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Annandale High School in Fairfax County has been recognized nationally as a Special Olympics Unified Champion School. The school creates an inclusive environment where there are 60 students with severe disabilities. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins’ trial on federal bribery, fraud and conspiracy charges was postponed Thursday until mid-December after the judge said Jenkins suffered panic attacks.

Walking pneumonia cases in the D.C. area have increased 358% in October compared to this time last year, MedStar said. News4’s Juliana Valencia explains why.

The Washington Commanders will look to make the most of the national spotlight when they visit the rival Eagles in Philadelphia on Thursday Night Football.

One person was shot after a fight on a Metrobus Wednesday night spilled into a bus bay near the Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metro station in Maryland, police said. Five or six people were involved in a fight before boarding a bus at about 9 p.m., Metro Transit Police said. The fight escalated on the bus, and the group left about…

A driver is charged with involuntary manslaughter after he allegedly hit a 73-year-old farmer who was checking his mail in Fauquier County, Virginia and drove away, according to Virginia State Police. Dennis Dunning, 54, was arrested and taken into custody without incident at his home in Catlett, Virginia, on Wednesday, Virginia state police said. ...

Former Prince George’s County Council Member Mel Franklin will spend one year in jail and pay $133,000 in restitution after pleading guilty this past summer to illegally using money from his campaign fund for personal use. The sentencing hearing was expected to be quick, but in the end, it took about an hour and a half. His attorney laid out&...

Questions remain over the future of American University’s School of Education. Earlier this week the dean sent an email to students saying the School of education may be cut due to a $60 million budget deficit. “It’s something that we all really care about,” said Patrick Hayes, a graduate student in the School of Education. “It’s a central part......

The mother of Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot by U.S. Park Police officers in Northern Virginia nearly seven years ago, speaks out after those officers were cleared. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Federal investigators cleared the two U.S. Park Police officers who were charged after the 2017 police shooting of accountant Bijan Ghaisar after a chase on the George Washington Parkway. Also on the News4 Rundown: walking pneumonia cases spike across the DMV and Tommy tries being a Prince George’s County school bus driver. 

“I know I have to do what I have to do to survive,” said Markus Forrester, a patient at the National Institutes of Health. Forrester was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder in 2013, but did not believe his complications would continue for more than a decade. His lungs collapsed seven times, and he’s still recovering from a double lung…...

Police in Fairfax County are touting two years of using license plate reader cameras as a crime fighting tool. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

The Maryland Office of Attorney General filed civil charges against Heather Hill Apartments and operating companies for multiple violations including operating without a leasing license for two years. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Anger and confusion emerge over what DDOT is saying are false claims regarding its bike lane plans. News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.