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D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit against a company it says deceived thousands of District borrowers. The lawsuit filed against EarnIn — a financial technology company — claims the business advertised customers could use the platform to prematurely access their paychecks without interest or mandatory fees. In reality, the lawsuit ...

D.C. Public Schools is inviting community members to give their input on a new middle school in the Shaw neighborhood. In March 2022, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced funding for DCPS to open a new middle school at 800 Euclid St. NW, the former Banneker High School building, in August 2028. The new middle school, sometimes temporarily referred to...

A judge sentenced a D.C. teenager to about three-and-a-half years for her role in the beating death of a 64-year-old man last year. Reggie Brown was battling cancer and weighed just 110 pounds when he a man in a blue coat attacked him in Northwest in October 2023. Five girls, ages 12-to-15, joined the attack, kicking and stomping on Brown…...

The Prince George’s County Council tabled legislation that would streamline the approval process for new data centers in the county after receiving strong opposition from residents and conservation advocates on Tuesday.

As for the District, there are D.C. Council members who oppose a new stadium here, but the entire Council agrees that the District should have control of the RFK site. Even if D.C. doesn’t get the team, they still want to develop the vastly underused riverfront land that’s steps away from a Metro stop.

Montgomery County lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would remove barriers for immigrants who have been victims of crimes to apply for a special kind of visa. News4’s Mauricio Casillas explains who could be impacted by the bill.

Ceremonial honor guard drill teams prepare to welcome President-elect Donald Trump. 

The Washington Spirit plays for the NWSL championship Saturday. News4’s Gio Del Fa spoke to the confident and determined team.

An American foxhound from Georgetown named George is competing in the National Dog Show. News4’s Tommy McFly met George and sat down with his handler and owner.

The  Department of Public Works is notifying residents to be ready for leaf clean-ups all around the District. News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss joins  the clean-up for leaf free neighborhoods. 

The director of a prestigious preschool in Northwest D.C. faces federal charges after what prosecutors describe as his messages about child abuse on the app Discord.

A former teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, was charged with sexually abusing a boy who was a student at the middle school where she taught in 2015, police say.

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, sitting 27 goals behind Wayne Gretzky for the NHL record, is considered week-to-week with a lower left leg injury.

The council is set to vote on two bills Tuesday that would increase the number of EV charging stations.