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Fairfax Co. school officials apologize for tech flub; company says software hadn't been updated in 2 years 04/16/2020 03:52pm • Leaders in Virginia's largest school system — Fairfax County Public Schools — are apologizing and promising things will be better when students resume distance learning on Monday. During a virtual school board meeting that focused on the mishaps and glitches in the distance learning exper Federal law enforcement describe how to avoid dating site scams 04/15/2020 04:28am • More people are turning to online dating for a semblance of companionship during the coronavirus crisis — sites often rife with sophisticated scams targeting Americans from overseas, the FBI warns. Singles might be using online dating sites like Match.com and apps like Tinder and Bumble to cope w Local med students become babysitters to support health care workers 03/26/2020 07:16pm • Distance learning may have emptied out college classrooms around the region to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but that hasn't stopped medical students from finding other ways to help.  There are doctors, nurses and lots of others in the health care industry who are working every day a 'Extremely unusual': Md. 7-Eleven employee tests positive for coronavirus after co-worker fakes test result 03/26/2020 03:47pm • Photos of the 7-Eleven on Hallowing Point Road in Prince Frederick, which has closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. It’s one of 2 7-Elevens in Prince Frederick that have closed for now, as a precaution. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) An "extremely unusual" situation played US Attorney for Maryland warns of coronavirus fraudsters 03/20/2020 11:06am • If you see an offer for a coronavirus "vaccine" or "cure" that seems too good to be true — it is. That's the warning from the Maryland U.S. Attorney's office. The reason is simple: There is no coronavirus vaccine and there is no coronavirus cure. Not yet, anyway. Coronavirus scams are hap Column: My coronavirus odyssey, from Indian Ocean cruise to self-quarantine 03/16/2020 02:19pm • FILE — In this March 26, 2019, file photo, an airline passenger walk in the arrivals terminal at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) What started out as a 24-day cruise to the Indian Ocean evolved into a personal odyssey of struggling to get home due to the Dems, GOP forge virus outbreak into '20 campaign issue 03/14/2020 12:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Coronavirus is already coloring the 2020 campaign, with Democrats convinced President Donald Trump's muddled response to the outbreak leaves him and down-ballot Republicans vulnerable over the burgeoning health crisis, his competency and __ potentially m Md.'s attorney general warns against coronavirus-related scams 03/13/2020 10:09pm • Scam artists view the coronavirus outbreak as an opportunity to profit, so Maryland's attorney general is urging residents to think twice before providing private information online. "There are going to be people out there trying to steal your money, trying to steal your identity, and people have Police departments put out fake warnings about coronavirus contaminated illicit drugs 03/01/2020 05:46am • Some police departments are putting out fake warnings that illicit drugs could be contaminated with coronavirus in an effort to make drug arrests. The Tavares Police Department in Florida and the Merrill Police Department in Wisconsin are among those that have taken to s Teens love the video app TikTok. Do they love it too much? 02/29/2020 09:28am • From the perspective of teens, TikTok is a major new outlet for self-expression, one proudly home to the silly, the loud and the weird. To others, the Chinese-owned online video service is an unnerving black box that could be sharing information with the Chinese governme Judge, doctor, prosecutor: No evidence Catherine Hoggle is faking mental illness 02/28/2020 01:38pm • Catherine Hoggle is charged with the murders of two of her children, 3-year-old Sarah and 2-year-old Jacob, who were last seen in 2014. Despite previous arguments in court that Catherine Hoggle was malingering, Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy says after years of investigation, t Montgomery Co. student arrested after fake 911 call about active shooter 02/21/2020 03:34pm • A student's fake 911 call about an active shooter at a Wheaton, Md. high school has landed him in jail, Montgomery County Department of Police announced Friday. Police said an unknown caller phoned about an active shooting taking place at Kennedy High School in Wheaton, Maryland, shortly after 2 Greenbelt police warn of armed robbers using dating apps to lure victims 02/17/2020 07:51am • Many have found love through dating apps — but police in Greenbelt, Maryland, are warning residents to think twice about using them to meet strangers after a recent spate of armed robberies. Police say at least five men were using MeetMe, an app that allows people to meet and chat with others i Movie Review: 'Sonic the Hedgehog' brings Sega game to the big screen 02/17/2020 12:25am • This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Sonic, voiced by Ben Schwartz, in a scene from "Sonic the Hedgehog. " (Paramount Pictures/Sega of America via AP) In "A Christmas Story" (1983), Ralphie's parents hid his Red Ryder B.B. gun behind a desk to find as a bonus after his other Chris FBI warns of fake agent phone scam in southeastern Virginia 02/05/2020 11:30am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The FBI is warning of a phone scam in Virginia in which the caller claims to be an FBI agent. The bureau said in a press release on Wednesday that targets of the scam are typically told that criminal charges have been brought against them. The fake FBI agent claims that he o