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What’s inspiring a mother to fight for change as fentanyl fuels a nationwide drug crisis. Also in The News4 Rundown: A 10-year-old Maryland girl performs at the Metropolitan Opera.

The raised bed of a dump truck slammed into an overhead ramp on westbound Interstate 66 Monday, but remarkably, no one was injured. The aluminum bed of the truck snapped off and fell into the travel lanes after slamming into a steel beam. “Thankfully, nobody was close enough to hit that bed once it fell, but that is a very…

From a YouTube video called “We Come to School” to signs posted on restaurant bulletin boards saying “We Miss You” to special software, Stafford County Public Schools is working hard to reduce chronic absenteeism among students. The trend emerged post-pandemic, as more kids than ever before were chronically absent. That’s defined as when students m...

One of the more bizarre local shopping experiences will close this year. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports Crystal City Underground’s property owner is shutting down the tunnel-like mall that’s charmed shoppers for more than half a century.

Thieves behind a monthslong crime spree that triggered safety concerns at local convenience stores targeted multiple 7-Eleven stores overnight, and ripping apart ATMs to take cash. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

At the District’s Urgent Care Mental Health Clinic for Children, families can receive counseling and other services. News4’s Mark Segraves visited the clinic for National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.

Six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths on March 26 when a container ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns.

At Saturday’s EU Open House, visitors can get a taste of what each country has to offer from food to music. News4’s Tommy McFly stopped by the French Embassy ahead of the big event.

A Maryland mother who lost her son to a fentanyl overdose says she finds some comfort speaking about the danger of the drug. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

Customs and Border Protection officers at Dulles are trying to tackle a troubling trend at American airports. Now that marijuana is legal in more states, more smugglers are using checked bags to move drugs around.

U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia stepped into the House Monday to speak about one of her latest pieces of legislation, but this time was different. Wexton used a text-to-voice application to deliver her speech.

President Joe Biden has condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.”

Crews are preparing to remove a large portion of Baltimore’s ruined Key Bridge. Col. Estee Pinchasin of the Army Corps of Engineers spoke with News4’s Joseph Olmo about what a complex undertaking it is.