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Alexandria museums get involved in PTO’s 10-millionth patent
Find out where you can see early inventions as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues its 10-millionth utility patent this week. A scavenger hunt is part of the fun in Alexandria.
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Justin Wilson will be Alexandria’s next mayor, and more election nuggets
Alexandria will have a new mayor come 2019. Vice Mayor Justin Wilson on Tuesday defeated incumbent, first-term Mayor Allison Silberberg in the Democratic primary,
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600 female veterans expected to attend Virginia summit
Virginia has one of the largest populations of female veterans in the U.S., with the state now home to more than 100,000.
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Absentee voting way up in Alexandria mayor, City Council races
WASHINGTON — Significantly more absentee ballots have been cast ahead of Tuesday’s primary for mayor and City Council in Alexandria than for the same election three years ago. Through early Monday, 2,328 Democratic primary absentee…
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Contrasting styles in the race to become Alexandria’s mayor
Alexandria’s Democratic primary for mayor, the winner of which regularly wins the office in November, features the contrasting styles of Mayor Allison Silberberg and Vice-Mayor Justin Wilson.
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Jury convicts ex-CIA officer for sharing secrets with China
A jury has convicted a former CIA officer on charges he spied for China by providing top secret information in exchange for $25,000.
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Man who shot police officer granted conditional release
Kashif Bashir nearly killed an Alexandria police officer in 2013 and was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Baker’s dozen: 12 Dems, 1 GOPer crowd Alexandria City Council race
Twelve Democrats and one Republican are vying for the six, three-year City Council seats in Alexandria, Virginia. That includes four incumbents: Willie Bailey, John T. Chapman, Redella “Del” Pepper and Paul Smedberg.
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Number of hate crimes increased in Virginia in 2017
The latest report from the Virginia State Police found 2017 saw a marked increase in the number of crimes considered hate crimes. The report details the number and types of crimes committed in the state in 2017.
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Photos: Sunday’s heavy rainfall brings floods to Beltway and beyond
Sunday afternoon brought steady rain once again into the Washington, D.C. area. Many reports came in of rivers getting close to flood stage, along with flood watches and warnings for most of the area.
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‘Operation Tin Panda Takedown’ nets dozens involved with drugs, gangs
The coordinated federal-local crackdown in Northern Virginia last year has resulted in dozens of convictions. Firearms, cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, ecstasy, marijuana, cash and vehicles were also seized.
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PHOTOS: Images of Tuesday’s late-afternoon storm
A strong band of storms rolled into the Washington, D.C. area late Tuesday afternoon, prompting a series of watches and warnings for both severe thunderstorms and flooding through the evening.
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Nebraska professor who vandalized Va. home of NRA lobbyist arrested
Patricia Hill was found guilty Monday of spraying NRA lobbyist Chris Cox’s Alexandria home with fake blood in January.
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Resource officer accused of firing shot inside Alexandria middle school is indicted
A school resource officer who police said accidentally fired his service weapon inside an Alexandria, Virginia, middle school in March has been indicted by a grand jury on two misdemeanor charges.
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Coastal flood warnings remain in effect for parts of DC area
The rains have subsided but flooding concerns remain for parts of the shoreline in Southwest D.C. and in Arlington County and Alexandria. Here’s what you need to know.
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