No End in Sight for Northeast's Brutal Cold Wave
The Northeast's brutal cold wave won't be ending anytime soon, forecasters say. The region was shivering Wednesday after a blast of Arctic air moved in from the Midwest, plunging millions from New...
View ArticleHillary Clinton's Testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Prepared Text
Here is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's prepared testimony as prepared for delivery to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where she faced questions over the deadly Sept. 11 attacks in...
View ArticleObama's Cabinet: Who's Staying, Who's Going?
Staying: Vice President Joe Biden Biden is staying put as head of the "Gun Violence Task Force" created to address gun violence in the U.S. He also helped broker a "fiscal cliff" deal that kept some...
View Article108-Foot-High Rescue From Cell Tower
A worker was rescued from the bird's nest of a 108-foot-tall cell phone tower in Gaithersburg around midday Wednesday. The worker, Isaac Dupree, ended up trapped on the top level of the tower after...
View ArticleTravel Pics, Happy Friends Spark Facebook Envy: Study
Those who feel bad after browsing their friends' vacation photos on Facebook are in good company. A new joint study (pdf) by Berlin’s Humboldt University and Darmstadt's Technical University found that...
View ArticlePark Ranger Security Breakdown
The National Park Service has launched an internal investigation into the actions of some park rangers after the News4 I-Team obtained video that shows possible security risks at some of D.C.’s most...
View ArticleAlternative Medicine & the Military
The U.S.'s military medical school is right here in the D.C. area. It's where students train to be doctors in the battlefield. It's also the only medical school in the country that now requires...
View ArticleFour Redskins Involved In Te'o-Like Situation
We've all had a good laugh at the expense of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, who is at the center of a surreal situation involving his nonexistent girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. The story has jumped the...
View ArticleNeuvirth to Start for Caps Thursday
When Washington Capitals goaltender Michal Neuvirth returned to the United States after spending the NHL lockout playing in his native Czech Republic, goaltending coach Dave Prior noticed that he was...
View ArticleInauguration Tree Protester Ordered to Stay Out of D.C.
A California man's Inauguration Day antics were too much for a D.C. judge, who banned him from the city. Rives Grogan climbed a small tree near the U.S. Capitol Monday and stayed up there for about...
View Article3 Pentagon Metro Escalators to Close Through Fall
Three escalators at Metro's Pentagon station will shut down Feb. 4 for a replacement project expected to last into the fall. The escalators to be replaced are located at the station's south entrance....
View ArticleApple Tops Forecast, But Revenue Falls Short
Apple's profit surge halted in the latest quarter, as a flood of new products like the iPhone 5 meant high start-up costs for new production lines. Apple posted net income for the October to December...
View ArticleSherwood's Notebook: Inaugural Afterthoughts
Monday’s parade up Pennsylvania Avenue was quite grand from our NBC4 perch on the sixth-floor balcony of the Newseum. In his speech, President Barack Obama certainly had just laid out a grand political...
View ArticlePoll: Fewer Support Death Penalty in Maryland
Support for the death penalty is declining in Maryland, according to a poll released Wednesday by an Annapolis research firm, but almost half of Maryland voters still favor capital punishment. Gonzales...
View ArticleAlexandria Man Charged With Attempted Sexual Assault
An Alexandria man is facing several charges in connection with an attempted sexual assault last year. Roger Lewis, 25, was indicted by a grand jury Jan. 15 on one count of attempted rape, two counts of...
View ArticleHearing-Impaired Mother, Daughter Die in House Fire
Fire takes the lives of a mother and daughter, both hearing impaired. News4's Jackie Bensen reports.
View ArticlePrince George's County Examining School Security
News4's Chris Gordon talks to the director of security with Prince George's County schools about new safety measures going into place after the Newtown school shooting.Photo Credit: NBCWashington.com
View ArticleCulpeper Murder Trial Begins
The first group of witnesses took the stand in the trial of Daniel Harmon-Wright, a former police officer charged with murder.
View ArticleCold Weather Causes Cracked Rail
Cold weather caused a cracked rail on the green line this morning and caused delays during the morning rush. News4 transportation reporter Adam Tuss reports.
View ArticleWATCH: Largest Pod of Gray Whales in 30 Years Spotted Off SoCal
Local whale-watchers have reported what they believe was possibly the largest pod of gray whales seen in Southern California waters in at least three decades. The pod of 23 gray whales was spotted...
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