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A family in Accokeek, Maryland, who says they lost their son in 2019 due to a TikTok challenge is grateful for the passage of a bill aiming to protect kids from hidden dangers online. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Police released updated surveillance images of the suspects responsible for placing card skimmers on Wednesday.

The woman was driven to Inova Mount Vernon Hospital by a man in a red Jeep, police say.

After the D.C. Department of Transportation announced it was changing course on a plan to bring bike lanes to Connecticut Avenue, hundreds of cyclists are hitting the streets. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A man under arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Rockville, Maryland, last week is on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry for a similar crime, News4 has learned. 

Taylor Swift’s new album includes a song called Clara Bow. News4’s Tommy McFly went to the Library of Congress to learn more about the 1920s actress.

The Paris Summer Olympics are just 100 days away, and Jummy Olabanji and NBC are preparing to cover the Games. Also in The News4 Rundown: Tommy McFly is learning how to prepare like an athlete, learning how to throw the discus from the best in the world.

Some Virginia school leaders are warning against senior assassin, a game students play with water guns. But others say it’s just harmless fun. “I’ve known seniors who have played it since I was a sophomore and I’ve looked forward to playing it since … I was that age. And now that it’s actually here, I look forward to playing...

The National Park Service announced plans to begin rehabilitation of the historic Rock Creek Park golf course later this year — but the rehab is not without controversy.

“Bodybuilding ballet” is how Laulauga Tausaga-Collins describes the sport that will take her to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. News4’s Tommy McFly tried throwing a discus along with her.

Gallaudet University is credited with creating the football huddle in 1894. News4’s Dominique Moody has that story.