Caroline Tucker

Oct 25, 2024 | nbcchicago.com | Maggie More |Caroline Tucker

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station is something special. That's why the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is displaying Robonaut 2 at the Udvar-Hazy center in Virginia. Though eight of the humanoid robots were built, the one on display is the only one to travel to space.

Oct 25, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Maggie More |Caroline Tucker

NASA is no stranger to spacefaring robots. But the first human-shaped robot to fly to the International Space Station is something special. That's why the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is displaying Robonaut 2 at the Udvar-Hazy center in Virginia. Though eight of the humanoid robots were built, the one on display is the only one to travel to space.

Oct 23, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Caroline Tucker

When Ashaki Robinson moved to Bowie, Maryland, from Michigan, she could hardly believe all the concentrated Black wealth around her. "Not just middle class but, like, rich Black people," she said. Like many in her community, Robinson is a federal worker. She's a social science analyst for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and spoke with the News4 I-Team as a union representative.

Oct 14, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Caroline Tucker |Jeff Piper |Steve Jones

Malcolm Kent's parents paged through family photo albums in their home in Northern Virginia and pointed out their favorites. The pictures show the teenager together with his family and wearing his school wrestling and lacrosse uniforms. Malcolm loved sports and volunteering with children at his family's church. The Kents, a military family, had high hopes for their oldest son. But everything changed last January. Malcolm died at home in Annandale of fentanyl poisoning.

Aug 7, 2024 | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Caroline Tucker |Rick Yarborough |Jeff Piper

Seven years after hundreds of people were arrested in D.C. protesting Donald Trump's inauguration, those prosecutions are suddenly back in the spotlight after ethics violations were raised against the federal prosecutor in the case. The group that investigates complaints against D.C. lawyers, the D.C. Bar Board on Professional Responsibility, recently filed a complaint against Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens.