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Eight horses were killed after a large fire broke out in a barn in Union Bridge, Maryland.

Federal investigators criticized D.C.’s fire chief for denying access to a senior citizen apartment complex after a devastating fire ripped through the building near Navy Yard in Southeast in September.

The Catholic bishop of Covington, Kentucky, says an independent investigation “exonerates” students from Covington Catholic High School who were at the center of a national firestorm when a video supposedly showed a confrontation between the students and Native Americans at the Lincoln Memorial.

The Catholic Diocese of Arlington released a list on Wednesday of 16 priests who the diocese says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing juveniles over the past 40 years.

There’s no question that living in D.C. is expensive. And rising housing costs in the area have pushed more married couples to take on roommates to save money, a new study says.

The driver who killed a Smithsonian employee who was riding his bike to work in September will serve 18 months in prison.

The suspect in a hit-and-run accident that killed a popular Smithsonian employee was sentenced to 18 months in prison. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A 21-year-old man from Springfield, Virginia, is accused of soliciting sex from a minor after police say he offered to trade sexually explicit images of children.

The woman who lost her job after displaying her middle finger at President Donald Trump’s motorcade has won a seat on a county board of supervisors in Virginia.

Metro Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik has asked the U.S. Attorney’s Office to independently review an officer’s use of force during an arrest at the U Street Metro station in Northwest Washington.

A man is filing a lawsuit against three Metro Transit Police officers who he says wrongfully arrested him and used a stun gun on him this summer. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

A judge erupted in court as he sentenced a former child care worker who pleaded guilty to child sex abuse involving two boys. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

A former after-school child care worker will spend at least the next eight years in prison for sexually assaulting two boys in the program.

Wendy Martinez was jogging near D.C.’s Logan Circle when a stranger stabbed her to death. That man was sentenced Friday to spend three decades in prison.

The man who stabbed 35-year-old Wendy Martinez to death near Logan Circle last year was sentenced Friday to decades in prison. News4’s Darcy Spencer is outside the courthouse.

A senior citizen who was trapped inside his apartment for five days after a fire ripped through a Southeast D.C. seniors’ home last year is suing the property’s manager.

A man accused of killing a transgender sex worker feared for his life, according to his attorney. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

The suspect in the death of Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old transgender woman shot to death last month in Prince George’s County, feared for his life, according to his attorney.

Police shot and wounded a man in Woodbridge Thursday morning after he advanced toward officers with a knife, ignoring commands to stop, authorities say.

A Woodbridge man was shot and wounded by police Thursday morning after he approached officers with a knife, police say. His wife told police they were arguing and he had multiple weapons. News4’s Justin Finch reports.