I-Team

Distance learning makes life challenging for many kids throughout the region, but for several thousand local children the distance causes bigger complications. Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team report their parents are trying to prevent virtual learning from being virtually impossible.

For the more than 3,000 blind or deaf students who will be attending local public schools virtually this fall, distance learning creates an added complication for those students, their families and their teachers, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.

The self-described “men’s rights” attorney suspected in the deadly shooting of a New Jersey federal judge’s family took an Amtrak train from New York to California, where he allegedly killed another prominent men’s rights figure, officials with knowledge of the investigation tell News 4. The officials say they believe suspect Roy Den Hollander used the same gun in both...

The husband and son of a New Jersey federal judge were shot at their home Sunday afternoon, and a massive law enforcement response is underway.

The force Park Police officers have used against protesters could cost the agency its working relationship with some local police departments. In a statement to News4, Metropolitan Washington’s Council of Governments confirms it is now planning to review the regional mutual aid agreement which governs those relationships. “Mutual aid among local, state, and federal public safety agencies is critically...

After federal police response to protests in D.C., local police are reexamining partnerships with federal law enforcement. News4’s Jodie Fleischer has the story.

Authorities investigating Wednesday night’s stabbing of an NYPD officer in Brooklyn say body-worn camera video recorded the suspect yelling “Allahu Akbar” three times during the attack, NYPD officers said Saturday. Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller says there are many unknowns behind the possible terror-inspired attack, including the suspect’s motive. The man behind the alleged attack, Dzenan...

Authorities investigating Wednesday night’s stabbing of an NYPD officer in Brooklyn are looking into whether it was a terror-inspired attack, law enforcement sources said Thursday. Three NYPD officers were hospitalized after what Commissioner Dermot Shea described as a “cowardly and unprovoked” assault. A terror-linked motivation is currently one theory for what may have happened, with the attack possibly having...

Kindergarten registration has been impacted – and in some cases delayed – by the emergency school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic. Public records reviewed by the News-4 I-Team show a decline in kindergarten sign-ups by parents in Washington, D.C. and neighboring Montgomery County this year compared to the same time period in May 2019.  Kindergarten orientation was delayed by nearly…

Families with elderly loved ones living in long-term care facilities have been clamoring for information about positive COVID-19 cases, many telling the News4 I-Team they were unaware of an outbreak at a facility until their loved one became infected.

The findings suggest the possibility that — for some patients — COVID-19 could resemble more of a blood disease than a disease primarily targeting the lungs

Families with elderly loved ones living in long-term care facilities have been clamoring for information. The federal government announced this week new rules saying residents and their families must be told, but what about the general public? Jodie Fleischer and the News4 I-Team are working for you as leaders are refusing to release those locations.

The News4 I-Team found a dozen people have filed complaints in recent years against D.C. officers for body searches they say went too far.

According to a doctor, another person ate a single package of the noodles and suffered a 10-day bout of vomiting and nausea — and needed surgery that required using a drill to break up the noodles after forming a gastric obstruction.

The nurses that spoke with NBC New York said change can’t arrive soon enough, and the help they need is an emergency — as all too often it’s them who are becoming the patients

A News4 I-Team investigation raises questions about those guarding inmates. Scott MacFarlane reports correctional officers are warning of dangers — to themselves and the inmates — due to understaffing.

A second member of D.C.’s Homeland Security Commission says he sees no reason for a 2018 cybersecurity report to be withheld from the public. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer shares what the two commissioners had to say.

Fake accounts, which claim to be of U.S. rabbis, have been posting messages seemingly geared at pitting Jews against African Americans — but why aren’t social media sites stepping in sooner to stop them?

Families who laid their loved ones to rest at Lake Nelson Memorial Park in Piscataway, New Jersey, are demanding answers. “It just looks like a garbage dump,” said Judy Beekman, who has relatives buried there. Visiting them can be challenging, she says.

When legislators return to work in Maryland and Virginia in the new year, there will be a flurry of bills to fight the crime — specifically, human trafficking. A series of new legislation is in the works from Rockville to Richmond amid concerns about the rising number of prosecutions for human trafficking. Justice Department reports reviewed by News4 show a 20%…