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Imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentence has been commuted. After months of speculation, President Donald Trump announced the decision as he prepared to board Air Force One Tuesday. “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said. “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person – don’t know him.”  Trump...

The San Francisco 49ers have suspended broadcaster Tim Ryan after his comments about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson earlier this week.

More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections.

Workers at Amazon distribution centers in Germany have gone on strike for better pay on Black Friday, one of the busiest days of the year for the online retailer. Union ver.di said Friday that the walkouts began overnight at six distribution centers across the country, with some due to last until Tuesday. Union representative Orhan Akman said Amazon staff want...

HP Inc. says its board has rejected a roughly $33.5 billion takeover offer from Xerox.

Capt. James Adamouski, a West Point grad, died in Iraq in 2003 when a Blackhawk helicopter went down. Now, a school building in Loudoun County bears his name. News4’s Julie Carey was at the special ceremony.

Her family says French cinematic icon Catherine Deneuve has had a mild stroke while filming her latest movie.

The Trump administration is shutting down one of the largest U.S. facilities for child migrants that had come under intense criticism from advocates and lawmakers.

A Maryland family doesn’t feel safe because of a growing sinkhole in what used to be their backyard.

A Maryland family doesn’t feel safe because of a giant sinkhole in what used to be their backyard. They’re afraid the house may fall in the hole. News4’s Chris Gordon talked to the residents about their concerns.

The owners of a 10 1/2-year-old French bulldog are suing a West Hollywood-based dog walking company after their pet was run over by an SUV in March and later died of its injuries, allegedly due to the inattentiveness of its walker.

Alarmed by violence depicted in trailers for the upcoming movie “Joker,” some survivors of the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting are asking distributor Warner Bros. to commit to gun control causes.

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine said Cardi B was a gang member while testifying under oath Thursday as part of a case against two alleged members of a Brooklyn street gang, NBC News reported. 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, said under cross-examination that Cardi B was also a member of the notorious Bloods gang, according to the New York Daily...

Need to pick up your dry cleaning in Hyattsville? There is a chance it was on the side of MLK Highway. After a dry cleaner was evicted Thursday, the owner dumped customers’ belongings outside. But one nearby store owner picked up as much as she could and was trying to call the owners of the clothing. News4’s Chris Gordon...

Facebook chooses a senior from Broad Run High School in Ashburn to be among a handful of students honored for their community service efforts.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and a bus full of veterans flew 51-star flags on Monday to call for Congress to make the District the nation’s 51st state News4’s Mark Segraves reports. 

Modified stock car great Michael Stefanik has been killed in a single-engine plane crash. He was 61. State police say the crash happened Sunday afternoon in Sterling near the Rhode Island state line. They say the single-engine, single-seat Aerolite 103 took off from the Riconn Airport in Coventry, Rhode Island, and had been turning back toward the airfield when it...

A panel of three judges in North Carolina threw out the state’s legislative district maps on Tuesday, ruling that the maps were such an extreme partisan gerrymander that they violated the state constitution, NBC News reports. Lawmakers’ partisan intent in drawing the maps, the “surgical precision” with which they were executed, and the distinct advantage the maps gave to Republicans...

The fire hydrant closest to the D.C. fire that killed a child and a man earlier this month was broken, and neighbors tried putting out the fire with a garden hose, News4 has learned.

Two lawsuits were filed against Allergan Wednesday related to its line of Biocell textured breast implants, which are the subject of a worldwide recall, alleging a failure to warn of cancer risks.