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A 5-year-old boy who died over the weekend was found naked and unconscious in squalid conditions inside a Northwest D.C. apartment, according to court documents. Police and paramedics were called to a third-floor apartment at Connecticut Avenue and Albemarle Street before 10 a.m. Sunday. Paramedics tried to revive the boy, but he was pronounced dea...

Flor de Café, a Salvadoran dance group based in Northern Virginia, preserves the culture through folklorico. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

The D.C. auditor is investigating whether any Metropolitan Police Department officers are white supremacists and how the department deals with incidents of racism by asking them take part in an anonymous survey. The audit comes as a former D.C. police intelligence officer, Shane Lamond, stands charged with aiding Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarr...

The Hurricane Helene relief effort continues as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida. News4’s Aimee Cho reports on some of the ways people in the D.C. area are helping, including this school’s haunted house fundraiser: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA33qN9Sw14/?img_index=1

Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, gave school officials the green light to install vape detectors in high school bathrooms. The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the school system’s plan to use $2 million in funds to install the detectors. Tax-payers won’t be footing the bill for the detectors. The funding ...

News4’s Tommy McFly takes us inside the D.C. bar that’s decked out for spooky season.

Local residents are reuniting with loved ones who recently evacuated from Florida before Hurricane Milton hits the state. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

Watch the live path of the hurricane as it threatens to devastate Florida’s Gulf Coast, an area hit hard by Hurricane Helene two weeks ago.

A coalition of immigrant-rights groups and the League of Women Voters in Virginia has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares of an ongoing “purge” of voter rolls that will disenfranchise legitimate voters. The lawsuit, filed Monday, argues that an executive order issued in August by Youngkin that req...

People aren’t waiting for officials to fix the problem at the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Pendleton Drive, where a pedestrian was seriously hurt by a driver last weekend. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

Some passengers who originally planned to travel to Florida are redirecting their travel plans in caution of Hurricane Milton. News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to travelers about how the storm is impacting their flights. 

Washington, D.C., and more than a dozen states filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids.

It’s a rare chance to see the influential paintings by two of the world’s most legendary street artists.

Tampa International Airport is suspending all flights at 9 a.m. Tuesday and other major airports are Wednesday due to Hurricane Milton coming to Florida. News4’s Joseph Olmo explains what to do if a traveler booked a flight to Florida this week.