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Thousands of Americans injure themselves while shoveling snow every year, with muscle and ligament injuries being the most common. Here are four stretches you can do before grabbing that shovel to help prevent injuries.

You’ve seen electric scooters zipping around on sidewalks, even in and out of traffic. Now, a local study is giving us a clearer picture of who is getting injured on these e-scooters and where.   The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety interviewed more than 100 e-scooter riders whose injuries landed them in the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety interviewed more than 100 scooter riders who ended up in a D.C. emergency room last year. Consumer Reporter Susan Hogan reports.

Valentine’s Day is usually all about hearts, but it’s another organ that made one former Montgomery County police officer’s day on Thursday: a kidney.

A Worcester, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew attempted to save a baby and others from a raging fire. Chief Michael Lavoie said in a press conference that Lt. Jason Menard, a father of three, succumbed to his injuries after his “heroic efforts” to save people in the four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm Street.

The Washington Nationals fell to the Houston Astros 8-1 in Game 4 Saturday, tying the World Series 2-2.

NBC4 reporters reveal the song they would walk-up to if they were professional baseball players as the Nationals take on the World Series.

The 2017 death of Olivia Gant, a 7-year-old whose “bucket list” of final wishes evoked heart-touching news stories, wasn’t the result of multiple diseases – it was a murder carried out by her mother, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday.

A Colorado mother who sought donations to cover medical treatments for her daughter and promoted the girl’s “bucket list” of dreams to fulfill before she died has been indicted on a murder charge in the 7-year-old’s death that was previously believed to be from a terminal disease. In a grand jury indictment revealed Monday, Kelly Renee Turner, 41, also known...

One thing is guaranteed when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Dallas Cowboys; the winner will take over first place in the NFC East.

Robbie Gould made field goals from 28, 22 and 29 yards to provide the only points in an ugly 9-0 win by the San Francisco 49ers over the Washington Redskins in steady rain and driving wind Sunday to remain undefeated.

South Korean police said Saturday they beefed up security at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Seoul after a group of anti-American students used ladders to break into the compound. They were protesting demands by the Trump administration that South Korea pay more to help cover the costs of keeping U.S. troops in the country. Officials from three Seoul police stations...

The Washington Mystics claimed their first WNBA title with a back-and-forth, 89-78 Game 5 victory over the Connecticut Sun.

Howie Kendrick hit a tiebreaking grand slam off Joe Kelly in the 10th inning, and the Washington Nationals overcame a three-run deficit with a late rally to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Wednesday night and advance to the NL Championship Series against St. Louis.

Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.

The Washington Redskins have fired head coach Jay Gruden after an 0-5 start to the season, the team has confirmed.

Elena Delle Donne put forth a gutsy effort, playing through a back injury, and Washington beat the Connecticut Sun 94-81 on Sunday and move within a victory of winning the franchise’s first title.

A woman was injured when a deer jumped through the window of a Long Island hair salon and crashed into her, police said.

An ex-cheerleader who suffered multiple concussions while on the University of California, Berkeley’s cheerleading team, filed a lawsuit against the school, USA Federation for Sport Cheering, and her former coaches, for repeatedly endangering her health and safety, according to a complaint filed this week in Alameda County Superior Court.

A Maryland couple received a postcard sent to their address almost 60 years ago. Aimee Cho reports.