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Dating in the D.C. area can be weird, and those first meetups can be downright cringeworthy. But it’s worth it if you walk away with a story (right?). We asked News4 viewers to call in and share their most awkward, hilarious dating stories just in time for Valentine’s Day — And you delivered.

NBC Washington took a deep dive into the District’s data on parking tickets and found that within a six-month period, most tickets were issued downtown and in Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Mount Vernon Square and Dupont Circle.

Police are searching for 11-year-old Kenneth Dorsey, who was last seen Monday at 5 p.m. in the 300 block of 51st Street NE.

A worker at a vape shop in Stafford County, Virginia, tried to rape a woman at gunpoint inside the store Friday night, authorities say.

Scattered storms popped up earlier Wednesday evening in parts of Maryland and Virginia.

Storm Team4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer has your forecast.

A stretch of the BW Parkway was shut down on Friday morning after a bus caught fire.

The sacrifices made by residents of a small Virginia town are being honored on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Thousands of utility customers were still without power after dawn Friday after powerful storms swept through the D.C. region, including a tornado in Howard County.

Eastbound I-70 at South Mountain, headed into Myersville, is closed after a tractor-trailer fire and hazmat spill.

A tornado with possible wind speeds of up to 95 mph was confirmed to have touched down in Maryland on Thursday, as severe thunderstorms capable of producing destructive twisters swept across the region and left thousands of homes without power.

Here’s the damage left behind in communities around the DC area. Some of it suggests that multiple tornadoes may have touched down.

Roofs were ripped off and trees were shredded when a tornado hit Howard County.

Storms were severe to the north and south of the D.C. region Wednesday, but there was only a chance of a few showers in our area.

The sweltering heat will continue, along with a chance of thunderstorms.

Temperatures soared to 90 Tuesday to kick off what Storm Team4 expects will be our first heat wave of the year.

Storm Team4 Cheif Meteorologist Doug Kammerer has your forecast for tonight.

Another round of severe storms is likely headed for the D.C. region.

Thunderstorms will bring damaging wind gusts, blinding rain, intense hail and possibly an isolated tornado tonight. Storm Team4 meteorologist Somara Theodore has your evening forecast.