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Snapchat said Wednesday it would no longer promote President Donald Trump’s content in its Discover section. “We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover,” the company said in a statement. The messaging company’s move brings it closer to Twitter’s thinking in the ongoing debate over political speech on social platforms,...

Court documents show that a Snapchat video taunting the suspect for not defending himself after a robbery led to the killing.

A Virginia man was sentenced Thursday to 50 years in prison for the sexual exploitation, or “sextortion,” of children through the messaging apps Snapchat and Kik. Joseph Isaiah Woodson Jr., 30, of Ashburn was convicted in the Southern District of Florida on three counts of production of child pornography and one count each of distribution, extortion and conspiracy. “Joseph Isaiah…

A 14-year-old girl is safe Thursday after detectives say she managed to contact some friends though Snapchat after being kidnapped.

A Tennessee teen who died by suicide last week was cyberbullied by classmates over his perceived sexuality prior to his death, according to the teen’s brother. Channing Smith, 16, a high school student in Coffee County, Tennessee, died by suicide between Sept. 22 and Sept. 23. Joshua Smith, Channing’s half-brother, said he discovered the cyberbullying after he was initially unable...

A social media scare kept some students out of class in Loudoun County, Virginia, on Wednesday. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin will soon have his own cereal: Ovi O’s.

A Virginia teenager who pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend wants to withdraw that plea.

Author, speaker and tutor Ann Dolin helps families get organized and ready to send kids back to school, with helpful tips like scheduling time for homework, using white boards to prioritize assignments and taking advantage of extra pockets of time. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.

A teen who threatened to shoot people at Walter Johnson High School last year is now accused of harassing the people who reported him to police.

A teen who threatened to shoot people at Walter Johnson High School is now accused of harassing the witnesses who reported him to police. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Garden Grove Unified School District officials Monday condemned a video that made the rounds on social media showing members of the Pacifica High School boys’ water polo team making a Nazi salute and singing a propaganda song.

Adam Sandler shocked a bunch of Atlantic City kids Friday when he showed up to play some hoops at a basketball court in the South Jersey beach town.

A newly obtained video confession reveals a Virginia teenager told detectives he went into a “blind rage” when he admitted to killing his 16-year-old girlfriend.

In a video confession, a teen confessed he was in a “blind rage” when he killed his high school girlfriend. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

As Jholie Moussa’s mother Syreeta stood just feet away, 18-year-old Nebiyu Ebrahim admitted in court Wednesday that he used a chokehold to strangle her 16-year-old daughter in an uncontrollable rage as if he was “possessed.”

A Fairfax County man admitted in court he killed his girlfriend by putting her in a chokehold. With his victim’s mom just feet away 18-year-old Nebiyu Ebrahim said he killed 16-year-old Jholie Moussa last year in an uncontrollable rage. News4’s Chris Gordon reports her mother is demanding justice.

The new Snapchat filter that allows you to change your gender has gone viral over the last few weeks. Celebrities and other Snapchatters have taken to social media channels to share what they would look like if born as the opposite sex. Perhaps one of the best Snapchat gender swaps came when actress, singer, and producer Glenn Close posted a...

A family expecting to gain a sense of closure instead left the Fairfax County courthouse with fresh wounds. At the last minute, the man charged in the murder of a 16-year-old Mount Vernon High School student declined a plea agreement that had been in the works for some time. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was assaulted during a public appearance in South Africa on Saturday, but the 71-year-old appeared to quickly recover and say “I’m just glad the idiot didn’t interrupt my Snapchat.” Video shows the former California governor standing and filming children at a sporting event in Johannesburg when a man makes a flying kick into his back. Schwarzenegger stumbles...