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Big changes for Virginians possible in ���veto session��� still shadowed by scandal 04/03/2019 04:30am • Virginia lawmakers return to Richmond on Wednesday for a series of key votes on Gov. Ralph Northam���s vetoes and amendments to bills, ranging from road safety and interstate upgrades, to the budget and elections. At the one-day reconvened session, often called a ���veto session," the General Ass Fairfax County all-girls robotics team bound for world championship 04/03/2019 04:15am • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '6f73b695-6d83-4b26-869e-581513acec96' }).render("6846153648297252");}); An all-girl robotics team from Fairfax Column: Bryce Harper took back Nats Park once again 04/03/2019 02:38am • The last time the Philadelphia Phillies came to Washington with this much hype, it was for Bryce Harper���s very first appearance against them, as a precocious, teenage rookie in 2012. After a half-decade of NL East dominance by Philly, the Nationals front office had created a stir by only selling t World Autism Day: Know the signs of autism and first steps after diagnosis 04/02/2019 12:40am • When Sara Hood���s 3-year-old son was diagnosed with autism, it was a good thing, in a way. ���I knew early on that something was wrong,��� said Hood, a Loudoun County, Virginia resident and autism advocate whose husband, Ziggy Hood, is a 10-year NFL veteran who played for the Washington Redskins 4DX movie theaters: traditional cinema's savior, or passing fad? 04/02/2019 12:12am • There has been a lot of talk in recent years about how the movie theater experience fits in with the age of at-home streaming. With options like Amazon and Netflix now offering Oscar-quality films, something has to change at theaters to get butts in seats. On a recent theater excursion, I saw an Report: Md. school leaders delayed notifying police about locker room rape 04/01/2019 01:34pm • The Montgomery County School system is not commenting on a report that school leaders delayed telling police about a locker room rape last year. Leaders at Damascus reportedly waited for more than 12 hours to tell police about allegations of rape in the locker room, according to The Washington Po Why a career auditor opened a high-tech MoCo swim school 04/01/2019 11:00am • When Denise Dombay opened a Montgomery County swim school in September, the first-time business owner thought it would fill a void. Now, she knows it. The Maryland mom, a college swimmer with a 30-year finance career, brought Denver-based SwimLabs to Gaithersburg last fall as the franchise���s 14 Report: Damascus High School officials delayed alerting police about rapes 04/01/2019 07:47am • DAMASCUS, Md. (AP) ��� Officials at a Maryland high school waited hours to tell police that a football player had been credibly accused of raping a teammate with a broomstick, despite an agreement with police requiring the immediate reporting of sexual assaults. The Washington Post reports that D Today in History: April 1 04/01/2019 12:50am • Today is Monday, April 1, the 91st day of 2019. There are 274 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On April 1, 2003, American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah (nah-sih-REE���-uh), Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was a How to help kids with anxiety 04/01/2019 12:21am • Fear can be a helpful emotion, particularly for children who are learning to navigate the world. Feeling afraid lets them know when they are in danger and helps them respond. On the other hand, many children today struggle with anxiety that goes beyond what's considered normal and healthy. The ke Damascus High School incident prompts MCPS to issue new guidelines for athletic supervision 03/30/2019 06:49am • An incident inside a locker room at Damascus High School last fall has led Montgomery County Public Schools to issue new guidelines and expectations for the supervision of student athletes before, during, and after athletic events. The first four pages of the memo released yesterday lays out in e Alex Jones says 'form of psychosis' made him believe events like Sandy Hook were staged 03/30/2019 02:11am • Broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said it was a "form of psychosis" that caused him to believe certain events --- like the Sandy Hook massacre ��� were staged. On December 14, 2012, 20 children and six adults were killed by 20-year-old Adam Lanza in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Ne Fairfax Co. day care worker charged with sexual battery against children 03/29/2019 07:15pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, day care worker was arrested Wednesday night and charged with inappropriately touching and sexually abusing multiple children across several years. Rolly Hammond, 38, of Burke, Virginia, is a day care worker based at West Springfield Elementary School, where he is all Yale ex-coach expected to plead guilty in bribery scandal 03/28/2019 09:31am • BOSTON (AP) ��� A former women's soccer coach at Yale University is expected to plead guilty Thursday to taking bribes in exchange for pretending applicants were recruits to boost their chances of getting into the school. Rudy Meredith was a key figure in the investigation into the wide-rang DC sues 7, charging school residency fraud; seeks $700,000 03/27/2019 02:08pm • D.C.���s attorney general is suing seven people in three families, claiming they lied about living in the District in order to send their kids to D.C. schools for free. The statement from Attorney General Karl Racine���s office also says one parent committed fraud to receive public benefits. R