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Deadly Motorcycle Crash Shuts Burke Intersection (DEVELOPING)
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Wednesday, April 24 in Fairfax County, police said.The crash happened at Old Keene Mill Road and Shiplett Boulevard in Burke, police said just after 10:40 p.m.The intersection was closed for investigation.This is a developing story. Check back for more.
Day 23: School board tells jurors Kate was a “manipulative” liar since she was 12, as her lawyers ask jurors to believe a girl’s pleas for help
On Tuesday, the jury heard two very different portraits of a 12-year-old girl in courtroom 1000 of the federal district courthouse in Alexandria. In closing arguments, Sona Rewari, an attorney for the Fairfax County School Board, stepped forward, putting a folder with her speech on a heavy wood lectern that faced the jury box, the judge, Rossie D. Alston Jr., over her right shoulder and B.R., or “Kate,” a former student at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, over her left shoulder, sitting at the plaintiff’s table just an arm’s length away, flanked by her attorneys, Alison Anderson, to her left, and Andrew Brenner, to her right.
Archeologists begin studying 18th century bottles of cherries discovered at Mt. Vernon estate
Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon made a major discovery last month: Two glass bottles from the 18th century, filled with what are believed to be cherries, possibly belonging to George Washington.
Police: 11-year-old calls school counselor derogative name, counselor headbutts them
LINCOLNIA, Va. — A 44-year-old school counselor is facing charges after reportedly headbutting an 11-year-old student earlier this month. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, Craig Small has worked as a school counselor at Glasgow Middle School in Lincolnia since 2011. On Tuesday, April 16, investigators say an 11-year-old student called Small a derogative name, to which Small headbutted the student before carrying him out of the cafeteria.
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