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Baltimore Key Bridge Collapse 9 mins ago

Temporary Port of Baltimore shipping channel opening for the weekend

Another temporary shipping channel will open for the weekend to allow commercially essential ships to access the vital Port of Baltimore, which was crippled when the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struc...

Montgomery County Public Schools 1 hour ago

Judge denies bond for high school student charged with threats of mass violence
birth control 2 hours ago

Virginia Democrats push governor to guarantee access to contraception

News4 Rundown 2 hours ago

How school security has changed since Columbine: The News4 Rundown

A retired school security official talks about how Columbine changed how schools handle security and the challenges they still face. Also in The News4 Rundown: How some homebuyers are getting creative...
Music & Musicians 4 hours ago

Documentary chronicles career of guitarist Danny Gatton

He’s been called the greatest guitarist most people have never heard of. Thirty years after Danny Gatton’s death, a documentary chronicling his career will be shown this weekend as part of Filmfest DC...
Food & Drink 6 hours ago

Red Hen chef serves Italian favorites Roman-style at Bethesda's Aventino

Award-winning Chef Michael Friedman brings his latest venture, Aventino, to Maryland, where he creates Italian favorites with a Roman flare, like the cacio e pepe he prepares in this Food Fare. Right ...
Formula One 7 hours ago

A Formula One car will speed down Pennsylvania Avenue and close DC roads Saturday. Here's what to know.

A Formula One car will speed down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 20. Here’s what to know.

Greenbelt 15 mins ago

‘Just maddening': 5 teens shot during senior skip day gathering at Greenbelt park

Five male teenagers were shot at a park and recreation center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Friday afternoon, authorities say. About 500-600 people gathered at Schrom Hills Park and Schrom Hills Recreation Center for an unsanctioned senior skip day about 2:30 p.m. Officers in the area to direct traffic and heard gunshots at about 3 p.m., police said. “I ...
Northeast DC 7 hours ago

3 adults, 1 teen shot outside store in Northeast DC

Three men and a 16-year-old boy were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a convenience store on Mt. Olivet Road in Northeast D.C. on Friday, authorities say. At least one shooter fired from a moving car in the 1100 block of Mt. Olivet Road, Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Darnel Robinson said. D.C. police and EMS crews were called...
Downtown DC 4 hours ago

What the office building downturn could mean for DC

What could a drop in office building values and an increase in office building vacancies mean for downtown D.C.? News4’s Melissa Mollet spoke with Axios DC’s Cuneyt Dil.
Washington Commanders 11 hours ago

As the NFL draft nears and rumors swirl, Adam Peters proves a new era is here for Commanders

Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels? Daniels or Maye? JJ McCarthy? Maybe Michael Penix? Nobody knows which quarterback prospect the Washington Commanders plan to take next week with the number two overall pick in the NFL draft, and that’s exactly how Washington general manager Adam Peters wants it. This is Peters’ first time running his own draft ro...
Washington Capitals 12 hours ago

Capitals hold open practice amid playoffs excitement

Capitals fans watched the team’s open practice in Arlington on Friday ahead of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The crowd included a father and daughter. “We saw on TV this morning that they had open practice, and she got all straight A’s on her report card yesterday, so today she just … missed the bus,” the dad told News4’s Megan McGrath....
Montgomery County 15 hours ago

Pedestrian killed on I-270 in Montgomery County

A person walking on Interstate 270 was killed early Friday, shutting down northbound lanes near the Intercounty Connector (ICC) in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County officials said. The victim, an adult, was hit at about 5:40 a.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said. Their name was not immediately released. It’s unclear why they were walking along...
Books and literature 16 hours ago

‘Kurtz: A Novel' is a romance with a military twist

In a romance novel with a military twist, author John Lawson III tells the story of former classmates and how war affects their relationship. News4’s Jummy Olabanji sits down with Lawson to discuss “Kurtz: A Novel.”
Fairfax County 24 hours ago

Boyfriend charged with murder of woman taken to Fairfax County hospital with gunshot wound

Police arrested the boyfriend of a woman who died after she was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound late Wednesday in Fairfax County, Virginia. It was a tense moment at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital when 47-year-old Huy Tien Nguyen drove up to the emergency room asking them to help his girlfriend, 38-year-old Alison “Kate” Laporta, w...
Woodbridge Apr 18

‘Nobody's going to shut me down': Israeli flags stolen twice from house in Woodbridge

A Virginia man says the Israeli flag flying in front of his home has been taken down twice in the past four months. Dan Oxenburg’s Israeli flag and American flag were removed from his home in the Mount High neighborhood of Woodbridge about 5 a.m. Saturday. Security video shows a person in a hooded sweatshirt pulling the large flag...
Washington Commanders Apr 18

Commanders are in line to take a quarterback with the NFL draft's 2nd pick

The Washington Commanders are in line to get one of the top quarterbacks available with the second pick in the NFL draft. LSU’s Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, North Carolina’s Drake Maye and Michigan’s national championship-winning J.J. McCarthy are all possibilities for Washington assuming Chicago goes with USC’s Cal...
Fairfax County Apr 18

Virginia school bus hits DMV building, injures driver and two students, officials say

Officials in Virginia say a school bus struck a Department of Motor Vehicles building after swerving to avoid hitting a car, injuring two students and the bus driver. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says three people were taken to a hospital Thursday morning with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening. County police s...
Northern Virginia Apr 18

‘Heroes': Organ donation from boys killed in Virginia fire could save 9 lives

Two boys who died Sunday after a house fire in Northern Virginia last week were celebrated as heroes Thursday with a “walk of honor” as they returned to the operating room so their organs can be donated to save other lives. The Brice family wants people to remember 3-year-old Zachariah and 6-year-old William as boys with so much love. “We…...
News4 Rundown Apr 18

Alleged school threat thwarted: The News4 Rundown

A teenager faces charges for allegedly threatening to carry out a mass shooting targeting two Montgomery County schools. Also in The News4 Rundown: How the two young boys who died after being pulled from a house fire in Virginia are being honored and saving lives, and how cannabis gets brought to market legally.

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