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Early voting for the upcoming Loudoun County special election taking place on January 7, 2025, is starting on Wednesday. The special election was called to fill vacant seats in the 32nd State Senate District and the 26th House of Delegates District in the Virginia General Assembly. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports. 

Federal authorities have charged a man with burning an American flag in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July. Michael Snow Jr., of Durham, North Carolina, is charged with destruction of federal property. The flag was pulled down at Columbus Circle, in front of Union Sta...

For the first time in 15 years, a computer instead of a human will be the primary controller of riders’ Metro trains. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) — which oversees and enforces safety practices on the D.C. area’s Metrorail system — gave Metro the final approval to switch to an automatic train operation (ATO) system at a m...

The Prince George’s County Council picked the dates for the special election to fill the county executive seat of Angela Alsobrooks, who resigned after winning a seat in the U.S. Senate. The primary election will be March 4 followed by a general election May 27. Candidates have until Dec. 20 to file. Some Council members wanted the process to be&#8...

A judge will rule on the case of a former Montgomery County high school student charged with making threats of mass violence earlier this year.

Gunfire has affected almost every D.C. school over the past decade, risking profound impacts on children, an investigation by the News4 I-Team and The Trace Gun Violence Data Hub found

Washington entered the lottery with the fourth-best odds of winning the top pick at 10.2%.

Data center growth in Virginia could mean billions in energy costs if it isn’t reigned in — and residents would likely pay higher utility bills to meet those power demands, an in-depth report found.

Nikki Giovanni was a professor at Virginia Tech an acclaimed poet and activist, who played a prominent role in the Black arts and civil rights movements before she died Monday. She was 81. News4’s Aimee Cho explains her legacy. 

Police say a suspect was seriously hurt in an officer-involved shooting just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Rosslyn Metro station in Northern Virginia. He was taken to a hospital. Before going to the Metro station, the suspect went to a Safeway on Wilson Boulevard just before 4 p.m., witnesses said. He wanted food but did not want to pay…...

Pregnant Georgetown Law student Brittany Lovely says she had to fight her school to get a final exam rescheduled when it fell close to her baby’s due date.

The principal of a high school in Montgomery County, Maryland, is on leave after officials say the school delayed reporting an act of racism at the school and then another incident that same week. Someone wrote a racial slur on the desk of a Black student on Monday, Dec. 3 at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Montgomery County…...

Events, free things to do, festivals and more fun ideas in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

If you live in D.C. and ordered holiday gifts, chances are good they’re coming through FedEx’s New York Avenue location. News4’s Joseph Olmo gets a look inside.