. >>> well, app ing for federal financial aid for your college-bound kid may be a bit easier thanks to n it's a app called my student aid app. it allows applicants to compare information about schools and electronically transr their ta data from their tax return. the department of education says the app is intended to make it easier for students to apply for federal financial aid. every yearen the departmt awards about $120 billion in grants, student loan, and work study programs. you can download it for free in the app storeng >>> this morparents in prince george's county say mold inside bn min performing arts academy ishe making kids sick. news 4 spoke with the school and parents. >> reporter: chrissy and nate tell me mold in the school makes their sonhe sick. an eighth grade student here at benjamin foulois creative and mmpliperforming ar academy. he took these pictures of mold school he found in th during his recent unannounced visit. he says at least one classroom is i asked him where those students are being taught. >> in the hallway or sometimes in the gym. >> not in the classro

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ing michael 24/7. follow the storm's path by downloading the free nbc washinunon app. stay for updates right here on news 4. wendy? >> here at home, foleewing of testimony, dozens of witnesses, the prosecution has now rested its case in the d.c. mansion murders trial, and it is now in theeands of efense who wasted no time calling a crucial s,witn daron wint, the only person charged in the brutal killings of three family members and their housekeeper in the district. news 4 meagan fitzgerald reports from the courthouse. >> reporter: in a surprising move, the defse called daron wint, the only suspect in the case. they hope he proves the case they laid out in openi statements. they argue that wint's brothers used h blue vano drive to d.c. where they murdered the family and tricked daron into coming to the house to pick up his car. to explain that argument, wint told jurors that he asked him to van in the early morning hours of may 13th for $300. that's the sam day three family members and their housekeeper werehostage. he agreed, and he was dropped off at a iend's house i

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