PROTEST

A 22-year-old man was detained Tuesday after scaling the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City as part of a series of dangerous stunts in protest of abortion.

The score was one-set all and Ruud led 4-1 in the third set when the girl glued herself to the net post. Her shirt read “We have 1028 days left,” leaving spectators confused about what she was advocating for.

Students in the D.C. area and across the country staged walkouts to call for action to prevent further mass shootings. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Firefighters responded to the Wilson Building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW after an environmental protester unfurled a large banner on Earth Day. Here’s a look.

An environmental protester scaled D.C.’s Wilson Building on Friday, Earth Day, and unfurled a huge banner. “No new fossil fuels,” said the banner outside the offices of Mayor Muriel Bowser and members of the D.C. Council.  DC Fire and EMS and officers were called to the building at 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW just before 8 a.m. Firefighters could be...

Dozens of high school and college students rallied at the Torch of Friendship in Miami before boarding a bus for Tallahassee to protest against what many opponents have termed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on a protest over plans to develop land near Manassas Battlefield into a data center. The company issued this statement: “QTS has been approached and is seeking to acquire land as part of the Prince William County Digital Gateway project. This is a unique opportunity to play a role in what could be...

News4’s Adam Tuss reports that not many trucks have made their way to D.C. yet. He spoke with one trucker who said his group doesn’t plan on blocking traffic.

Washington, D.C., officials say they are monitoring plans for demonstrations after truckers threatened to clog the Capital Beltway as soon as Wednesday and into the coming weeks.

A truck driver protest could have a big impact on your Wednesday afternoon commute. An organizer said 20 truckers left Scranton, Pennsylvania, Wednesday morning and headed to the Beltway. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

A request by the U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. officials for help from the National Guard with potential truck driver protests in the D.C. area was granted Tuesday, officials said. “Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has approved requests… for District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) assistance with traffic control during First Amendment demonstrations expected in the city...

Law enforcement agencies in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. are monitoring what could be a number of truck convoys coming to D.C.

Law enforcement agencies in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. say they are monitoring what could be a number of trucking convoys coming to D.C. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

The parents of Joaquin Oliver, who died in the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, were in D.C. to draw attention to gun violence.

Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin Oliver died during the Parkland school shooting, climbed a construction crane on Monday in protest of ongoing gun violence.

The father of a teen boy who was fatally shot at his school in Parkland, Florida, climbed a downtown D.C. construction crane in protest on Monday, which marks four years since the mass killing.

On Friday, Feb. 11, a Canadian judge ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge on the U.S.-Canadian border to end the 5-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods across borders and impacted the auto industry in both nations.

January 22nd marks the 49th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Decision. A recent Mississippi abortion law is being challenged in the Supreme Court, putting Roe v. Wade at risk of being overturned.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on a student protest at Fairfax High School after a Muslim student was allegedly assaulted inside the school.

Hundreds of students rallied outside a high school in Fairfax, Virginia, on Thursday after a Muslim student said a group of boys harassed her, threw her onto a desk and removed her hijab.