1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (405+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III said he will step down as head of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (382+ words) L & C: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; R: Getty Images Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (407+ words) Viviana with her daughter Denise, 3, in her home in Arlington, VA on January 25, 2025. She ended up undocumented when the diplomat family she worked for laid her off during the pandemic and she lost her visa. Viviana has three children in…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (407+ words) A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s task force to fight crime has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts....

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (338+ words) As the 25th anniversary of 9/11 draws near, perhaps the biggest impact after that awful day was to air travel itself. Pre-9/11, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) didn't even exist. But in an instant, everything changed. Intense and strict security measures had…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (245+ words) A 16-year-old girl was killed and a 21-year-old man was injured in a shooting during a First Friday event in Old Town Manassas on Friday night, according to the Manassas Police Department. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. near the train depot…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (393+ words) A former U.S. Olympian accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool returned to court Friday to argue why that previously dismissed case should never be brought against him again. News4’s Paul Wagner explains. At a motions hearing in D.C. Superior Court, the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (402+ words) José Mejía Hernandez was on his way to work in Arlington County on Aug. 11 when, he says, he was approached by two people he did not know were federal agents. Arlington County police say they have opened a criminal investigation…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (577+ words) The Maryland Supreme Court ruled a measure to allow redistricting can appear on the ballot in November. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) Community members are coming together for a rally at Hains Point to protect the public space around East Potomac Park amid swirling rumors that redevelopment could take over. News4’s Jessica Albert reports. A federal judge in D.C. said she is…...