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Tom Sietsema has been reviewing DMV restaurants with the Washington Post since 2000, helping elevate mom-and-pop restaurants and delivering memorable burns over the years. Sietsema released his Fall Dining Guide on Wednesday, naming Chicatana his Restaurant of the Year. But this guide covers more than the best places to eat right now. “I’m so...

First responders from Maryland Task Force 1 and Baltimore Gas and Electric are headed to Florida to help out with the dangerous Hurricane Milton. Crews are going right after Hurricane Helene. News4’s Megan McGrath talks to some responders as they depart. 

The Loudoun County School Board unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to update its student handbook with requirements for parents about safe gun ownership.

Prince William County’s chapter of 100 Black Women works to empower Black girls in their Leader in Me and Financial Literacy mentorship program. A recent study shows that schools punish Black girls more frequently and harshly. Because of that, the program aims to lift their self-esteems. News4’s Molette Green reports. 

There were flowers and tears from friends and neighbors overwhelmed by the tragedy at the home on 23rd Street SE Sunday morning. Margaret McKinnon, an 84-year-old retired nurse who worked at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital for more than 25 years, and her son, 64-year-old Ronald McKinnon, were trapped on an upper floor, overcome by heavy smoke and unable...

Millions of Americans suffer from chronic back pain, but for Gene Forrest, the pain became insufferable.  “The pain can be so bad it wakes you up from a dead sleep with tears in your eyes,” Forrest said.  Forrest said the pain intensified throughout the years with his job as a mechanic and painter taking an additional toll on his body…....

Maryland is just weeks away from electing a new U.S. Senator, and the only scheduled debate between the top two candidates will air this Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on News4.

A NOAA crew flew directly into Hurricane Milton, braving the turbulence to collect critical data about the massive, record-breaking hurricane. Also on The News4 Rundown: How some in the D.C. area are helping with the hurricane relief effort.

A 5-year-old boy who died over the weekend was found naked and unconscious in squalid conditions inside a Northwest D.C. apartment, according to court documents. Police and paramedics were called to a third-floor apartment at Connecticut Avenue and Albemarle Street before 10 a.m. Sunday. Paramedics tried to revive the boy, but he was pronounced dea...

Flor de Café, a Salvadoran dance group based in Northern Virginia, preserves the culture through folklorico. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

The D.C. auditor is investigating whether any Metropolitan Police Department officers are white supremacists and how the department deals with incidents of racism by asking them take part in an anonymous survey. The audit comes as a former D.C. police intelligence officer, Shane Lamond, stands charged with aiding Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarr...

The Hurricane Helene relief effort continues as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida. News4’s Aimee Cho reports on some of the ways people in the D.C. area are helping, including this school’s haunted house fundraiser: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA33qN9Sw14/?img_index=1

Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, gave school officials the green light to install vape detectors in high school bathrooms. The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the school system’s plan to use $2 million in funds to install the detectors. Tax-payers won’t be footing the bill for the detectors. The funding ...

News4’s Tommy McFly takes us inside a D.C. bar decked out for spooky season.