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15-Year-Old Charged in 2 Woodbridge Killings
A 15-year-old boy faces murder charges after police say he fatally shot two men earlier this month in an apartment in Woodbridge, Virginia. The victims were found after a neighbor discovered a bullet hole in his own ceiling. The teen, a Woodbridge resident, was arrested Thursday, Prince William County police said Tuesday. His name was not released. Malik Xavier...
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‘The Meeting Has Degenerated': 1 Arrest, 1 Injury at Loudoun Schools Meeting on Equity
One man was arrested, another man was ticketed for trespassing and a third person was hurt at a chaotic public meeting Tuesday on equity issues in Loudoun County Public Schools.
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‘Coming Right at Me': Dashcam Footage Shows Wrong-Way Driver on I-66
Scary video footage shows a driver speeding the wrong way on Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia on Thursday morning. Virginia State Police say the driver headed the wrong way on the Capital Beltway and I-66, hit at least one car and set off a wave of 911 calls. Driver Clifford Crittenden was headed to the office via I-66 and driving…
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DC Area's ‘Halal Foodie' Scene Is Setting National Trends
Visitors to a food hall in Northern Virginia can order from a peri peri chicken menu, a steakhouse menu, a Chinese food menu or an Afghan/Pakistani menu — all while staying halal. As trendy food halls with multiple vendors have a big couple of years in the D.C. area, an all-halal food hall called Spice Village recently opened in...
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Girls' Confidence Plummets at as Young as 8. Here's How to Help Them — or Yourself
Research suggests that many girls’ self-confidence takes a nose dive as early as age eight. Here are tips on how to build it up.
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‘Unacceptable': Hispanic Montgomery Council Member Has Accent Mocked in Meeting
A member of the Montgomery County Council says she’s in shock after a county employee and a contractor could be heard mocking her accent on Tuesday during a virtual meeting. Council Member Nancy Navarro, an immigrant from Venezuela and the only woman on the council, was speaking about the county’s vaccination campaign and inequalities faced by Latino and Black...
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Six Metro Cars' Worth: DC Hits 1,000 Deaths From COVID-19
More than a thousand Washington, D.C., residents have now died of COVID-19. That’s the equivalent of six full Metro cars or a line of people each standing six feet apart on 12th Street NW all the way from the National Mall to Q Street, halfway through D.C.’s alphabet of lettered streets. D.C. surpassed 1,000 deaths Wednesday morning, reaching 1,001,...
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Smithsonian to Reopen Long-Closed DC Museum for Exhibition Exploring Future
The Smithsonian will temporarily reopen a historic museum on the National Mall that’s been closed for nearly two decades. The Arts and Industries Building, located just west of the Hirshhorn Museum, will be the site of the building-wide “FUTURES” exhibit starting in November, Smithsonian officials announced Tuesday. The exhibition will “fuse awe-inspiring art, technology, design and history, inviting visitors...
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Prince George's Schools to Start Hybrid Learning in April
Prince George’s County Public Schools will begin hybrid learning in April, with families able to opt in or out, the school district’s CEO announced Wednesday. Families can choose to split students’ time between in-person and remote learning or stay all-virtual, Monica Goldson said in a message to families. “We believe this plan prioritizes health, safety, equity and excellence,” she...
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Man Convicted of 2018 Murders of Mother, Son in Loudoun Home
A Loudoun County jury convicted a man Tuesday of killing a woman and her adult son in Aldie, Virginia, in 2018. Brian K. Welsh was found guilty of first-degree murder and gun charges in the deaths of Rishi Manwani and his mother, Mala Manwani. He was 32 and she was 65. The Manwanis were found fatally shot in their suburban…
