Virginia lawmakers have all but wrapped up a special legislative session by approving a new state budget that gives bonuses to police, pays for new criminal justice reforms, and extends moratoriums on evictions and utility shutoffs during the coronavirus pandemic
Daily Archives: October 16, 2020
Maryland Governor Allowing Up to 10% Capacity at 2 NFL Stadiums
Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland will allow up to 10% capacity at the two stadiums in the state that are home to NFL teams
Prince George’s Police Break Up Teen Party at National Harbor
Prince George’s County police broke up a party of teens at a hotel at National Harbor Friday evening. Police confirmed they were called to the Hampton Inn hotel in the 200 block of Waterfront Street for the report of a disorderly party inside the hotel. Several underage people were attending the gathering, which became unruly, police said. Police called the…
Charges Against Federal Officers Who Killed Bijan Ghaisar a ‘Step Closer to Justice’: Sister
The sister of a man shot to death by U.S. Park Police said the indictment of two officers Thursday brings her family one step closer to justice, though the case is nowhere near over. Bijan Ghaisar, 25, got in a fender bender and allegedly left the scene of the accident in November 2017. A Fairfax County police dash cam captured…
Zoo’s giant panda cub now an open-eyed 8 weeks old, keepers say
Cub sees, hears, barks, grows, according to zoo.
Virginia Girl to Make History as One of First Female Eagle Scouts
A Northern Virginia girl will soon become one of the first female Eagle Scouts in history. Katie Hunter of Vienna joined the Girl Scouts when she was little, but she always wanted to join her brothers in the Boy Scouts. “I was a little jealous that they got to do all these fun things like rock climbing and camping,†she…
Fairfax County School Board Deadlocks on Plan to Extend Online Learning
The board overseeing Virginia’s largest school district has failed to endorse a plan from its superintendent that would keep a majority of students fully online until February
Mail truck taken in NW, officers pursue, D.C. police say
Chase endd near Kansas Avenue NW, according to police.