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These Olympians are fleet of foot, shockingly flexible and fearless on the high bar. It helps that they’re all teeny tiny cats. As the opening ceremony in Rio nears, about 90 furry paw-thletes over at the Hallmark Channel are ready for some action of their own in the very first Kitten Summer Games, to coincide with the start of the...

Technology isn’t just for humans anymore. It’s also for their furry friends....
In Silicon Valley and beyond, a growing number of startups are selling devices to keep pets safe, healthy, entertained and connected when their owners are away. “Pet tech” entrepreneurs and investors see a big opportunity as pet ownership grows and owners show a willingness to spend serious money on...

TODAY anchor Savannah Guthrie is hopeful for a quick recovery after her 2-year-old son hit her in the right eye with a toy last week, causing a tear in her retina and loss of vision. Savannah has been out of work the past two days since a freak incident involving her son, Charley, who was sitting in her lap when...

A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five employees at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear testimony next month about whether he was not responsible by reason of insanity. Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in the 2018 massacre at the Capital Gazette newspaper. Judge Laura Ripken accepted his plea Monday afternoon.

Deep within a rainforest in Belize, scientists using lasers beamed from an airplane to peer beneath the dense foliage have discovered evidence of a vast network of ancient Maya farms that date back thousands of years, NBC News reports. The findings, part of more than 20 years of research in this part of Central America, show how the ancient Maya...

Taylor Swift reacts to some never-before-seen footage of her acting loopy after laser eye surgery and she teases what songs she’ll perform on “Saturday Night Live.”

Surveillance video inside a Maryland newspaper office that shows a wounded employee crawling away and others hiding or running for their lives during a gunman’s rampage can be used at the suspect’s trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

President Donald Trump doesn’t make mistakes. At least according to him. Trump’s relentless justifications of his erroneous warnings that Hurricane Dorian was threatening Alabama on Sunday, which created days of ridicule and skepticism, are just the latest example of the president’s lifelong reluctance to admit an error, no matter how innocuous.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Thursday that the decision to withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory was her government’s own initiative to break the impasse, and not Beijing’s directive. Lam told a news conference that China’s central government “understands, respects and supports” her government in the entire process. Withdrawal of the...

Placido Domingo returns to the stage at the Salzburg Festival this weekend to perform for the first time since multiple women accused the opera legend of sexual harassment in allegations brought to light by The Associated Press. Two opera houses in the United States have canceled performances, but no European opera house has taken Domingo off the bill. Instead, some...

Specialists are using lasers to clean up the black biofilm on the Jefferson Memorial dome.

Specialists are using lasers to clean the Jefferson Memorial dome of a black biofilm. Mark Segraves reports.

The Gold Award is the highest award a girl scout can earn. More than 200 Girl Scouts in the Nation’s Capital region achieved this award, including Fyzah Islam. Islam’s project aimed to help homeless individuals in Prince William County by promoting hygiene. Lidia Soto Harmon, CEO of Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital, talks with News4’s Pat Lawson Muse about the Gold...

We’re learning new details about the schedule of events for the 4th of July and what you need to know if you plan to head to the celebrations on the National Mall. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Gone is the haze of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke. Gone are the coffee, soda and pizza stains. With only a few exceptions, NASA’s Apollo-era Mission Control has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when two men landed on the moon.

It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11

The average wait for a dermatologist appointment nationally is 32 days. In D.C., the average is 20 days. News4’s Doreen Gentzler tells you what you can do to get seen sooner.

The District’s murder rate is on the rise, with 55 murders so far in 2019. But Mayor Muriel Bowser says she is “laser focused” on curbing violence while announcing a new plan for the summer. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you’ll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An optimistic assessment is 10 years. Many others say decades as researchers try to...

The company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people, announced Thursday that it won’t operate the vessels this year because of the ongoing investigation and will instead open a replacement attraction in the tourist town of Branson.