WASHINGTON (DC News Now) – Parts of the District are still under a Boil Water Advisory following a water main break in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday morning. DC Water officials say around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, a 20” water main broke at the corner of 41st and Morrison Streets in Upper Northwest. About 4,800 customers were affected by the water main break. “When it broke there was a loss of pressure in the system. So, some of our customers had little or no water pressure,” DC Water spokesperson John Lisle said. Lisle said they wanted to ensure no bacteria or contaminants got into the system, so th ..read more

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- Parents of George Washington University (GW) students spoke out on Wednesday afternoon about their frustrations following the police and protest clash on campus early that morning. They called for the resignation of two top administrators: President of the University Ellen Granberg and Provost Christopher Bracey. “[Granberg's] giving false information to the parents who are not involved in this, telling them that all trials from the organization to talk to the students have failed. This is a big shameful lie,” said one parent. “Because she declined every time to tal ..read more

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) -- Officers with the Seat Pleasant Police Department (SPPD) said a man is in the hospital after he was stabbed Wednesday night. The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m. in the 5900 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Highway. A man was found there with multiple stab wounds. He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries ..read more

MIAMI (AP) — Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was home alone when they saw he was armed with a gun, an attorney for the man’s family said Wednesday. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was in his off-base apartment in Fort Walton Beach when the shooting occurred on May 3. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in a statement that Fortson was on a Facetime call with a woman at the time of the encounter ..read more

(The Hill) — President Biden on Wednesday warned he would stop supplying Israel with offensive weapons like bombs and artillery shells if Israeli forces launch an invasion of Rafah, laying down a clear line amid outcry over the conflict in Gaza. "Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett in an interview. “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah — they haven’t gone in Rafah yet — if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Ra ..read more

MARYLAND (DC News Now) - This week is teacher appreciation week, and the University of Maryland's (UMD) School of Education is going all out. In a gesture not only made to celebrate teachers but to surprise them, UMD rewarded a few alumni with a check worth $1,000. The chosen teachers were Jeimy Amaya of International High School, Pedro Gonzalez of Samuel Ogle Middle School and Alexis Cutler of Tyler Heights Elementary School. Cutler was chosen as a "Teacher of the Year" candidate at her school last year, so other members of the school found this as no surprise. But for her, it was ..read more

VIRGINIA (DC News Now) -- Virginia ranked second in the nation in the Leapfrog Group's spring 2024 ranking for hospitals across the nation. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade gives 3,000 "general acute-care hospitals" a grade based on certain measures surrounding patient safety. These measures include factors such as how hospitals give their patients treatments, the environment where patients receive care and what happens to patients who are receiving care ..read more

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) -- In a contentious hearing on Wednesday afternoon, K-12 leaders testified on the rise of antisemitism in public schools before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education. “Congress does not set curriculums - you do. So can you let us know what you’ve done to make sure students are understanding the Jewish experience?,” Rep. Jahana Hayes (D) of Connecticut asked Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Education President Karla Silvestre.  Silvestre, who is currently serving a second term as the president of the Board of Edu ..read more

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- Residents spotted a black bear roaming through their Northeast D.C. neighborhood on Tuesday morning. One D.C. resident posted on the X platform that she was walking near 14th and Newtown Streets in Brookland just before 7 a.m. when she saw a "furry" figure - that she thought was a dog -running around the neighborhood ..read more

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- A new King Tut exhibition came to the Rhode Island Center in D.C. Thursday. Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures offers guests a glimpse into Ancient Egypt through an immersive experience, according to its website. The exhibit features a reconstruction of King Tuts' tomb and about 1,000 replica artifacts crafted in Egypt ..read more