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Should Facebook, X, and Instagram be treated just like Marlboro, Newport, and Camel? A bipartisan group of 42 state attorneys general – including those from Maryland, D.C., and Virginia – sent a letter to congressional leadership this week, urging them to pass legislation "mandating a surgeon general’s warning on algorithm-driven social media platforms." FOX 5's Josh Rosenthal has the story.

FOX 5's Tom Fitzgerald provides insightful analysis of the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

Police have shut down streets in Southeast D.C. in anticipation of protests where a Violence Interrupter for the city was shot and killed by D.C. police last week. FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu reports live from the protests.

The skies across the DMV lit up this pre-dawn this morning with what many thought was a meteor, and others questioning what they were seeing. It was actually a view of the Polaris Dawn mission going to orbit atop Space X's Falcon 9 rocket.

The ACLU is touting a major victory for disability rights as they push for changes in how D.C. handles mental health crises and the case could have wide-ranging impacts beyond our area.

FOX 5 spoke exclusively with the friend of a Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission employee who died while on the job early Sunday. The utility company and Montgomery County police say 39-year-old Ernest Dyson was hit by a drunk driver.

D.C. police have increased their presence across parts of the city after a series of overnight burglaries and acts of vandalism.

Montgomery County Police have filed several orders in an attempt to stop a 12-year-old boy from continuing to steal cars. This same young suspect has been tied to as many as 17 crime scenes in Montgomery County and near the University of Maryland. FOX 5's Bob Barnard has the latest.