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Herndon High School students cooked up a creamy gnocchi soup that earned them the top spot at the Real Food for Kids Culinary Challenge. News4’s Molette Green reports.

News4’s Megan McGrath reports on how the Trump administration’s new tariffs are expected to affect major brands, small businesses that produce in the USA and regular households.

The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is the first Northern Virginia jail to enter into a special agreement with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to give federal agents more time to pick up people who have detainers, but some community groups are pushing back against the new policy. On Thursday, Democrats and groups supporting the immigrant ...

People of different faiths gathered in Northwest D.C. for a prayer vigil Thursday night on the eve of the first hearing in a lawsuit seeking to protect houses of worship from immigration actions. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A devoted father and his 6-year-old son drowned while fishing in the Rappahannock River last month. Danny Sumner and his son Donovan spent hours at the Rappahannock, where they bonded over their love for fishing. “Donovan loved going fishing with his dad, so this wasn’t an uncommon thing for them to go fishing,” mother and wife Madeline Sumner said...

Some people incarcerated in Maryland’s prisons may have a chance to have their sentences reduced through a bill being considered now. The Second Look Act would allow younger offenders who have served at least 20 years in prison to ask to judge to release them. The bill has sparked heated debate in Annapolis. “Second Look is not a get-out-of-jail fr...

A suspect is in custody after allegedly stabbing several people and himself in Northeast D.C. Also on The News4 Rundown: The Trump administration’s tariffs triggered a bloodbath on Wall Street.

A man stabbed himself and several other people in Northeast D.C. Thursday afternoon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The suspect was under the influence of something at about 3:30 p.m. when he stabbed himself and a woman with whom he was walking along Montello Avenue near Raum Street in D.C.’s Trinidad neighborhood, police sa...

The public is getting a chance to comment on a potential extension of the Beltway express lanes from Springfield through Alexandria and across the Wilson Bridge. News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss got reaction to the proposal.

Professional tree climbers are hosting “canopy connections” in Montgomery County. News4’s Tommy McFly tried it out.

Washington, D.C., is dedicating a new police unit to juvenile crime as the city experiences an increase in young people committing some crimes. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said the Juvenile Investigative Response Unit, or JIRU, will focus on responding to and preventing crimes that involve young pe...

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. The review will also look at other defense officials’ use of the the publicly available encrypted app, which is not able to handle c...

That’s a wrap on D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms for this year, but the petal party is far from over! Many of our favorite National Cherry Blossom Festival events are still to come, including Petalpalooza and the Credit Union Cherry Blossom 10 Miler this weekend, then the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival next weekend. Alex Ovechkin needs just ...

As a condition for receiving federal money, the Trump administration is ordering K-12 schools to certify that they are following federal civil rights laws and ending any discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion practices. A notice sent Thursday by the Education Department gives states and schools 10 days to sign and return the certification. ...