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Days after Hayfield Secondary School’s blowout win against Thomas Edison High School, the school district announced it’s game over. The team is officially out of the playoffs, ending a controversial season after allegations of an improper recruitment scheme. In a letter to parents Monday, FCPS superintendent Michelle Reid told families, “This eveni...

When Amanda Aguilar saw a video of what appeared to be her speaking, she was stunned. It looked just like her – but it wasn’t. The video was a deepfake.

A group of students attacked three juveniles on a Metro platform earlier this month. Tawanna Jones Chapman, the great aunt of the victims, said it started as a feud between her niece and another girl and escalated at the Benning Road station Nov. 15. “A young lady who was arrested somehow orchestrated 30 students at one location at one time,&...

A new phishing scam targets the bank accounts of transgender people. Scammers steal identities and send fraudulent emails requesting changes to their payroll accounts. SC Nealy, who runs LGBT+ Counseling Collaborative, wasn’t suspicious when opening an email from an employee reading, “Before the next payroll will be issued, I need to replace the ac...

The parents of a Charles County, Maryland, second grader injured in a school bathroom incident plan to sue the school system. School officials say an alleged accident during horseplay left the boy hanging on a stall hook at Barnhart Elementary School in Waldorf a week-and-a-half ago. He had to be rushed to the hospital. The family says they’re stil...

Northern Virginia’s Nepalese community is mourning two young men from Nepal who were killed in a violent crash in Loudoun County early Friday.

After falling just short of a championship, the Washington Spirit held a fan appreciation night. News4’s Gio Del Fa reports.

Flowers were left in the yard where a man died when a fire started inside his home in Brentwood just after midnight Sunday. Firefighters say conditions in the home made it challenging to fight the fire and rescue the man trapped inside. Fire officials say firefighters got there and started battling the flames within four minutes, but the profession...

A new shelter for people experiencing homelessness has opened in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington, D.C., amid backlash from nearby residents and property owners. The Aston is the first shelter in the city to accept couples and adult families experiencing homelessness, regardless of their gender. Prior to the shelter’s opening on Monday, if...

An FBI agent once charged with attempted murder and acquitted after a 2020 shooting on a Metro train was arrested on sexual assault charges in Montgomery County. Police said Eduardo Valdivia was in custody. Police were expected to hold a news conference Tuesday to detail specific charges concerning assaults on two women. They plan to explain why th...

A new treatment promises to drastically lower the severity of a dangerous virus in young children.

David Tatel, a former federal judge, sat down with News4’s Jummy Olabanji to discuss the inspiration behind his new memoir: Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice.

A 7-year-old boy died after he fell from the window of a moving car and was hit by an oncoming car in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on Sunday night, authorities say.

A 7-Eleven in New Carrollton, Maryland along Annapolis Road was broken into on Monday shortly after 3 a.m., according to police. News4’s Megan McGrath shows the damage done to the store and the ATM.