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The Commanders won two road games in six days, with rookie Quarterback Jayden Daniels the talk of the town. Team Insider JP Finlay explains.

A suspect in multiple rapes at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland has been arrested. Also on The News4 Rundown: As D.C. prepares for the return of giant pandas, a Smithsonian conversation biologist explains the process. 

The District is officially on “panda watch” as we all wait for the two newest giant pandas to arrive from China. As the buzz builds, no one is more excited than the zookeepers and conservation biologists like Melissa Songer who work with the pandas at the National Zoo.

Family is remembering a Maryland couple who was shot more than 40 times while four kids were inside the house. This week, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of an ex-husband in the murders.

A new camera system along Route 210 in Prince George’s County is racking up thousands of tickets in just the first month of operation. Supporters of the program say the number of tickets issued jumped nearly 3,000% compared to the previous year.

D.C. lawmakers will vote Tuesday on legislation that would make it easier for landlords to evict tenants who haven’t paid rent and — in some cases — owe tens of thousands of dollars. The proposed legislation rolls back some protections D.C. put in place for low-income residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, the law protects tenants...

Maryland officials have approved a $2.75 million settlement to resolve a federal investigation into discriminatory hiring practices affecting 48 Black and female applicants to the Maryland State Police. The settlement was approved Wednesday by the Maryland Board of Public Works and will include changes to how applicants are tested. Col. Roland Butl...

A man has been arrested years after police say he repeatedly broke into women’s homes and sexually assaulted them in D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood and near the University of Maryland.

Ten children ranging in age from 13 to 16 have been charged in connection to nearly 50 threats made to Prince George’s County schools over the past several weeks, police say. Investigators linked the 10 students to 47 school-related threats, police said. Four more children who are under 13 years old were also involved in making threats, but c...

A Silver Spring, Maryland, resident was among six people killed, including a child, when a small plane crashed in the Outer Banks on Saturday, authorities say.

“Lincoln as you haven’t seen him before”: Veteran actor Scott Bakula, of “Star Trek” and “Quantum Leap,” now plays President Abraham Lincoln in the one-man play “Mister Lincoln.” He spoke with News4’s Jummy Olabanji.

A 17-year-old girl is dead and two other teens are critically hurt after a car slammed into a pole in Montgomery County, Maryland, Wednesday morning, police say. The car was coming around a curve on Norwood Road in Sandy Spring when it crashed into the wooden light pole about 8 a.m., Montgomery County police said. Sanaa Vil, a 17-year-old high&#823...

“The Napkin Network” is ran by Lindsay Gill, a local mom in Montgomery County, where she donates baby supplies to underserved neighborhoods. She is now asking for clothing and shoe donations for kids ages 5 to 7 years old after local schools said there’s a need for them. News4’s Molette Green reports.   

D.C. award-winning author Jason Reynolds is among 22 new recipients of a MacArthur “genius grant.” Here’s a look at his work and what’s next for him.