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Firefighters and workers at a Rockville, Maryland, research lab are undergoing decontamination, after being exposed to smoke from a sterilization machine that caught fire on Thursday morning.

The day before President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a victory rally will be held at Capital One Arena in downtown D.C.

A family of four is in the hospital recovering after their car crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night.

A man seen driving on a sidewalk near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning was arrested and a bomb squad cleared a suspicious car, authorities say.

While Bowser wouldn’t provide details on any discussion of the RFK stadium site deal, she did talk about Trump’s thoughts on the Commanders’ rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels.

News4’s Aimee Cho spoke to residents about their goals for the new year.

The deadly shooting brings the number of homicides in the county to 114 in 2024, a slight drop from the year before, which had more than 119 homicides.

A Maryland family was making s’mores with an indoor fire pit they were gifted for Christmas, when the kit sparked a fire in their living room and critically injured a 9-year-old boy. The boy and his mother were using the fire pit bowl on a coffee table when the fire broke out at their townhome on Crooked Tree Lane...

The new year brought a few new laws to the D.C. area. Although July 1 and Oct. 1 are generally the big dates for new laws going into effect, here are a few you’ll want to know about whether you live in D.C., Maryland or Virginia.

Two people are hurt and a 21-year-old faces charges after a New Year’s Day shoot-out inside a residential building in the Ballston area of Arlington, Virginia, authorities say.

A Southeast D.C. man died after he was stabbed near Dupont Circle in Northwest on Monday afternoon, authorities say.

The prosecutors wrote that this is believed to be “the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history” and said the defendant is being held on a firearms charge with the chance of receiving more explosives charges.

DMV locals celebrated the new year with family-friendly events in the area amid thunderstorm warnings. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.