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“A big firefighter fan,” one little boy told News4’s Tommy McFly.

Senate candidates and voters gather around their respective voting site one last day in Maryland to fill their ballot ahead of election day. 

Maryland officials have pushed back against VDOT’s plan, saying they believe it will create more congestion on their side of the Wilson Bridge.

Open AI recently deactivated a series of Iranian government accounts that allegedly used Chat GPT to promote false content about the U.S. presidential election on social media. Here’s why those efforts are targeting Latino voters in particular.

Transit workers demonstrated in Northern Virginia Thursday to call for more protection on the job after a Metro station manager was assaulted.

The 2024 election is just days away. If you’re already feeling the stress, here’s where you can go and what you can do to process that anxiety — and the science of why it works.

A group of as many as 10 to 15 men and women assaulted a gay man at a McDonald’s in Washington, D.C., and called him a homophobic slur, prompting police to investigate the attack as a hate crime.

The former mayor of the Town of University Park is being held without bond after being arrested Wednesday on 28 counts related to the possession and distribution of child sex abuse material, officials said. Joel Biermann, 46, was arrested on Monday as a result of an FBI search warrant at his home. FBI officials seized at least 45,000 images of&#823...

There’s a lot to celebrate this weekend between Halloween, Dia de los Muertos and Diwali! But first, all about the High Heel Race – perhaps D.C.’s most fabulous Halloween season tradition. Dozens of kings, queens and anyone in between turned out in their best drag for a fun run down 17th Street on Tuesday night, but one cowpoke called......

Troopers shot and killed a suspect near Triangle, Virginia, Wednesday night after a police vehicle flipped during a chase on Interstate 95, Virginia State Police say. The investigation shut down part of southbound I-95 and caused long backups. A passenger in the suspect vehicle was flown to a hospital, and a third person was arrested. Four troopers...

News4’s Tommy McFly brought in pumpkin carving expert Suzy Mink into the studio to carve out portraits of the News4 Today team in celebration of Halloween. 

D.C. police are working with community partners to host Halloween Safe Havens for young trick-or-treaters. News4’s Juliana Valencia talks to police officers about the different themes for this year and gives advice for safe trick-or-treating. 

The search is on for a man who attacked a woman near a popular Northern Virginia park. Cops say it happened around 6 p.m. Tuesday in Tarleton Park. The victim told investigators a man came up behind her and grabbed her on a wooded trail near the off leash area. Police say she was able to get away unharmed and…

Washington Commanders Quarterback Jayden Daniels talks about pain tolerance following his rib injury. Team Insider JP Finlay explains. Also on All Ears: Nuggets to Know and the Mailbag.