Lauren Lumpkin

If you are ready to leave an abusive partner, you need a specific, detailed “safety plan,” Chandra Robinson of the D.C. domestic violence shelter My Sister’s Place and other experts say.

It’s been a warm and humid start to the season, but fall really is here. Celebrate the changing of the seasons by visiting the D.C. area’s pumpkin patches and apple orchards.

You might not realize it, but there is a taste of country life nestled away in busy Silver Spring. News4’s Molette Green went to Heyser Farms, where they were busy churning out some fresh cider.

An 8-year-old poet from D.C. has a request: “Please, Mr. Trump, stop tweeting. Stop teasing America.”

A U.S. Marine who was found badly beaten outside a Stafford, Virginia, restaurant is facing child neglect charges after police say they learned he left his young children at home to go to the bar.

Carla Sanchez is the mind behind lifestyle blog Spicy Candy DC. Her Instagram page of the same name boasts more than 20,000 followers.

The fighting at Gaithersburg High School has gotten so out-of-hand that teachers and administrators say they have lost control of students.

A man was arrested after her tried to run over a woman with his car on Wednesday night, according to a statement issued by Maryland State Police.

When Carlos Vera isn’t running his start-up, Pay Our Interns, he’s waiting tables at Open City. He is one of thousands of millennials who have a second job to make ends meet.

The National Park Service wants to introduce new rules that could make it harder to play sports on the National Mall. Starting next year, teams may have to pay $70 for just two hours of play.

Teachers in the Washington, D.C. area spend millions of dollars of their own money each year on their classrooms, the News4 I-Team reported. Kyra Robertson is one of those teachers. She tracked her spending for a weekend.

A man was taken into police custody after he told a Secret Service officer he “dropped explosives” near the White House, according to the Secret Service.

A new two-mile extension to I-95 Express Lanes in Stafford County, Virginia, will open on Tuesday.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged in the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in Southeast D.C.

Two women and a man shopped in a Victoria’s Secret store in Virginia and managed to make off with several thousands of dollars’ worth of bras in just 20 seconds, officials say.

Something that appears to be a noose was found in a U.S. Postal Service facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, officials said Friday.

Nearly 40 streets in the D.C. area will be closed for the annual Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 22, including roads in Georgetown, Arlington and around the National Mall.

Washingtonians on Sunday will say goodbye to RFK stadium, the 21-year-long home to the D.C. United soccer team.

If you live in Virginia and don’t know much about the candidates for governor, you need to educate yourself NOW.

Maryland police have made an arrest in the Oct. 8 Walmart shooting that left one man injured. Ellicott City resident De’Andre Edward Eason, 20, was charged with first-degree murder, assault and handgun violations.