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House Jan. 6 committee chair says 'goal' is to restart public hearings on Sept. 28 09/14/2022 12:55am • ▶ Watch Video: Raskin wants Gingrich, Ginni Thomas and Pence to testify to Jan. 6 committee Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Tuesday that it is the committee's "goal" to restart public hearings on Sept. 28. 2 teenagers arrested for bringing gun to Woodbridge high school 09/13/2022 11:08pm • Two teenagers who police said brought a gun to a Prince William County, Virginia, high school on Monday have been arrested. It happened at Freedom High School on Neabsco Mills Road in Woodbridge. Prince William County police said a student bought a gun to school and showed it to other students wh Human trafficking in Northern Virginia — 'A crime that hides in plain sight' 09/13/2022 10:21pm • Human trafficking is a serious issue that affects every community worldwide. In Prince William County, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares held a roundtable discussion in search of solutions. “It is a crime that hides in plain sight. Too many people that live up here in Northern Virginia th School assemblies at Montgomery County high schools to include gun education 09/13/2022 08:50pm • High school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will get a lesson about keeping schools and students safe this fall during scheduled assemblies, which includes a lesson on gun education. Montgomery County Public Schools, the state's attorney's office and the police department will give infor Panel advises removal of Confederate statue at Arlington 09/13/2022 06:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy. Panel members on Tuesday Fairfax Co. to offer hiring bonuses to police, nurses, more 09/13/2022 02:56pm • The Board of Supervisors in Fairfax County, Virginia, voted Tuesday to authorize bonuses of up to $15,000 for new hires in certain jobs. The board authorized County Executive Bryan Hill to grant the bonuses, which Supervisor Pat Herrity called important to getting people into jobs “where we are Fauquier Co. middle school teacher, wife found dead with gunshot wounds 09/13/2022 01:39pm • A Virginia middle school teacher and his wife were found dead in a home with gunshot wounds, Culpeper police said Tuesday. The bodies of Daniel Garrison, 41, and Stacey Garrison, 40, were initially discovered on Friday afternoon. More Local News More Virginia News Inves Japan is struggling to quit floppy disks and fax machines 09/13/2022 07:55am • Tokyo — With its azure ocean views and terraced rice paddies, the city of Hamada, population 50,000, is far from Japan's major urban centers of Tokyo and Osaka. But Hamada is no digital slouch. Just like cities in other advanced nations, Hamada collects taxes, health insurance premiums and social No charges for Frederick officers after man dies following use of Taser 09/13/2022 06:24am • Several police officers with the City of Frederick in Maryland will not face criminal charges after they had an encounter with a man who later died. According to the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, evidence has shown that the officers' actions did not cause the death of Daniel Holley, 11-year-old charged with arson after Maryland dollar store fire 09/13/2022 04:31am • A child is facing arson charges over a fire at a dollar store in Carroll County, Maryland, earlier this month. The Office of the State Fire Marshal says an 11-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree arson and released to his parents' custody. His name will not be released due to his age a Weekend brings no curfew violations in Prince George's Co. 09/12/2022 06:40pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police report that there were no violations of the teen curfew that began last weekend. During the first weekend of enforcement, police said, officers had no curfew interactions with juveniles, their parents or guardians. More Local News More Ma Back-to-school update in Montgomery Co.: Teacher hiring, student progress, school bus contract 09/12/2022 06:31pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools Superintendent Monifa McKnight on Monday reiterated that the school system's teaching jobs are 99% filled. The numbers change from day to day, McKnight said, but as of Monday morning, there were 161 vacancies remaining, with 98 of those being for specia Man charged in deputy's 1971 killing ordered held without bond 09/12/2022 06:13pm • The man recently arrested in the 1971 killing of a Montgomery County, Maryland, deputy has been ordered held without bond. Larry Smith, 71, of Little Falls, New York, recently told investigators he was responsible for the death of Special Deputy Sheriff Capt. James Tappen Hall. He now faces a cha In Harrisonburg court, ‘shopping cart killer’ case goes to grand jury; still no charges in Fairfax Co., DC 09/12/2022 04:25pm • After watching video of Beth Redmon and Tonita Smith each walk into Room 336 of the Howard Johnson motel in Harrisonburg with Anthony Eugene Robinson, and watching him leave with bodies wrapped in sheets in a shopping cart, a judge Monday found probable cause for 1st degree murder counts. (WTOP/Nea Man charged in W&OD Trail indecent exposures suspected in 21 incidents since July 09/12/2022 04:15pm • The man charged in a string of indecent exposures along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail in Fairfax County, Virginia, is suspected of exposing himself and grabbing women on the trail nearly two dozen times in the past two months, police said Monday. Juan Rodriguez Alfaro, 42, of Herndon, was