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With the spring semester nearly underway, and Covid cases rising, Georgetown plans to maintain distance learning. That doesn’t sit well with many undergrads.

It’s been recorded and performed by hundreds of artists around the world. It’s been written about for decades. News4’s Mark Segraves speaks to the co-writer of “Take Me Home Country Roads” about the myths and history surrounding the song 50 years later.

D.C. firefighters worked to tame a blaze that swept through a home in the Georgetown neighborhood on Monday — then fire investigators saw the man who they believe set it.  Samuel Kalinski of D.C., 26, was charged with arson and accused of using charcoal barbecue briquettes to set the multimillion-dollar home ablaze after vandalizing it. No injuries were reported. ...

A man is arrested, charged with setting a fire in a Georgetown home that has may have ties to actress Elizabeth Taylor. News4’s Jackie Bensen has more on how that arrest happened while fire crews were still on the scene.

A law protecting the tech industry from liability for their users’ posts continues to be on shaky ground as President-elect Joe Biden prepares for office.

A 19-year-old man was found fatally shot in the chest near D.C.’s waterfront in Georgetown, police say. Franklin Hernandez Arevalo, of Alexandria, Virginia, was killed and there is a $25,000 reward for information in his case, police said. Bystanders heard gunshots near 3300 Water Street and police responded about 3 a.m. Saturday, police say. Officers found a man suffering one…

Trick-or-treating is being discouraged this Halloween, but that’s not the only celebration that’s been canceled. At least two big D.C. events popular with adults won’t be happening this year, but News4’s Jackie Bensen reports a Halloween pub crawl in Arlington is already sold out.

A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”

The water pressure from the broken pipe was so powerful that it blasted apart pieces of the sidewalk on M Street and scraped paint off the exterior of a store building. It also knocked over a light.

The water pressure from the broken pipe was so powerful that it blasted apart pieces of the sidewalk on M Street and scraped paint off the exterior of a store building. It also knocked over a light.

A massive water main broke, flooding a road in the heart of Georgetown and forcing police to block streets. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson Jr. is being remembered at a funeral service in St. Augustine Church in Northwest D.C. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

A cyclist was riding on the Capital Crescent Trail when he says he looked up and saw an SUV headed straight toward him. News4’s Pat Collins reports.

John Thompson Jr. was a legend on and off the court, who left his mark on his hometown of D.C. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

D.C.’s upscale Georgetown neighborhood became a target on a night of unrest and vandalism following anti-police brutality and anti-racism protests. News4’s Molette Green reports from outside an Apple Store and a clothing store that were damaged.

Carine’s Bridal in Georgetown is quiet, but they’ve found an innovative way to keep serving customers. Brides-to-be now get a package with sample gowns and have a virtual meeting with a consultant from the boutique. News4 Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan has the story.

A local organization is helping to get money to the people who need it most. News4’s Jackie Bensen has more about the emergency fund helping the workers of Georgetown’s shuttered restaurants and shops.

News4’s Pat Collins speaks with Rev. Timothy Cole, the pastor of Christ Church in Georgetown, who was the first person diagnosed with coronavirus in D.C.

A Washington, D.C., pastor had the first known case of coronavirus in the D.C. area in early March. He is home and recovering after spending three weeks hospitalized, he told News4 on Tuesday. The Rev. Timothy Cole, the pastor at Christ Church in Georgetown, was diagnosed with coronavirus earlier this month after returning from an Episcopal church convention in...

Authorities say a boat that started doing doughnuts after hitting a wave in the Potomac River tossed the driver overboard