interstate 270 near Rockville, Maryland, he said there was no doubt in his mind who hit him. “Big blue arrow on the side of the blue truck,” said Garland, referring to an Amazon delivery truck that he says sideswiped him. Garland said the incident caused roughly $2,000 in damages to his…

The Virginia General Assembly passed a measure to encourage banks to do more to spot, prevent and report the financial exploitation of elderly and vulnerable adults. Del. Michelle Maldonado, D-Manassas, sponsored the Virginia Senior Safe Act, though she calls the bill “Larry’s Law” in honor of a local Navy veteran whose family says lost more than $...

A second former auxiliary sheriff’s deputy in Culpeper County pleaded guilty in the bribery case centered on former Sheriff Scott Jenkins. The News4 I-Team’s Ted Oberg reports.