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A writer from a “Law & Order spin-off and an NBA broadcaster found themselves out of jobs after social media posts this week, and they’re not alone

The Great Mills High School community is marking the one year since the shooting that ended student Jaelynn Willey’s life by wearing teal in her honor.

The Catholic bishop of Covington, Kentucky, says an independent investigation “exonerates” students from Covington Catholic High School who were at the center of a national firestorm when a video supposedly showed a confrontation between the students and Native Americans at the Lincoln Memorial.

Harvey Weinstein has lost a longshot bid to move his sexual assault trial out of New York City, as a state court rejected Thursday the movie mogul’s concerns that he wouldn’t get a fair trial in the world’s media capital. A five-judge panel of the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division issued the decision after reviewing written submissions from Weinstein’s lawyers...

Montgomery County Council members say they’re receiving threats because of false information online regarding the county’s immigration policy.

Montgomery County Council members say they’re receiving threats because of false information online regarding the county’s immigration policy. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.

There was a lot of uncertainty about whether or not Ismail Ajjawi would be able to arrive at Harvard University in time for the beginning of the semester. But after initially being denied entrance to the US, the 17-year-old Palestinian national living in Lebanon is on campus to begin his freshman year. Ajjawi was banned from the US at Logan...

Puerto Rico’s streets have remained so quiet since Gov. Wanda Vázquez took over as governor following weeks of turmoil that one can again hear the island’s famous coquí frog singing at night. The protests that led to the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló just a week ago and continued on a smaller scale until the Supreme Court removed his chosen...

Sarah Hyland is in total wedding mode. Former “Bachelorette” contestant Wells Adams proposed to the “Modern Family” actress nearly a week and a half ago, and it looks like she’s already started the planning process. The 28-year-old took to Instagram Stories to document her fun night in. “While Wells goes and does the rehearsal part of this wedding that we’re...

A man accused of posting threats to the president, police and head of the Federal Communications Commission is under arrest.

A man accused of posting threats to kill police and directing violent messages to the head of the Federal Communications Commission is under arrest. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Laurel Austin documented her son Jeremy’s first dosing of chlorine dioxide on YouTube. In the 30-second video, Jeremy, 27, sits at a kitchen table as his mother narrates his mood. Then his arms seem to involuntarily twist around one another and he screams into his forearm before taking a bite of a banana, NBC News reports. “Here’s to hoping and...

A crowdfunding campaign for three African American churches in Louisiana recently gutted by arson reached seven digits Wednesday after social media posts urging the public not to forget the plight of the small houses of worship as the eyes of the world were on the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. “As we hold Paris in our hearts today, let’s...

The tanker crash near the American Legion Bridge Thursday didn’t just close lanes on the Beltway, it caused gridlock across the D.C. Metro area.

A nightmare crash that blocked part of the Beltway is renewing calls for another way to cross the Potomac River. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Jaelynn Willey was shot and killed at Great Mills High School one year ago Thursday, and one other student was injured. As students and staff continue to grieve, a threat against the school surfaced online. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Responding to widespread backlash to the fact that four Oscars will be presented during commercial breaks at the 91st Academy Awards, the film academy has issued a statement saying that all Academy Award winners will still be included in the broadcast on Feb. 24.

Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, says he was saddened and frightened when a crowd of high school students harassed him Friday. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. Other video footage has revealed a more complex portrait of the incident than what was initially described in this video....CORRECTION (Jan. 24, 7:35 a.m. ET):...This video has...