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Overdoses involving young people in Montgomery County, Maryland, have increased more than 75% from 2021 to 2022, authorities say.

Prince George’s County pitched its plan to fund a multimillion-dollar Blue Line Corridor project in the area of FedEx Field. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks says it’s the first time the county has ever gone before the Board of Public Works for a project through the Stadium Authority. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports the project will move forward ev...

Residents in D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood are breathing a sigh of relief because diesel-powered Metrobuses are going away. The Northern Bus Garage along 14th Street NW will become a state-of-the-art, all-electric facility. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

A local teacher is a finalist to be the national teacher of the year. News4’s Mark Segraves talked to the teacher students call Coach Rountree.

Data shows almost 43,000 people were killed in crashes in 2021 — up 10% from the year before. This dangerous trend prompts safety advocates to sound the alarm during National Passenger Safety week. First4 Traffic’s Melissa Mollet has more on the effort to save lives on the road by speaking up.

A new report on mass attacks calls for communities to intervene early when they see warning signs of violence. The report also encourages businesses to consider workplace violence prevention plans and highlights the connection between domestic violence, misogyny and mass attacks. The report comes from the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Asses...

Police arrested two men suspected of stealing gaming machines at several 7-Eleven stores across Fairfax County.

Montgomery County police are searching for a suspect who stole a gorilla statue from an antiques store earlier this month. About 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4, the suspect drove up to Design Emporium Antiques on Howard Avenue in Kensington in an older model Chevrolet Colorado Z71 pickup truck. Surveillance video shows the suspect, who was wearing ...

News4’s Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan is working for you with the best scales and times to weigh yourself.

The Maryland Department of Health issued a consumer advisory on Wednesday for enoki mushrooms potentially contaminated with listeria, according to a release.

A teenager is in the hospital after the SUV they were driving went through a fence, down a ravine and flipped onto its roof on a baseball field at a high school in Montgomery County, Maryland, Wednesday morning, authorities say.

D.C.’s mayor expresses concern about new crime data involving young people, lawmakers grill Ticketmaster over the Taylor Swift concert ticket disaster, and a new bill could make the four-day work week a reality in the area.

A 17-year-old has been charged with assaulting a woman running along a trail in Arlington, Virginia, police say.