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Preparations are underway for the first major weather event of 2024. Also in The News4 Rundown: A study is looking for people to get infected with the flu for cash, and a bluegrass legend will play five nights in a row at Wolf Trap.

Horse racing officials are calling on lawmakers to upgrade the state’s horse racing model. The plan would temporarily relocate Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore to Laurel Park in Anne Arundel County for two seasons.

A 4-month-old girl was found after being taken in a car theft in Georgetown, D.C. police confirmed. The white Jeep SUV with a missing gas cap door was taken from the 3000 block of M Street NW about 6 p.m. on a bitter cold winter evening. The baby’s mother left the car running while she went inside a Le...

Wolf Trap has been a home for live music for more than 50 years, but this month it will try something it has never done before: host one artist for five nights. News4’s Mark Segraves spoke to bluegrass legend Del McCoury.

Alexandria City Public Schools is mourning a legendary teacher who taught for more than 60 years, making him the longest-serving teacher in the district’s history. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey spoke with Lou Kokonis when he was celebrating his 90th birthday in 2022.

Ron Rivera will almost certainly coach his final game for the Washington Commanders on Sunday when they host the Dallas Cowboys.

She said she hopes their happiness “wasn’t completely stripped away.”

Three years after someone was caught on camera leaving pipe bombs outside Democratic National Committee headquarters and Republican National Committee headquarters, the search for the bomber is ongoing. News4’s Paul Wagner shares the latest on the hunt.

The NPS says this new traffic pattern will be in place until late next year while crews make several improvements, including replacing pavement, reconstructing stone walls and roadside barriers, and lengthening entrance and exit lanes at some interchanges.

As crews prepare for the first winter storm of 2024, News4’s Joseph Olmo checks in on the roads and shares tips on how you can prepare.