News4 Rundown

A medical helicopter crashes with a toddler on board, the mystery of a lonely utility pole in the center of a busy Northern Virginia road, and go hands on with the Potomac Curling Club for an inside look at one of the Winter Olympics’ most popular events.

Remembering beloved TV dad Bob Saget, how COVID-related service cuts are affecting Metrobuses, and what the box office might look like in a post-pandemic world.

Thousands of people in Stafford County are still without power after this week’s snow, shoppers are running into empty shelves at their neighborhood grocery stores, and the country’s most popular Mexican-inspired fast-food joint unveils a new deal.

Some favorite museums may be closing a few days a week, a local fourth grader beat out hundreds of other children for a chance to be a baking champ, and a man said Uber charged him several hundred dollars after being trapped on the highway because of snow.

Novak Djokovic is denied entry into Australia, some of the problems on Virginia’s roads remain even though the snow is melting away, and a woman stuck on the I-95 mess discusses the kindest moment of the ordeal.

Tonight on The News4 Rundown, the roads are finally mostly cleared in Virginia, a Smithsonian collection tells the story of the insurrection at the Capitol, and the Washington Football Team will soon reveal its new name.

Tonight on The News4 Rundown, the biggest winter storm in years hits the DMV, a new move from the FDA to protect younger Americans against COVID-19, and how to get rid of your Christmas tree.

Tonight on The News4 Rundown, Howard University postpones the start to a semester, a time capsule under a Robert E. Lee statue is unearthed and people burn away their least favorite parts of 2021.

Tonight on The News4 Rundown, COVID-19 testing lines stretch for hours, breakthrough cases soar and how to make some awesome zero-proof cocktails.

Helping a local woman who’s given the gift of a home cooked holiday meal to the city’s homeless over the years, why the NHL says it has no choice but to keep all of its athletes home from the 2022 Olympic Games, and designs that celebrate the little things this holiday season.

A new proposal on the table from a Virginia lawmaker could change travel during the pandemic, what people found when they pried open a capsule from inside a Robert E. Lee statue that dates to the 1800s, and a local distiller who blazed a trail in her field working to help others to follow in her footsteps.

Some Alexandria firefighters say their employment pinch is leaving the public at risk, airlines sound the alarm about a rollout of 5G cell service, and a potential roadblock to a plan to extend toll express lanes on the Beltway.

D.C. COVID-19 cases skyrocket again, former President Donald Trump gets booed for getting a booster, and an early holiday surprise for hundreds of local families.