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A TikTok food critic with millions of followers demonstrated how he can make or break a restaurant with a single video when he visited the D.C. area this week.  Las Vegas native Keith Lee stopped by Okonomi Asian Grill — also known as the “Asian Chipotle” for its custom rice bowls — in Fairfax, Virginia, and business has been booming….

Two restaurants in Virginia say business is booming after popular TikTok food critic Keith Lee reviewed them. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A powerful new exhibit honors one of the first civil rights sit-in protests in America. In 1939, when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people, Samuel Tucker and five other young Black men organized a sit-in at the library. As they expected, staff called police and had the men arrested for daring to read at a whites-only library….

One of the first ever civil rights sit-in protests in America happened in Northern Virginia 85 years ago when the Alexandria Library was only open to white people. News4’s Aimee Cho reports on the powerful new exhibit honoring the Black trailblazers who fought for civil rights.

NBC4 and Apple Federal Credit Union surprises an Alexandria City High School science teacher with a $1,000 check towards her wish list for the school year at the annual Ready 4 School Backpack Drive. Viewers are encouraged to come by the drive and drop off backpacks filled with school supplies. News4’s Molette Green reports. 

No criminal charges will be filed in the case of three dogs who died during or after they were boarded at the PetSmart Pets Hotel in Potomac Yard, the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria said. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

No criminal charges will be filed in the case of three dogs who died during or after they were boarded at the PetSmart Pets Hotel in Potomac Yard, the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria said.

Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt welcomes bus drivers on the first day of school for Alexandria City. She gives an overview of what to expect from the new Minnie Howard Campus and how the district still needs bus drivers. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. 

Police released new information about the fatal shooting of a man with a gun in Alexandria Monday night. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

Police shot and killed a man in an apartment complex in Alexandria, Virginia, late Monday night, the Alexandria Police Department said. Police responded about 10:45 p.m. to a call reporting a man was in mental distress and was armed at 5101 Maris Ave., an apartment complex just off Van Dorn Street. The person who called emergency services was a coworker…

Alexandria police shot and killed a man late Monday night at an apartment complex on Maris Avenue, police said. Police received a call saying that someone was in distress. When officers arrived on the scene, they confronted a man who had a gun in the stairwell , police say. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

News4’s Mauricio Casillas covers storm damage in Northern Virginia from the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby.

Residents of Old Town Alexandria are preparing for flooding ahead of Hurricane Debby rain. News4’s Adam Tuss has more. 

What’s left of Tropical Storm Debby could bring downpours to the D.C. area. News4’s Joseph Olmo has tips to help you prepare.

News4’s Jummy Olabanji visits an Alexandria, Virginia native who makes Paris her home and makes the city a home base for her business.

The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is investigating the deaths of three dogs who died during or after being boarded at the PetSmart Pets Hotel in Potomac Yard. Seven-year-old Nova Reed is a tall, active great dane. She and her owners moved to D.C. three years ago. Nova’s owner, Sara Reed, says she started to notice changes in Nova’s...

News4’s Dominique Moody has updates on the investigation into three dog deaths and other allegations of illness at a PetSmart boarding facility in Potomac Yard

News4’s Dominique Moody has updates on the investigation into a PetSmart boarding facility, where multiple dogs either became sick or died. 

Ohio Sen. JD Vance was named as Donald Trump’s running mate for the 2024 election. While the rest of the country is learning more about who he is, those in the Del Ray area of Alexandria are learning Vance is actually their neighbor. News4’s Drew Wilder reports on the reaction.

Another pet owner is expressing concerns about their dog’s treatment at an Alexandria PetSmart boarding facility. An investigation is already underway into a different dog’s death while being boarded at the Potomac Yard Pets Hotel. Miss Daisy is a fluffy, spunky 12-year-old Pomeranian. But her owner, Medina Hudson-Odoi, said when she and her husband picked her up from the...