Julie Carey

State lawmakers have given final approval to a bill ending capital punishment in Virginia

News4’s Julie Carey takes you inside the U.S. Capitol venue where Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated Wednesday.

A Northern Virginia family’s son survived 70 days in the hospital battling COVID-19, only to face a new struggle in two rehab facilities, isolated without family due to the pandemic. Robin and Albert Thomas Sr. shared their experience in hopes that rehab centers will consider taking a new approach. Albert Thomas Jr. stood 6 foot 2 inches. Family and friends…

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a family’s push for changes after the COVID-19 death of their son in rehabilitation.

A Fairfax County second-grader is helping INOVA Fairfax raise thousands of dollars to buy toys for sick children as she was once previously hospitalized herself. News4’s Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam says the changes are driving the record turnout so far across the state. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on Stafford County tracking the spread of COVID-19 through wastewater.

Tests performed on sewage from homes in part of Northern Virginia indicate more COVID-19 cases than what other testing methods have found.  Stafford County is having its wastewater analyzed to detect the virus.  “What they can determine is the genetic fragments of the virus still in the wastewater,” public works director Jason Towery explained.  The county’s water treatment plants...

News4’s Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey shows us what happens when a contact tracer calls to let you know you’ve been exposed to someone with coronavirus.

A soldier who once set a record for the longest sniper shot in Afghanistan by an American is now facing gun charges as part of a larger death investigation in Northern Virginia.

A Confederate statue that stood outside the Loudoun County courthouse was removed overnight Tuesday.  Photos show orange cones in the place of the statue in Leesburg, Virginia.  The county board of supervisors voted earlier this month to remove the statue, which the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected in 1908.  The Loudoun County chapter of the group hired a...

Greg Washington is the first African-American president of George Mason University. He spoke with News4’s Julie Carey about his vision, distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic and serving first-generation college students.

A 70-year-old woman who was in the care of a rehabilitation center in Arlington, Virginia, is one of the state’s newest coronavirus patients. Her daughter fears that how her mother’s case was handled may have spread the virus.  Lisa Chesnut’s mother was recovering at the Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation Center after she broke her leg. She had a cough...

A Virginia woman who posed as a psychologist and treated dozens of children was convicted Wednesday in Stafford County. Sharonda Avery entered pleas to nine felony counts and could serve decades in prison. She dodged News4’s cameras and offered silence in response to questions angry parents want answered. “Why did you present yourself as a psychologist when you never...

A Virginia woman who claimed to be a psychologist though she never graduated from college entered pleas to nine felony counts Wednesday. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

A Virginia state delegate is asking police to file charges against a gun rights activist who protested outside the delegate’s home in Alexandria on Saturday with a long gun.

An activist says he was exercising his right to protest peacefully. A Virginia state delegate says the man published his address with the intention of intimidating him. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A health care executive in Alexandria is accused of animal cruelty. Experts say animal abuse cases are important in part because they can be indicators of abuse against humans. News4’s Julie Carey reports. 

A man who tried to rob a drug dealer was shot to death, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

For more than three decades, Sharon Bulova helped lead Fairfax County during its growth in population and diversity. Now, after a decade as Board Chair — she’s headed into retirement. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey was there as Bulova presided over her last meeting and reflected on her tenure.