Gina Cook

A Marine Corps veteran who decided to pull over to the side of the Beltway to help someone with a flat tire didn’t expect he’d see the face of a man he had long admired.

Under federal law, companies are not allowed to use your genetic information against you for things like health insurance or a job. But that protection does not apply to things like life insurance or long-term care insurance, and the laws are constantly changing.

A D.C. restaurant that was once at the center of an online conspiracy theory dubbed “pizzagate” was intentionally set on fire, fire officials say.

Nationals fans swarmed the streets of Navy Yard after the team took the World Series trophy. News4’s Shomari Stone was all in on the celebration, chanting “baby shark” and singing “we are the champions” with fans at Mission.

Stephen Strasburg was voted MVP of the World Series following the Nationals’ 6-2 win over the Houston Astros in Game 7 on Wednesday night, the first title in the 51 seasons of the Washington/Montreal Expos franchise.

The Washington Nationals got their first-ever World Series win after beating the Astros 5-4 in Game 1 Tuesday.

A Virginia judge has ordered the dismissal of decades-old charges against five African-American men stemming from a 1939 sit-in at what was then a whites-only library.

A man has pleaded guilty to the broad-daylight abduction and rape of a lifeguard at a pool in Alexandria, Virginia.

A 27-year-old woman was walking a dog for a family in Northwest D.C. when a man fatally stabbed her in a seemingly random attack, police say.

A six-woman smokescreen shorted a Maryland Verizon store of $24,000 in phones, police say.

The U.S. Coast Guard and a number of other law enforcement agencies are in a “race against time” to find two missing firefighters — including one from Fairfax County, Virginia — as the search for the men stretches into a sixth day.

A horde of hogs isn’t something you see every day — except for one Maryland woman who says she’s been waking up to the sight of wild pigs in her yard.

The Smithsonian is adding U.S. royalty to its permanent collection.

Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings on Saturday invited President Donald Trump and other Americans to Baltimore, taking the high road after a barrage of presidential tweets disparaging the black-majority city and its long-serving Democratic congressman.

A Maryland teenager stabbed and killed his father while they were driving down a road in Bowie and then dragged his father’s body into the woods when the SUV crashed, police say.

A woman has died after suffering a heat-related medical emergency while hiking in Maryland on Saturday, fire officials say.

Volunteers for a veterans group handed out 5,000 free T-shirts emblazoned with “USS John McCain” ahead of President Donald Trump’s “Salute to America” celebrations on the National Mall.

A Maryland family is pleading for help to find their 4-year-old son’s emotional support dog.

A Virginia National Guard sergeant is accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland, at least the second theft case involving the research facility.

A Maryland family is pleading for help to find their 4-year-old son’s emotional support dog.