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WFT camp notes: Important contributors return and Taylor Heinicke bounces back 08/05/2021 10:32am • Camp notes: Two stars return and Taylor Heinicke bounces back originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonASHBURN, Va. — Washington was fortunate enough to get two of its top 10 contributors back on Thursday, as Brandon Scherff and Daron Payne were both activated off of the reserve/COVID-19 li Fairfax man gets 20 years for child pornography 08/05/2021 08:18am • A Fairfax, Virginia, man was sentenced to 20 years behind bars Wednesday for downloading images and videos depicting children as young as 4 being sexually abused. The Department of Justice said in a release that, according to court documents, Christopher Robert Sueiro, 40, used the Darknet to sol With time running out, DC residents face struggles getting rent relief 08/01/2021 06:59pm • The national eviction moratorium expired Saturday and on July 25, the District's local ban on evictions, tied to Mayor Muriel Bowser's public health emergency declaration, also expired, leaving thousands of D.C. residents on the edge of losing their home. The national moratorium doesn't provide f Data Doctors: Is home 5G worth considering? 07/23/2021 03:58pm • Q: What can you tell me about Verizon and T-Mobile’s home 5G Internet service? A: One of the more interesting things we heard when 5G service initially launched was that, in time, a ‘fixed wireless’ service might someday become an alternative to traditional cable or phone company Internet o DC boasts bigger numbers for rent assistance 07/23/2021 02:34pm • A D.C. official said Friday that the nation's capital is doing well with getting federal funding out the door to help residents who need assistance paying for rent and utilities. John Falcicchio. D.C.'s deputy mayor for planning and economic development,  told the D.C. Council Friday that of the Bruce Springsteen's manager ends 'Thunder Road' lyric debate 07/19/2021 09:22am • We finally know what Mary's dress does. Well before the internet was arguing whether a dress was blue or gold, people were going back and forth over whether Bruce Springsteen was singing "Mary's dress sways" or "Mary's dress waves" in the 1975 song "Thunder Road." The single is known as the op Manassas man charged with producing and distributing child sexual abuse material out of day care center 07/17/2021 01:05pm • Virginia State Police arrested a Manassas man on charges of producing and distributing what they describe as "child sexual abuse material" out of a home daycare facility on Friday. The internet crimes against children task force took Filomon Ventura Fernandez, 48, into custody after serving a war Northam: Va. to spend $700 million in federal money for universal broadband by 2024 07/16/2021 02:37pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that the commonwealth will use $700 million in American Rescue Plan funds to bring about universal broadband in Virginia by 2024. “It’s time to close the digital divide in our Commonwealth and treat internet service like the 21st century necessity How a walk in the woods could end with a forced change to your diet 07/14/2021 06:42pm • Play time in the outdoors ended with one local boy having to swear off hamburgers for good. Lauren Katz's 10-year-old son, Abram, developed an allergy to burgers and other red meats after getting bit by a tick. “I had heard what I thought were urban legends about getting a tick bite and then Jeff Bezos gives Smithsonian a record $200 million 07/14/2021 04:00pm • Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution, the largest single donation since its founding gift from James Smithson in 1846, the museum announced Wednesday. The Smithsonian said in a statement that $70 million of Bezos' gift will be used to support the renov CNBC ranks Virginia as America's best 2021 business state 07/13/2021 10:06am • Virginia earned the top slot in CNBC's 2021 ranking of America's best states for business, boasting a strong workforce and a solid education system after weathering a year of the coronavirus pandemic. The commonwealth also earned top honors from CNBC's prior review in 2019, becoming the first sta Group rallies for voting rights amid All-Star Game events 07/11/2021 08:59pm • DENVER (AP) — Amid the fanfare, celebrity softball games and other events surrounding Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, a group rallied Sunday to call attention to what brought the Summer Classic to Denver in the first place: voting rights. The group gathered at Metropolitan State Univer Data Doctors: Preventing website pop-up notifications 07/09/2021 02:12pm • Q: I’m constantly getting pop-up notifications from all kinds of websites on my computer. Does this mean that I have a virus? A: The currency of the internet is often referred to as "eyeballs" because getting the attention of the user is a key way to generate revenue. You’ve probably notic Transportation Department readies new airline consumer protections 07/06/2021 08:19pm • The way airlines handle extra, optional fees -- such as the charges to check a bag or reserve a specific seat -- could change under a set of rules being developed by the Biden administration. The rules -- requiring faster refunds and upfront disclosure of fees -- are under development at the US T Unemployment scams reach record levels across the US 07/06/2021 06:15am • FBI officials began sounding the alarm on a wave of scams, including unemployment fraud, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, concerns have only grown as new levels of fraud are uncovered across the United States. During the pandemic, about 50% of unemployment claims, or $400 bi