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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.

An FBI agent is accused of luring women to his tattoo studio in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before raping and assaulting them, police say.

Multiple people were seriously injured after a police pursuit in Fairfax County ended in a fiery crash Monday night, Virginia State Police say.

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...