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Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo, holiday light displays, skating rinks and more are open on Thanksgiving Day 2024 in D.C.

Thanksgiving is almost here and D.C. Central Kitchen is gearing up to serve more meals than ever. Organizers say when it’s all said and done they will provide a record 69,000 meals Thursday, and volunteers have been hard at work all week to make that possible. It’s giving season, and volunteer Maria Crupi says she knows firsthand the importance......

Motorists navigate road closures in the DMV as they try to get to their Thanksgiving destinations. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A Virginia pilot tragically killed in a plane crash in New York over the weekend died doing what he was passionate about, his daughter told News4: rescuing animals. Seuk Kim, 49, of Springfield, dedicated his life to rescuing pets in need and providing aid to communities hit by natural disasters. He was flying three rescued dogs to a no kill…...

President Joe Biden announced a deal has been approved to stop the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Also on The News4 Rundown: New details about the case of an FBI agent accused of rape.

The director of student activities at Hayfield High School, Monty Fritts, has submitted his intent to resign, News4 has confirmed. One day before Hayfield Secondary School was set to square off against Fairfax High on the Gridiron, Hayfield’s principal decided to pull the plug on the football team for the rest of the playoffs. Fairfax County ...

He’s tried bus driving, he’s tried magnet fishing and now News4’s Tommy McFly has taken on zookeeping at the National Zoo.

A mother of three was killed in a hit-and-run Friday night on a Maryland road nicknamed “the highway of death.” Loretta Lynn Canter, 40, was hit in the northbound lanes of Route 210 near Farmington Road in Accokeek about 9:50 p.m. Friday, Prince George’s County police said. “We’re very devastated and we’re very, just so upset on her passing.....

Many of the calls going to D.C.’s emergency call takers aren’t emergencies at all — hundreds of thousands of them a year, in fact — so the city launched a public awareness campaign. While most people who dial 911 are reporting real emergencies like fires, shootings and heart attacks, others call simply to complain about things like parking tickets....

As President-elect Donald Trump’s transition continues, News4’s  Eun Yang sits down with Cuneyt Dil from Axios to breakdown what D.C. residents can expect. 

Someone bought a Powerball ticket worth $1 million in Ashburn, Virginia, and the winner hasn’t come forward, lottery officials say. The Powerball ticket worth $1 million was part of Monday night’s drawing and was purchased at the Harris Teeter store at 20070 Ashbrook Commons Plaza. The winning numbers were 5-35-45-60-63, and the Powerball number wa...

A woman charged with hitting and killing a WSSC Water employee while he was working in Montgomery County, Maryland, had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit and officers found a half-empty bottle of alcohol in her front passenger seat, police say.

Spenser Critteron — now a 28-year-old pilot — never dreamed he’d one day fly a plane he’d posed with as a teen.

A 7-year-old boy riding on a Maryland highway with his grandmother climbed out of his car seat, fell out a window, and was hit and killed by an oncoming car whose driver sped off, authorities say.