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Pentagon confirms 10 rockets hit al-Asad airbase which hosts U.S. troops, kills one U.S. civilian contractor

Members of the newly formed U.S. Space Force are deploying troops to a vast new frontier: the Arabian Peninsula.

A man mailed 50 homemade explosives to a friend in Virginia. Scott MacFarlane reports they could’ve triggered a fatal explosion if mishandled, according to court testimony.

The District Department of Transportation has ordered all Skip scooters off D.C.’s streets for at least 30 days while it investigates the fires linked to the scooters, effective immediately. News4’s Pat Collins reports.

Police are search for a 20-year-old man after police say an argument between ended with an the man’s uncle’s death and another woman injured. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A made-for-TV murder case ended with a guilty verdict in Montgomery County, Maryland. Police say it was a crime of greed. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Seven people charged with killing 10-year-old Mikayah Wilson were in one room for the first time. News4’s Mark Segraves reports a friend of the suspects created a scene after he taunted the victim’s mother.

The Red Cross is struggling to find enough blood donors — But those donations are important for patients. News4’s Aaron Gilcrist talks to Kaitlyn Adams, who uses blood transfusions to mitigate pain from sickle cell anemia.

The U.S. military says it has carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia which killed a total of 62 al-Shabab extremist rebels. In a statement issued Monday, the U.S. military’s Africa Command said it carried out four strikes on Dec. 15 in which 34 people were killed and two more on Dec. 16 which killed 28. All...

The people behind the Broccoli City music festival and &pizza will open Broccoli Bar on 7th Street NW on Friday. The space aims to provide good food and drink, plus space for the local musicians and DJs.

Deliberations resume Wednesday in the D.C. mansion murders trial. The jury of six men and six women got the case late Tuesday afternoon. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports. Courtroom sketches by Bill Hennessy.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist has your afternoon forecast for Oct. 8, 2018.

Traffic was backed up for miles and miles and drivers were stuck on the roads for hours Wednesday night. The backups were a ripple effect from a crash that happened in the morning on Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

Loudoun County, Virginia, student Haley Broga and her high school history teacher, Kate Corrado, are one of 15 pairs across the country to Normandy and honor soldiers who died on D-Day. Nicole Jacobs reports how Broga and Corrado will honor a local soldier whose family was never able to visit his grave.

Ethan Slater never expected he’d grow up to be Spongebob. He plays the Nickelodeon character in a new Broadway musical. News4’s Barbara Harrison spoke to the star about how he grew up performing in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Storm Team4 meteorologists Doug Kammerer and Amelia Draper have a look back at the storm and a look ahead to the forecast.

Storm Team4 meteorologists Lauryn Ricketts and Doug Kammerer have your midday forecast for Jan. 24, 2018.

Two members of Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton and Don Beyer, are frustrated that Park Police canceled a meeting that was scheduled after an officer shot and killed 25-year-old Bijan Gaiser. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Storm Team4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer is tracking a bit of a temperature swing.

Several people were hospitalized after an unauthorized SUV tried to enter the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Maryland, a spokesperson said Wednesday morning.