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Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center GW Health will open its doors Tuesday. The new hospital will be the first in D.C. in more than 20 years. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Lydell Ellis explains why his grandmother played a big role in the content he creates today.

An informal NBC Washington survey asked: Have you noticed more people using their cellphones while driving? 85% of people said yes and that it’s out of control.

D.C.’s operating budget for fiscal year 2025 is up in the air — but not because of decisions made by the D.C. Council or Mayor Bowser. Instead, laws passed by the federal government have forced District lawmakers to consider massive operational cuts. This quirk of D.C. government resurfaced last month when the U.S. House passed a contin...

An American Airlines plane “bumped into” another American Airlines plane on the taxiway at Reagan National Airport Thursday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that the wingtip of American Airlines flight 5490 hit flight 4522 about 12:45 p.m. at the airport near Washington, D.C. There were no injurie...

A gun inside an elementary school student’s book bag went off in a Charles County, Maryland, classroom on Thursday, just days after similar gunfire in a Virginia classroom, authorities say.

Hear that? The sound of hundreds of Arlington students chanting “Ovi! Ovi!” earlier this week rocked the MedStar Capitals Iceplex. As the celebrations of Alex Ovechkin breaking a record continue, don’t forget to soak up the last major weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Here’s what to do this weekend in D.C., Maryland and N...

Three people died and three others were taken to hospitals after a shooting in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

The celebrations are just getting started for the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin after he secured his spot on top of the record books as the NHL’s all-time goal-scorer. Fans will get a chance to celebrate Ovi at Thursday’s home game and see an appearance Friday at Union Station. Ovechkin surpassed the previous record of 894 he...

A recording studio in Brentwood, Maryland, is a little quieter than it used to be. Lowcation Studios has lost one of its talented audio engineers, Dinari McAlmont, who was found dead shortly after arriving in the Bahamas for vacation. “I just broke down,” said Oliver Franklin, the owner of Lowcation Studios. “He was, he was really young, and it&#82...

The newly appointed public defender for Henrry Villatoro Santos is asking the court to delay the dismissal of his charges for 14 days in order to get Santos immigration counsel. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

For the past two decades, residents of Indian Head, Maryland, had to travel almost 10 miles to pick up their essential groceries, but that changed in the fall when a couple opened a new food market to meet that need in a food desert. Mark and Marilyn Steele hadn’t planned to own a food market, but they knew the need…

Trench Talk debuts on “All Ears with JP Finlay!” JP breaks down the big moves on the Commanders’ offensive and defensive lines, plus we head from the field to the ice and pay tribute to the NHL’s new goal king, Alex Ovechkin.

After years of talks and plans, the Blue Line Corridor project in Prince George’s County officially started construction on Wednesday. Elected county and state leaders broke ground on the developing Largo Civic Plaza, which is part of the first phase of the $400 million Blue Line Corridor project. The Civic Plaza in Largo is set to open in De...