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News4 is sharing this message from Leon Harris: “Many of you have kindly asked about me over the past few months. As you know, I took time off to focus on my health and family. After 40+ years of nonstop work and the dramatic changes in the news and television industry, I’ve made the difficult decision to step away from…

“We’re here to say no.” Protesters rallied at a Medicaid March in D.C. on Tuesday. One Medicaid recipient explained how the health care gave her treatment she needed to be able to walk again and finish her degree. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes.

The Washington Tennis & Education Foundation is an after-school program that teaches young students tennis and gives academic support for underserved communities in D.C. News4’s Joseph Olmo talks to Candace Smith, the program’s new CEO, ahead of the company’s 70th anniversary

Two parents were arrested after their third grade child picked up an unsecured handgun at home, took it to school and it went off by accident inside his backpack in a classroom in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, authorities say.

At least three rallies are planned in D.C. to protest recent Trump administration changes such as cuts to the federal workforce, job layoffs, education funding cuts, Medicaid and medical research. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

Sad, alone and angry. That’s how Maryland mother Ondraya Graves says she felt after she learned the man accused of killing her daughter was being offered a plea deal. “I actually was at work when they called and so my heart dropped and was very sad… it just made me feel alone…” Graves said. “Essentially he would get away...