Northeast DC

D.C. police released officer body camera footage on Thursday that was taken as an officer shot and wounded a man last week in Northeast D.C.  Jaron Wimbish, 25, was shot by a Metropolitan Police Department officer on Oct. 5 after an hourslong standoff in the unit block of McDonald Place NE.  MPD released a seven-minute portion of footage on...

The family of a man shot by police after a barricade situation admit that he shot a relative with a BB gun, but say the stand-off didn’t happen as police described. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

The mother of a man who was shot by D.C. police after he barricaded himself for hours inside his home in Northeast last Tuesday admits to News4 that he shot a relative with a BB gun, but questions the police response and retelling of events.

A D.C. police officer shot a man involved in a barricade situation in Northeast D.C. Tuesday, police say.

The hometown celebrity and stand-up comedian premiered his Netflix special in Northeast D.C. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the weekend shootings that left several people hurt in the District.

Three shootings spread across Washington, D.C., late Saturday and overnight Sunday left a person dead and four others hospitalized, authorities said. The deadly shooting took place around 11 p.m. Saturday along the 1300 block of Half Street SW near Nationals Park. Two men and a woman were shot by a person driving a dark colored sedan, police said. Neighbors told…

One person is dead and four others are hurt in a series of shootings across Washington, D.C. Saturday night and overnight Sunday. News 4’s Derrick Ward reports from Southeast DC.

Some residents in Northeast Washington say new bike lanes are taking away parking spaces and putting them in danger. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Inspired by her own feeling of burnout, a D.C. woman created a retreat center in the Woodridge neighborhood of Northeast designed to help weary people find rest.  The retreat center Huru is named after the Swahili word for “free,” founder and CEO Imani Samuels said.  “For centuries, men and women — especially women of color — have sacrificed balance,...

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports that residents feel forced to stay off congested main roads due to drivers.

After a 5-year-old girl was struck and killed while riding her bicycle last week in a D.C. neighborhood, residents said Wednesday they “want to make Brookland the slowest neighborhood in the city.”

After experiencing career burnout, Imani Samuels focused on rest. She was inspired to create a retreat company called Huru, aiming to create access to renewal in the Woodridge neighborhood of Northeast D.C. She said she especially wants to help women of color.

The closure of the Wendy’s at the center of D.C.’s infamous “Dave Thomas Circle” is bittersweet for one local couple: They shared their first kiss more than two decades ago in the drive-thru lane. Monica and Melvin Gerald, of D.C., swung through the drive-thru on Tuesday and reminisced about the start of their 24 years together.  Monica Gerald, a...

A D.C. couple that just celebrated their 20th anniversary shared their first kiss in the drive-thru lane of the Wendy’s closing on Tuesday. News4’s Juliana Valencia has the sweet story.

The Wendy’s at the center of a notoriously confusing traffic circle in D.C. is soon closing for good. News4’s Adam Tuss spoke to regulars who were close to tears on their final visit.

The store sits at the center of a notoriously confusing and difficult traffic circle, which led to an eminent domain fight with the city.

If you want to order a Frosty in the middle of a D.C. intersection, time is running out.  The Wendy’s at the center of what’s been dubbed “Dave Thomas Circle,” after the company’s founder, will close Tuesday, Mayor Muriel Bowser said in tweet Friday night.  The mayor said she was told the fast food joint at Florida and New...

A D.C. police officer pleaded guilty to reckless driving in an April street racing incident on Anacostia Avenue NE.

Police are searching for a group of men who allegedly forced people into a vehicle, drove them to different ATMs and had them withdraw money from their bank accounts in a series of “possibly related” armed kidnappings last week around D.C., authorities said.