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A group of activists from Ukraine and the U.S. are planting sunflowers in a spot across the street from the Russian embassy in D.C., to show support for Ukraine in its stand against the unprovoked invasion that started 15 months ago.

Former diplomat and presidential advisor Henry Kissinger marks his 100th birthday on Saturday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods.

As progressive prosecutors are up for reelection in Virginia’s off-off year elections, the challengers in next month’s Democratic primaries aren’t challenging the reform agenda. Instead, they too are casting themselves as reformers.

A man was stabbed to death with a sword in District Heights Friday evening, Prince George’s County police said.

A 14-year-old girl remains hospitalized a week after she was shot in the head in Prince George’s County, Maryland.

A man who graduated from Bowie State University Friday had his diploma stolen from his car while celebrating with friends and family.

Ashley Wang took four AP classes at Oakton High School as a sophomore, she helps lead a tutoring group at school, she’s danced competitively for 11 years, and she was just crowned Miss Virginia Teen USA.

A new Maryland law will prohibit police officers from conducting a search based solely on the odor of marijuana, but critics say that will be bad for public safety.

A shooting victim who survived against all odds shares his story after a conviction in the case. Also in The News4 Rundown: controversy over a new Maryland law that involves the odor of marijuana.

Four bullets from an automatic rifle fired by a virtual stranger tore Jeremy Tammone’s body apart and changed his life forever. The bullets went through his abdomen, almost severed off his stomach and hit his brain, destroying 10 to 15% of his brain matter, he said as he showed News4 his catastrophic injuries. The gunman, Navy veteran Jaeyoung Lee,...

Three years after the murder of George Floyd, police departments are still tackling calls for reform. Prince George’s County’s police chief told News4’s Darcy Spencer changing policing is only part of the solution.

Students in D.C. will be armed with knowledge and ready to deal with periods no matter when they arrive, thanks to new Menstrual Health Education Standards announced Thursday by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

Two men are dead and two others are hospitalized after a shooting at a home in Woodbridge, Virginia.