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Long-delayed Rosslyn tunnel expected to ease traffic to open June 24
Metrobus and Arlington’s ART routes are expected to begin using the street-level tunnel June 24 through a glitzy new building between N. Moore and N. Lynn streets. The opening is timed to coincide with a number of bus route changes across the system.
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Virginia Beach lighthouse to close for restoration project
The restoration will involve erosion stabilization, a concrete platform to protect the lighthouse’s base and new interpretive signs.
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Judge: Councilors don’t have immunity in monuments lawsuit
A Charlottesville judge says the city council members who voted to remove two downtown Confederate monuments could be liable for attorneys’ fees and other costs if a lawsuit against them over the statues is successful.
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Virginia Tech autonomous watermelon harvester wins top prize
The team’s entry was a harvesting system that can locate, identify, sort and harvest ripe watermelons in a field.
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Firefighters put out blaze at Sterling car dealership
Firefighters in Loudoun County were able to put out a fire at the Ted Britt Chevorlet dealership on Harry Byrd Highway, however there was damage to some cars and the roof of the building.
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JK Moving puts Loudoun land into conservation
JK Moving, the largest independent moving company in North America, has purchased an 87-acre parcel of land in northern Loudoun County, known as Stumptown Woods, for $1 million and placed it into conservation easement.
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Thrice-deported felon sentenced to 8 years in federal prison
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 45-year-old Victor Santos-Ochoa pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry after his latest arrest, on charges of assault and battery of a 5-year-old family member.
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Fairfax Co. school district passes proposals to modify sex ed, dress codes
The Fairfax County School Board proposal to change the term “biological sex” to “sex assigned at birth” spawned hours of debate and testimony for and against the modification Thursday night. The proposal also struck out wording in the current dress code that board members worried led to too many instances of body shaming of female students.
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Diplomat who helped Jews flee Holocaust gets highway marker
Lynchburg native James Rives Childs served in the U.S. Army as a code breaker in France during World War I. After working for the American Relief Administration in the Balkans and the Soviet Union, Childs began a 30-year diplomatic career.
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WATCH: The view from above as Pepco demonstrates its high-wire act
WTOP’s John Aaron suited up to get a rare firsthand look at what it’s like to work from a moving platform, next to live power lines.
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Q&A: ‘Hoop Dreams’ director Steve James honored at AFI Docs
The filmmaker behind “Hoop Dreams” and “Life Itself” reflects on his career upon being honored at the AFI Docs’ Guggenheim Symposium.
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WATCH: 2018 Congressional Baseball Game for Charity
Members of Congress may not always agree and they may have challenges working together, but on Thursday they put their partisan differences aside for America’s favorite pastime. And, it’s for charity, too.
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Judge may be first in Northern Virginia to drop cash bonds
Fairfax County Judge David Bernhard is granting freedom to defendants not deemed a danger or flight risk. Bernhard has been moving away from cash bonds for about a year but announced his stance publicly this week.
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Woman pleads guilty to faking will to stop house seizure
Samantha Smith entered the plea Tuesday for conspiracy to obstruct justice. Smith’s charges stem from the prosecution of her ex-boyfriend, 33-year-old Earnest Warren Wright.
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MS-13 gang member gets 43 years in prison for 2016 fatal stabbing in Va.
Jordy Jose Bonilla, 18, had lured two victims to a forested area behind an Ashburn, Virginia, apartment complex “to party with some females,” prosecutors said. The attack left one dead and another seriously wounded.
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