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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday he’s commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, reclassifying their sentences to life without the possibility of parole. “Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said…

A local family is grieving the news of President Joe Biden commuting their daughter’s killer. News4’s Ted Oberg reports.

The Alexandria school district released new plans for making its campuses safer after large fights broke out this week. News4’s Paul Wagner has the details.

Alexandria schools took the unusual step of closing its high school campuses for the rest of the week after fights broke out Wednesday during the lunch hour. According to a letter sent home to parents, a number of students and staff were injured at the King Street campus. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

There will be no in-person classes at Alexandria City High School on Thursday and Friday after multiple fights broke out on one of their campuses, school officials said. Several student fights at the King Street Campus location resulted in staff and students with injuries on Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt said in a letter to families. As a result, all…

Fights with “injuries to staff and students” led Alexandria City High School to cancel classes for the last two days before winter break. News4’s Molette Green reports.

Alexandria police are helping out families holiday shop in Target through the Heroes and Helpers event. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

In Alexandria and Fairfax County, Virginia State Police chased the driver of a car that was suspected to have been stolen from Prince George’s County. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

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

Multiple people are seriously injured after a police pursuit in Fairfax County Monday night ended in a fiery crash, according to Virginia State Police. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

A Fairfax County Judge granted a temporary injunction Friday to allow the Hayfield Secondary School football team to participate in the postseason and compete in the playoffs. The Virginia High School League issued a two-year postseason ban on the football team. The school was under scrutiny following allegations of improper recruiting. The injunction means the Region 6C football playoff games…

A group of suspects smashed through a 7-Eleven in Alexandria, Virginia, with a pickup truck and broke apart an ATM early Tuesday morning, police say. Alexandria police received a call at about 2 a.m. about an ATM robbery at 331 South Whiting St. During the robbery, employees were told by the suspects to stay behind the counter before smashing through…

A group of thieves smashed through a 7-Eleven in Alexandria, Virginia with a pickup truck in a quick ATM robbery early Tuesday morning. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. 

History was made in Alexandria on election night, as residents elected the city’s first Black female mayor, Democrat Aliya Gaskins.

Alyia Gaskins won her election and will become the first Black woman to be Alexandria’s mayor. News4’s Jessica Albert reports. 

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

Workers demonstrated outside a courthouse where a hearing was held for a man suspected of assaulting a Metro station manager in Alexandria, Virginia. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

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…

Police are searching for a man who attempted to abduct a woman at a popular park in Alexandria. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Body camera video shows the fatal shooting of a man by Alexandria police, which the commonwealth’s attorney determined was justified.