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The driver of a stolen car crashed into a Georgetown University bus in downtown D.C. Wednesday and the car burst into flames, police say and images show.

Georgetown University says it will require COVID-19 booster shots after one of Washington, D.C.’s first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant cropped up within the school community. Students, faculty, staff and visitors must get a booster shot by Jan. 21 or secure an approved medical or religious exemption. Employees who are teleworking must abide by the requirements, but anyone...

Four D.C. residents confirmed to have the omicron COVID variant were young, vaccinated adults who had not gotten a booster shot, D.C. Health says.

A member of the Georgetown University community was diagnosed with the omicron variant of COVID-19, the school announced Monday.  The person is among the first four people in D.C. to be diagnosed with the virus variant, school officials said in a message. The Georgetown community member “has not been on campus since before Thanksgiving other than to complete a...

A former Georgetown University tennis coach pleaded guilty Monday in Boston federal court in the college admissions bribery case. Gordon Ernst was accused of accepting more than $2 million to help the children of wealthy parents get into the school in Washington. The 54-year-old, who has residences in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Falmouth, Massachusetts, appeared virtually for his Monday hearing….

A former Georgetown University tennis coach accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school will plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions scandal.

A former Prince George’s County Police officer and homeland security official has been released from prison. Keith Washington was sentenced to 45 years after he shot and killed a man inside his home. Today, News4’s Pat Collins spoke to a leader of the group of Georgetown University students who helped get Washington’s case back before a judge.

The former Prince George’s County police officer convicted in the shooting death of a Marlo Furniture deliveryman got out of prison after 13 years with help from a Georgetown University class. Keith Washington, 59, who also was a former official in the county’s homeland security office, was convicted in 2008 of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of first-degree assault and use…

Aspiring students who are incarcerated within the Maryland state prison system can now work to get a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.

In a season where no one would have guessed the Hoyas would have a chance to win the Big East, Georgetown defied the odds.

News4’s Pat Lawson Muse spoke with Project Olas founder and CEO Rebecca Cox. Founded at Georgetown University, Project Olas offers Spanish language lessons from mothers in Central America.

Georgetown University says it will discipline medical students who received COVID-19 vaccines though they were not eligible to receive them. Third-year and fourth-year medical students at the Washington, D.C., school are eligible to receive the vaccine because they interact with patients, a spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.  But administrators recently learned that other medical school students, “who are...

After years of researching and listening to the stories of successful entrepreneurs and colleagues, Georgetown University professor J. Douglas Holladay shares what he’s learned about parenting and risk-taking.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, is set to join the faculty of Georgetown Law in D.C. next month. Emhoff will serve as a Distinguished Visitor from Practice and teach a two-credit course in the spring semester called “Entertainment Law Disputes.” He will also serve as a Distinguished Fellow of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy....

Millions asked a similar question while viewing that searing cellphone video showing George Floyd being killed by a Minneapolis police officer while other cops stood by: “Why aren’t they stopping him?” A new project launched in the Washington, D.C., area aims to prepare police officers to do something that can be at odds with traditional training: Intervene in those...

A new project based in the D.C. area aims to prepare police officers to do something that can be at odds with their traditional training. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Former Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, Jr. has died at the age of 78.

People convicted of a crime can often struggle to get good jobs once they finish serving their time. Georgetown University is trying to help with something called the Pivot Program. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports the initiative gives people a second shot at a productive life.

A former technology executive has pleaded guilty to paying $300,000 to bribe his son’s way into Georgetown University as a tennis recruit — even though the son didn’t play tennis.

A Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, man has agreed to plead guilty to bribing Georgetown University’s former tennis coach $50,000 to get his daughter admitted as a fake athletic recruit, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.