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Nearly one year after the cargo ship Dali collided with Baltimore’s Key Bridge, experts at Johns Hopkins University are warning ships are “highly likely” to strike major bridges in the U.S., with the risk of “potentially catastrophic collisions” every few years. “We have dramatically underestimated the risk that large ships pose to bridges across the country,” said Michael Shields,...

A Johns Hopkins University researcher says the risk of a ship destroying a bridge has been “dramatically underestimated” across the U.S. for too long. Here’s what we know about the safety of bridges in the D.C. area and beyond. News4’s Ted Oberg reports.

The News4 I-Team got an exclusive first look on Friday at some of the evidence used to convict former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins of bribery. Ted Oberg reports.

Black-owned federal contracting firms are uniquely affected by Trump administration cuts. Here’s what contractors said.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after he was convicted in December of all 12 conspiracy, fraud and bribery charges against him.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Friday after he was convicted in December of all 12 conspiracy, fraud and bribery charges against him.

The D.C. area has one of the largest populations of Black wealth in the country due in large part to federal government employment and contracting opportunities, but some worry they’ll see those gains disappear as the region feels the impact of President Donald Trump’s cuts to agency staffing and spending. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4 I-Team spoke to...

It’s mid-morning in Hagerstown, Maryland, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been at work for hours. They’re part of President Donald Trump’s ramped-up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. After hours of surveillance, a team the News4 I-Team witnessed made its third arrests of the day. “We’re with immigration. We have a warrant for your arrest,” one of...

Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins rode along with ICE in Maryland as they targeted undocumented immigrants who were ordered to leave the country.

As the Trump administration works to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants in the U.S., officials are looking for more space for those detained. The administration’s border czar recently said 100,000 more beds are needed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has more than 100 facilities around the U.S., many of which are privately run. More than 43,000 immigrants are...

Eight years after hundreds of people who protested President Donald Trump’s first inauguration were arrested, a former D.C. prosecutor is fighting to keep her law license after allegations of misconduct. The News4 I-Team’s Ted Oberg was in court as her ethics hearing got underway.

As President Donald Trump makes good on his promise to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants in the U.S., the administration is looking to find more space for those detained. Trump’s border czar recently told NBC News 100,000 more beds are needed. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4 I-Team look at the challenges of where to keep those in...

Several states, including Maryland, show cancelled Enumeration at Birth contracts on the DOGE website touting savings by Elon Musk’s team.

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into special education services provided to students in DC Public Schools. News4’s Tracee Wilkins has details on what it all means. Here’s what a parent and attorney said.

It appears most Americans believe federal workers are key to keeping the government running. Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team looked into new poll results. 

As ICE agents fan out, the News4 I-Team found most of those arrested are headed into an immigration court system already backlogged for years.

As ICE agents fan out across the DMV arresting people who they say are in the United States illegally, the News4 I-Team found most of those arrested are headed into an immigration court system already backlogged for years. News4’s Ted Oberg reports.

Thousands of U.S. Department of Education employees are facing a difficult choice: Resign with a $25,000 bonus by Monday or risk a large-scale layoff. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team were the first to report the offer.

U.S. Department of Education employees received a $25,000 “voluntary separation incentive payment” offer in an email on Friday in an email, which disappeared minutes later, then reappeared later in the afternoon.

Larry Wexler is enjoying a hard-earned retirement, but if you ask him about his former life, he beams. “I had the greatest job in the world,” said Wexler, of Maryland. For more than three decades, the former public school teacher worked at the U.S. Department of Education, overseeing grants to build a much-needed pipeline of special education teachers and...