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As the nation enters the first presidential election season since the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, new research shows an alarming number of Americans support violence to achieve political goals. Researchers who surveyed more than 8,600 Americans about their support for and willingness to commit political violence shared their findings recently with the News4 I-Team. A third of those surveyed…

Three years after huge crowds stormed the U.S. Capitol, new evidence paints a disturbing picture that a number of Americans support such violence to meet a political goal. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team found many of them say it’s not just talk.

Economists hired by the city say the proposed arena in Potomac Yard will create thousands of jobs and billions in revenue across the state. The summary of their financial analysis was posted late Friday night before the Christmas weekend.

D.C. is set to close the year with a sobering distinction: One of few major American cities where violent crime is rising, especially when it comes to carjacking, which more than doubled this year in the District. More often than not, it’s young people driving it.

D.C. is set to close the year with a sobering distinction: One of few major American cities where violent crime is rising, especially when it comes to carjacking, which more than doubled this year in the District. The News4 I-Team wanted to know what’s behind the trend and why, more often than not, it’s young people driving it. Investigative Reporter...

Officials sitting on the financial details of a proposed arena and entertainment district in Alexandria are planning to release a summary as an early Christmas gift but also planning to keep the nitty-gritty details to themselves. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg explains.

For sports fans and politicians, stadium deals may be easier to make in their heart than their head, economists tell the News4 I-Team, which has been digging into the numbers behind this deal. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg explains.

Some frustrated retailers are turning to artificial intelligence to catch shoplifters. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan and the News4 I-Team show how it works.

During this busy shopping season, retailers are trying to combat the rising threat of retail theft, and that means extra eyes could be watching consumers when they’re out browsing.

There’s a growing crisis for some of the aging population in the nation’s capital, advocates say. The News4 I-Team found some D.C. residents who need care are being sent long distances from the community they know. Hundreds of D.C. residents, some of them unhoused, are residing in Maryland nursing homes.      On a hot September day, the News4 I-Team...

Some aging D.C. residents who need care are being sent long distances away from the community they know. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins explains why.

A Maryland man behind a class action lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Washington said the assault he endured as a child by a priest caused decades of substance abuse, shame and depression. “From age 15 until I was 40 … I used alcohol to cope with the pain, but all that did was turn me into an alcoholic,” said the…

Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4 I-Team sat down with a man behind a sex abuse lawsuit that triggered the Archdiocese of Washington to challenge Maryland’s Child Victims Act.

Chronic truancy dropped in Washington, D.C., last school year compared to during the pandemic, but too many kids are still missing too much school, especially at D.C.’s high schools, where nearly half of kids are considered chronically truant, according to a report released this week. The report from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) speaks volumes...

Four in 10 D.C. students are missing too much school, according to a report released this week by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team explain what it means for students.

As Washington, D.C., closes an especially deadly year, the News4 I-Team learned law enforcement and prosecutors are nervous about the “explosion” of Glock switches in D.C. and the lenient way District law treats them. Glock switches, sometimes called “giggle switches” in D.C., are coin-sized accessories typically added to Glock-style handguns. They turn a semiautomatic handgun into a machine gun....

As Washington, D.C., closes an especially deadly year, the News4 I-Team learned law enforcement and prosecutors are nervous about the “explosion” of Glock switches in D.C. and the lenient way District law treats them. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg explains.

Three carjackings were reported in five hours in the area of the former Fairmont Heights High School Saturday evening. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4 I-Team have been looking into an increase in rideshare and delivery drivers being targeted.

An auxiliary sheriff’s deputy in Culpeper County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to bribery Monday, six months before the sheriff himself goes on trial. Four years ago, Virginia businessman Fredric Gumbinner paid thousands of dollars to become a Culpeper County auxiliary sheriff’s deputy. According to an assistant U.S. attorney in court and the indictment against him, Gumbinner gave $20,000 to Rick Rahim,...

An auxiliary sheriff’s deputy in Culpeper County, Virginia, pleaded guilty to bribery Monday, six before the sheriff himself goes on trial. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg reports.