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A driver was killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday in Fairfax County, police said.

Authorities said the murders appeared to be domestic in nature, and there is no threat to the community. Police are investigating a man’s suicide in connection to the killings. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke to the owner of Roer’s Zoofari after the death of two giraffes.

Some animal rights groups have questioned, even before the blaze, whether the mammals belong at roadside zoos.

Two giraffes are dead after a fire at Roer’s Zoofari in Virginia Monday. One of the mammals in particular, named Waffles, received an outpouring of love on Facebook.

News4’s Derrick Ward explains how detectives tracked the suspect from Reston, Virginia all the way to Newport News.

A 20-year-old is accused of killing a former high school classmate in Reston, Virginia, and then fleeing hours south to Newport News.  Jalenn Maurtiece Keene was arrested Friday in the shooting death of Samuel Onyeuka, who also was 20, Fairfax County police announced Sunday.  The circumstances of the shooting Wednesday remain under investigation, but police said Keene and Onyeuka...

Police were looking for a suspect near Branleigh Park Court. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder has witness accounts.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on the search for a killer after a woman was found shot to death in a Reston neighborhood.

Police are searching for a killer after a woman was found dead on a Northern Virginia road Thursday morning.

An off-duty D.C. police officer shot and killed a man who he says pointed a gun at him in Reston, Virginia, police say.

A 17-year-old boy died after going swimming Thursday night in a lake in Fairfax County, officials say.  The teen, who police did not identify, was swimming with friends in Lake Audubon in Reston. He was a student at Paint Branch High School in Maryland.  Neighbors said they heard young people playing in the water. Then their cries turned panicked. ...

A 17-year-old boy is charged with murder after a man was found shot on a trail in Reston, Virginia, last summer.  The teen was charged Wednesday in the killing of Jose Lorenzo Guillen Mejia, Fairfax County police said. Guillen Mejia was 24 when he was found dead on June 23, 2019.  Officers responded to a wooded area near Hunters Woods…

Someone spray-painted several swastikas on sidewalks and buildings at a shopping center in Reston, Virginia, police say. The vandalism was discovered early Wednesday morning at North Point Village Center on Reston Parkway. Photos show bright red swastikas emblazoned on numerous sidewalks, the brick wall outside a store and on a concrete outdoor table. A group of neighbors bought lunch for…

For decades, a grocery store cashier in Northern Virginia was so popular that people stood in his line even if it was much longer than the others.

A Virginia high school drama teacher accused of secretly recording students undressing is free on bond.

A Virginia drama teacher previously accused of illegally filming his au pair and charged with child pornography also filmed girls “in various states of undress” inside a high school, Fairfax County police said.

Leaders of a Northern Virginia congregation say their rainbow pride flag was snatched off their property. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

A Virginia drama teacher accused of illegally filming his au pair now faces child pornography charges.

A high school drama teacher is facing four charges of unlawful filming after his family’s au pair found a camera hidden in her bedroom, according to court documents.