A look at stories making headlines in Washington, Maryland, and Virginia from DC News Now on January 20, 2026.

A broken sewer pipe at a Riverhead construction site spilled thousands of gallons of dirty waste into the Peconic River for ...

The two cute dogs are minding their business on the couch when all of a sudden a mouse runs out onto the floor in front of ...

Chief Meteorologist Jackie Layer has your Monday night forecast update for the DMV. DC Water is investigating a Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) from the Potomac Interceptor sewer line in Montgomery ...

Contaminated drinking water, supplied through government-laid pipelines, led to a diarrhoea outbreak in Indore, killing at ...

Slap on some spandex, grab your wallet and rush out to the Batmobile. The pop-culture extravaganza known as FAN EXPO Portland ...

Wondering why unwanted rodent visitors creep into your house after a hurricane? The secret lies in these opportunistic pests' ...

Amidst a dramatic rise in recent years in calls to the Montreal 311 line reporting rat sightings in many island locales, a ...

No one wants to find a rat swimming around in their toilet bowl. If one turns up, however, it’s best that you know what to do. This is why the city of Seattle and Washington’s King County Public ...

COLUMBUS — The Village of Butler will receive funding to replace aging water and sewer lines as part of a recent round of statewide infrastructure financing. The Ohio Water Development Authority has ...

This PSA had social media clogged with one-liners. A whacky government cartoon warned Seattle residents how to deal with rats that might climb up from flooded sewers into toilets – but social media ...