5+ hour, 56+ min ago (270+ words) After at least three overnight fires in Maryland and Virginia, fire investigators say at least two of those fires were caused by space heaters. "There was smoke billowing out from these two windows," Kirk, a neighbor who lives a couple of houses down, said after he saw a house fire along gordon road in White Oak, Maryland. One person was rescued and taken to a hospital. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said the fire erupted around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Fire investigators say a space heater on a dresser ignited nearby combustibles. "Fifteen to 20 firemen and women in uniform right out here on the front yard," the neighbor said. "It was quite a response." Montgomery Fire and Rescue responded to another fire late Friday evening. Fire investigators say they responded to Randolph Road near Judson Road in Glenmont, Maryland for calls about a…...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago (245+ words) Two neighborhoods in D.C. will be subject to juvenile curfew zones this weekend, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) declared. From 8 p.m. until 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday nights, no group of nine or more people under age 18 can gather in the designated zones near Navy Yard or the U Street corridor. The Navy Yard curfew zone extends from: The U Street corridor curfew zone extends from: At 11 p.m., the standard citywide curfew kicks in, lasting until 6 a.m. the next morning. The new curfew zones this weekend were established under a new emergency act passed by the Council earlier this month: The Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025. That emergency act gives the MPD chief "the authority to order a Juvenile Curfew Zone in an area where large groups of youths are gathering or intend to gather in a manner that poses a risk of…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago (400+ words) News4s Paul Wagner reports. The family of a 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by a D.C. police officer last week is questioning the officer's tactics and training after viewing the body camera video. David Warren Childs, of Northeast D.C., was shot the night of Nov. 17 after police say he refused to obey the officer's commands and appeared to reach for a firearm in his waistband. It happened near the Deanwood Metro station. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) says officers spotted Childs with a gun in his waistband and gave chase. The body-worn camera video released by police this week doesnt show the initial interaction. It begins in the middle of a foot pursuit that ended outside an apartment building on 47th Place NE. Its very hard to tell from the video, but the officer " who had Childs at gunpoint standing between a…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago (473+ words) News4s Aimee Cho reports. With just a 3% acceptance rate, the Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford is one of the most prestigious graduate programs in the world. One of this years winners is from right here in Alexandria. Rhodes Scholar Hadi Kamara hopes his story shows people its never too late to achieve your dreams. "I actually ended up leaving high school with a 2.08 GPA, right? That's not the first thing that people think of when they hear 'Rhodes scholar,' right?" Kamara said. But he is here to prove everyone wrong. Raised in Alexandria by a single mom who emigrated from Sierra Leone, Kamara enlisted in the U.S. Air Force out of high school in 2019 and became a flying crew chief, in charge of making sure the airplanes were safe. "You can't be someone who lacks discipline. You can't be undisciplined…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago (638+ words) Beckstrom, 20, joined the guard in June of 2023 to prepare for a future in federal law enforcement. News4s Darcy Spencer spoke with her ex-boyfriend. The National Guard member who was fatally shot in D.C. initially hated the idea of being deployed to the nation's capitol, but later had a change of heart and grew to enjoy the assignment, her former boyfriend said. But when she got the call to come to D.C. as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime, her boyfriend at the time, Adam Carr, said she was not excited to go. "She hated it. She was crying before she left, didn't want to go and then she volunteered for longer. She really, really grew fond of being down there. Just volunteered for more time," he said. Officials said Beckstrom had signed up again less than 24 hours before she and another…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago (191+ words) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is reflecting on her career and what she's hoping to do when her term is done. Bowser seemed relaxed and in good spirits as she fielded questions from reporters earlier this week about her decision not to seek a fourth term as mayor. "My dad was in the first class of ANC commissioners elected. He served a bunch of years. I don't even know how many " over 20. He chaired his commission, he chaired his civic association. And as a child, I went to a lot of meetings with him and just really soaked it up," she said when asked about the influence of her late father, Joe Bowser. Bowser has credited her father with inspiring her life in public service. He died last year at 88 years old. Reporters asked Bowser if she would seek any other political…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago (602+ words) National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe is fighting for his life in a D.C. hospital after a gunman ambushed him and fellow guard member Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died on Thanksgiving at age 20. News4s Jessica Albert reports from outside the hospital early Friday. A National Guard member remains in critical condition at a D.C. hospital on Friday after a gunman shot him and a fellow guard member in an ambush in downtown D.C. on Wednesday, authorities say. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died on Thanksgiving at age 20. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is "fighting for his life," President Donald Trump said on a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops. He announced that Beckstrom had died of her injuries. "Shes no longer with us. Shes looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her," Trump said. The mood was somber outside MedStar Washington Hospital Center early Friday, News4 video…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago (735+ words) Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said at a Thursday news briefing that the guard members shot were Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24. President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media. The extended rant came in the wake of the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members who were deployed to patrol Washington, D.C., under Trump's orders, one of whom died shortly before the president spoke to U.S. troops by video on Thursday evening. A 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War is facing charges for the shooting. The suspect emigrated as part of a program to resettle those who has helped American troops after U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Trump's threat to stop immigration would be a…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago (792+ words) Two National Guard members were shot in downtown D.C. and are in critical condition. Here's what we know so far. Two National Guard members shot Wednesday in what officials called an ambush near the White House remain in critical condition on Thanksgiving Day. The shooting was targeted and is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, law enforcement sources said. The suspect has been identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, four senior U.S. law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told NBC News. He was an Afghan national from Bellingham, Washington, who served alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to officials and a relative. Lakanwal was detained shortly after the shooting, and authorities believe he was the only gunman. President Donald Trump called the attack "an act of terror" in'an address Wednesday night'and said "every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago (1405+ words) You'll be able to see dinosaurs all over the U.S. Botanic Garden this year for the holiday season. News4's Tommy McFly takes us inside "Dino-Mite." Holiday traditions aren't just happening at home. Tree lightings, favorite holiday displays and many more festive activities are jingling all the way across the DMV. Want to get out of the house on Thanksgiving Day? The U.S. Botanic Garden's holiday display is open, along with Smithsonian museums, the National Zoo and the National Gallery of Art. Several ice skating rinks are also open, including ones at The Wharf and Washington Harbor. A T. rex and other dinosaurs modeled out of plants are stalking the U.S Botanic Garden in a holiday display opening on Thanksgiving Day. With D.C. landmarks made from flora, a model train looping through displays and greenhouse rooms bursting with poinsettias, this year's Seasons Greenings is a delight…...