George Washington University

Seniors at George Washington University watched their graduation ceremony online on Sunday. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke to the class president who says the graduating amid the pandemic is one more example of how the 2020 class is resilient.

Virtual technology shows the damage caused to the lungs of a coronavirus patient at George Washington University Hospital. Doctors hope these scans will show how dangerous the virus is, and encourage people to maintain social distancing. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.

A student at George Washington University became the first at the school to test positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement released by the university. The student lives off-campus and is reportedly doing well. The student is following advice from public health officials and self-isolating since being diagnosed according to the statement. The university said it is working…

Universities across the D.C. area have announced that classes will temporarily move to online platforms as cases of the rare coronavirus spread. AU’s spring break will be extended through March 17, and the changes will go into effect March 18. Online classes will continue through April 3. “While the risk to our community remains low at this time, our precautionary actions...

News4’s Cory Smith speaks to a high school senior at Howard D. Woodson High School in Northeast D.C. who just received a prestigious scholarship to George Washington University.

American University announced that all classes will temporarily move to online platforms following spring break as cases of the rare coronavirus spread in the D.C. area. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

George Washington University students are calling on the school to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Mark Segraves reports on a couple of incidents caught on video.

There’s no way to sugarcoat this news: Nearly half of American adults will be obese within a decade and one-quarter will be severely so, a new report predicts....

It corrects for a weakness in previous estimates that may have made the problem seem not as big as it really is. Those estimates often relied on national health surveys and people tend...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Friday he was certain that the awarding of a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft instead of Amazon was done fairly. The Pentagon awarded the contract to Microsoft in late October, and Amazon said there was “unmistakable bias” on the government’s part and it intended to challenge the decision in court. Esper recused himself...

The public impeachment inquiry hearings that started Wednesday pit a Democratic attorney who built his reputation as a federal mob and securities fraud prosecutor against a GOP House Oversight investigator who helped steer some of the most notable probes of the Obama administration. The two attorneys with shiny resumes are hardly household names. Now, Daniel Goldman and Steve Castor find...

Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. Perry’s efforts to influence Ukraine’s energy policy came earlier this year, just as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s new government was seeking military aid...

A News4 I-Team investigation found widespread frustration among teachers over cellphones in class, and some area schools are implementing tougher restrictions on mobile device usage.

For more than two decades a school has been teaching English to adults who moved to the D.C. area from other countries. Leon Harris reports. You can find information about helping Carlos Rosario Public Charter School here.

Consumer groups give many of the top restaurant chains in the United States failing grades for their policies regarding antibiotics used in their beef supply for burgers and other beef dishes, NBC News reports. The report is the result of a combined effort from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Consumer Reports and...

President Donald Trump’s top adviser for Russian and European affairs is leaving his job at the White House, a day before he’s scheduled to testify before the House impeachment investigators, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Tim Morrison owes his job at the National Security Council to Trump, but his testimony Thursday in the House impeachment inquiry might be central...

President Donald Trump’s top adviser for Russian and European affairs is leaving his job at the White House, a day before he’s scheduled to testify before the House impeachment investigators, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Tim Morrison owes his job at the National Security Council to Trump, but his testimony Thursday in the House impeachment inquiry might be central...

The Democrats who rule California took on homegrown tech giants Uber and Lyft over their workforces, convinced some of the world’s biggest automakers to buck the president on fuel emissions and passed a law that could change college sports nationwide.

The Democratic presidential primary hopefuls debated Tuesday in the shadow of the House impeachment inquiry, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff, the House Intelligence Committee chairman, giving an update an hour before. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the leading contenders in polls, was on the campaign trail for the first time since his heart attack at...

NBC Washington took a deep dive into the District’s data on parking tickets and found that within a six-month period, most tickets were issued downtown and in Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Mount Vernon Square and Dupont Circle.

U.S. marshals looking for a fugitive in Northwest D.C. came across what police describe as a large-scale marijuana-dealing operation.