A judge was shot and killed outside his home in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Thursday night, and a manhunt is underway for a suspect whose divorce case was overseen by the victim.

Four decades after a mother was found killed in a wooded area of Charles County, Maryland, authorities say they have arrested the man responsible with the help of advancements in DNA testing technology.

D.C. police are investigating a shooting that injured at least nine people at Fourth of July gathering.

Eight people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot in two separate shootings in Southeast D.C. Friday, D.C. police say.

Video captured the moment passengers and flight crew members had to hold down an unruly passenger who they say tried to open a plane door mid-air on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.

Stand-up comedian and hometown celebrity Dave Chappelle celebrated the eve of his Netflix special, “Dave Chappelle: The Closer,” in Northeast D.C. on Monday, where he spoke about his newest work and the education that supported him exclusively to News4.

A man conned an elderly Maryland woman out of almost $2 million. The woman thought she could trust the attorney to set up her estate, but prosecutors say he took the money for himself.

Body camera video released Friday evening shows a sheriff’s deputy’s encounter with a Virginia man, who was shot by the deputy multiple times after calling for help early Wednesday.

The union that represents the police officers who secure the Capitol are making an urgent appeal to Congress to ramp up security right away, saying they’re approaching “a crisis in morale and force numbers.”

A man dining out at the Wharf Saturday night is being credited with saving a boy’s life after the child fell into the Washington Channel.