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Two women were badly injured and 35 people were displaced by a fire in D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood on the morning of New Year’s Eve, officials said. Firefighters responded to the 1400 block of Chapin St NW, which is near Meridian Hill Park, and found flames shooting from the roof of a four-story apartment building, […]
Jimmy Carter, the former US president who died at age 100 on Sunday, will be honored with a state funeral before being laid to rest in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, next to his wife, Rosalynn. The state funeral for Carter will be held in Washington DC on Thursday, 9 January. The date has also […]
With a simple pencil, paper and a dash of color, courtroom sketch artist Bill Hennessy brought us – and you – to places our cameras couldn’t go. Today, journalists and the News4 family are mourning the loss of one of our own. Hennessy died Monday at 67, his family said. While you know his work, […]
A police officer charged with leaking confidential information to Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio became a “double agent” for the far-right extremist group after its members burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of the officer’s trial. Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane […]
An investigation is underway after a cyclist crashed into the side of an unmarked D.C. Police cruiser in Columbia Heights early Saturday morning. The fatal crash took place at the intersection of Columbia Road and 13th Street, just after 4:15 a.m. According to D.C. Police, the unmarked cruiser was driving westbound on Columbia Road, heading […]
A broken water main proved a major obstacle for Thanksgiving plans in Northeast D.C. The break, reported after 10 a.m., left people without water in a neighborhood just off Rhode Island Avenue. Four apartment buildings and 75 homes were affected. “My neighbor called and said, ‘Is your water on?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m doing […]
D.C. police are investigating four back-to-back burglaries that happened over the weekend in Southeast and Northwest. The two suspects moved quickly, getting away with cash, an ATM and a car early Sunday morning. Three of the break-ins happened in less than 10 minutes, the Metropolitan Police Department said. “You say to yourself, ‘What is going […]
A woman shot to death in Southeast D.C. Thursday afternoon was taking her nephew home from school at the time, according to her mother. Olivia Graves, 24, and her 12-year-old nephew were getting a ride home with Graves’ friends when they made a stop in the area of Atlantic Street and 8th Street. “She was […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before a consequential ballot the week after the presidential election. But their pitches are mostly behind closed doors, and most GOP senators won’t yet say which lawmaker they are […]
The launch, into waters west of Japan, came shortly after the United States and South Korea criticized the North for sending troops to join Russia’s war. Source link