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A new Smithsonian exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened Friday. “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” looks at Black identity in science fiction, history, art and pop culture.

D.C. launches community resource fairs as youth gun violence rises across the city.

The “So What Else?” food pantry is losing its location. News4’s Megan McGrath reports the group is asking for help to find another place to help those in need.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has rolled back more than a decade of civil rights reforms, changing the process by which convicted felons can restore their right to vote without announcing the change or what the change is.

A man shot his wife at a Fairfax County, Virginia, park before killing himself, police said. A passerby found the unconscious couple Wednesday along a trail around Stratton Woods Park in Reston. They had gunshot wounds to the upper body, Fairfax County police said. Patricia Garverick, 69, and Richard Garverick, 75, of Herndon, were pronounced dead ...

A Maryland woman who died after a business jet flight in early March was hurt because the aircraft violently bucked up and down after pilots disconnected a system used to stabilize the plane — not because of turbulence, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Friday.

A woman hit by a vehicle while walking in Fairfax County Friday has died, police said. The crash investigation is snarling traffic at Wilson Boulevard and John Marshall Drive in Seven Corners, Fairfax County Police said shortly after 7 a.m. Commuters are advised to use another route. After the crash, the driver remained on the scene, police said. T...

The Pajama Glam event is designed to ease difficult conversations surrounding breast cancer. News4’s Molette Green caught up with the mother-daughter team and what inspired them to create the event. For more information, visit www.tigerlilyfoundation.org.

The Terps are gearing up for a Sweet 16 matchup Saturday. But before hitting the court, they got a sweet sendoff in College Park.

Maryland State Police have released more details about a midweek crash on the Baltimore beltway that left six construction workers dead.

Students, educators and advocates and spending spring break in Washington, D.C., to push the Senate to vote on an assault weapons ban.

Weeks after a nonprofit raised concerns about broken street lights across the District, more work orders are in asking crews to tackle lights at schools and recreation centers that have seen a lot of violent crime lately. News4’s Walter Morris reports on the city’s response.

A new study looks at the human toll of COVID-19 and the dramatic differences from state-to-state regarding infections and deaths.