4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (656+ words) This week marks one year since the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While the nonprofit he created, Turning Point USA, is still working to engage young conservative voters ahead of the midterms, one of Kirk's more controversial legacies seems…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (511+ words) Frances Tiafoe celebrates after defeating Alex Michelsen in their U.S. Open quarterfinal match. Frances Tiafoe kept coming back until he had reached his third U.S. Open semifinal, beating Alex Michelsen 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (10-6) on Tuesday. Tiafoe, who lost the first two sets and then trailed…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) Becky Lane says she’d be in a wheelchair today without surgery and powerlifting. News4’s Drew Wilder reports. You might think powerlifting is a young person’s game. But at the Reston YMCA, age is nothing but a number. At 75, Becky Lane…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (482+ words) There are an untold number of memorials honoring the nearly 3,000 people who perished on 9/11. The most prominent are in New York City, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. But others can be found in small towns in places people may not…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (333+ words) Barry Richards, a key figure in music in D.C. known as “the boss with the hot sauce,” has died at 83 years old. Richards was a popular local radio and television personality in the 1960s and ‘70s before moving to Los Angeles. A force…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (378+ words) Mementoes are being left at a growing memorial at the train station in Old Town Manassas for a 16-year-old girl who was shot and killed during a First Friday event. Sour Patch candy, a bottle of soda, a Spider-Man figurine,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (236+ words) Shakira Austin had a career-high 31 points and 10 rebounds and Georgia Amoore hit two free throws with 4.2 seconds left to help the Washington Mystics rally from a 14-point deficit and beat the Portland Fire 105-100 on Sunday night. Kiki Iriafen shot 7 for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (240+ words) Crossing guards will return to certain Fairfax County high schools as the county evaluates the issue, according to a release from Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay. The crossing guards will stay in place "while evaluations are completed," McKay said....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (643+ words) Women in the arts are taking the center stage this weekend in the D.C. area. Also, restaurant Week is back in the DMV through Sunday, Aug. 30, with more than 300 restaurants offering deals on multicourse meals. Summer is slipping away quickly, and…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (681+ words) President Donald Trump spoke from the “Steel Across America” tour on Tuesday, thanking the military for their service during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the war in Iran and in ongoing beautification efforts in Washington, D.C. Nearly a quarter century…...