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Maryland’s governor signed high-profile new bills into law Thursday. Also in The News4 Rundown: A trip through history and a glimpse at the future with a new “time travel” exhibit celebrating Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

STEM students at a Maryland high school are preparing to compete in the Washington, D.C., Electric Vehicle Grand Prix with a car built in honor of a classmate who was shot and killed last year.

Not long after his family received a call telling them Cornell Parrish III had died in a motorcycle crash, the Mother’s Day flowers and gift he’d sent arrived at their home.

Andrea Amico, founder of Privacy4Cars, says vehicle owners no longer have to sift through pages of privacy policies. His company built a database that allows you to input your car’s VIN to see exactly what types of information your car is collecting on you and how it’s being used.

Two days into the race, republican nominee Larry Hogan said he would back a federal law that gives access to abortion procedures. Democratic opponent Angela Alsobrooks claims his stance is not genuine. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore held his final bill signing for the legislative session Thursday in Annapolis, including a law allowing for notifications like Amber Alerts when a person with disabilities is missing and a bill closing a loophole in Noah’s Law, which was named after a Montgomery County police officer who was struck and killed by a drunken dr...

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis gives updates on a fatal shooting in Centreville, a clothing theft ring, the increase in traffic deaths and the end of National Police Week.

If you love rummaging for vintage treasures, visiting the Lucketts Spring Market is a must. News4’s Erika Gonzalez spoke with the founder of The Old Lucketts Store about how shoppers can find “killer stuff for amazing prices” Friday through Sunday.

Threats of violence brought tense moments to Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday. The school was placed on lockdown and a SWAT team responded after someone called the school with a disturbing claim. Everyone is safe and police say the threat was unfounded. “Somebody who claims to be in the school, secreted in the bui...

D.C. has an official dinosaur, complete with an official day and a designated intersection. But what is the Capitalsaurus, and how was it discovered?

This Saturday at 9:30 a.m., News4’s Eun Yang and Aimee Cho will host a half-hour-long special that celebrates AANHPI resilience and achievement in the D.C. area.

Pride Month officially begins in June, but Transgender Pride Washington DC isn’t waiting to uplift gender-nonconforming folks who may feel unrepresented at the major parades and parties in June. On Saturday, the group is hosting Trans Pride DC, a free event with workshops, a resource fair and all-ages programming at the Martin Luther King Jr. libra...

A federal judge says Delaware’s vanity license plate program is unconstitutional because it allows for viewpoint discrimination by officials in deciding whether to approve applications. Tuesday’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed by a breast cancer survivor whose license plate was recalled in 2021 because it contained a “perceived profanity.” A spokes...

The National Park Service and D.C. police cleared out multiple homeless encampments in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood on Thursday morning, affecting about 70 people.