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Damaging storms brought down trees in the D.C. area and blocked major roads as flooding trapped 150 students and staff at a Western Maryland school. News4’s Megan McGrath reports live.

Hundreds of children in Montgomery County have supportive fathers who are active in their lives partly thanks to a program from the county’s Housing Opportunities Commission. News4’s Jackie Bensen explains how it works.

Residents opposed to the proposal for a new Washington Commanders stadium at the old RFK site in Northeast D.C. expressed concerns at a forum Monday evening. Many at the forum in Ward 7 opposed the plan to spend more than $1 billion of public funds on the project. “We’re asking them to pay $1 a year for lease,” Ward 7…

A young man was killed and another man is in the hospital with critical injuries after a double shooting in Southeast D.C. Tuesday, police said. The shooting took place inside a takeout restaurant, America’s Best Wings, on Benning Road SE at East Capitol Street, about a block from the Benning Road Metro station. “We do have homicide investigators o...

Let’s be real – a lot of us have a hard time with spelling, but not Nikita Ramakrishnan. The eighth grader at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Virginia, is headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. “I’ve been studying and everything, but I’m really nervous, but I’m also really excited,” Nikita said. “Also, it’s the 100th year, so...

D.C.’s interim U.S. attorney spent his final day in office reinforcing the Trump administration’s immigrant crackdown. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg reports Ed Martin questioned D.C.’s leadership before heading to a new job at the Department of Justice.

Classroom culture wars continue to fuel partisan debate throughout Virginia, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently took his veto pen to a bill that would’ve allowed students a choice to substitute World History 1 or World Geography with African American History or Advanced Placement African American Studies. Under the bill, those classes — for the...

Students and staff at a western Maryland elementary school were evacuated via rescue boats Tuesday afternoon during severe flooding and heavy rain, Allegany County officials said. The water level was beginning to breach the second floor of Westernport Elementary School with about 150 students and 50 adults inside. First responders made about 15 res...

A 16-year-old boy died when his friend shot him while playing with a gun inside a home in Beltsville, Maryland, police say. Kimaury Kamara, 18, shot Derrick Palmer in the head at Palmer’s home on Heartwood Drive Saturday afternoon, Prince George’s County police said. Medics flew Palmer to a hospital, where he later died. The two teens a...

Lawyers for the Maryland man being held in El Salvador after being deported in error in March say the Trump administration is telling one story in court and another in public. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

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The countdown is on to the 150th Preakness Stakes. News4’s Tommy McFly helped take care of a horse named Leroy with horseracing broadcaster and former jockey Kali Francois.

An inmate was killed in a astabbing at the D.C. jail on Monday, police say. Officers found 29-year-old Carlos Shelley suffering from apparent stab wounds about 2:30 p.m., police said. Medics came to the D.C. Central Detention Facility on D Street SE and pronounced Shelley dead at the scene. The Metropolitan Police Department said it is investigatin...