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Woman indicted on felony charge in 2023 inmate escape from Virginia hospital
A woman who allegedly helped a Virginia inmate who escaped from custody last year was indicted on one felony charge by a Richmond Circuit Court grand jury this month. Sasha Castillo, of Washington, D.C., faces a felony charge for aiding in the escape of a prisoner. The charge is related...
Virginia boy charged with threatening to bomb, shoot up Florida schools
An 11-year-old from Virginia is facing 43 charges for allegedly making more than 20 bomb or shooting threats to multiple Florida schools.The big picture: Henrico police arrested the boy on July 19, fulfilling an order a Florida judge made a day earlier, after police traced the calls to a home in Henrico, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in a Thursday press conference. The main five schools he is charged with targeting in a nine-day span in late May were in Flagler County, which is near Daytona Beach and about an hour from Orlando.He made similar calls in Virginia, D.C.,...
It could be too hot to host future Summer Olympics in DC area
Data: CarbonPlan; Note: Estimate uses median high WBGT from 26 climatological models; Chart: Simran Parwani and Erin Davis/AxiosThe majority of the world will be too hot to host the Summer Olympics by 2050, including the DMV.By the numbers: An Axios analysis of CarbonPlan data finds that, in 2050, 60% of locations globally will experience Wet Bulb Globe Temperatures above 82°F, the American College of Sports Medicine's recommended threshold for canceling outdoor, continuous activity to avoid heat illness.CarbonPlan's models estimate that 92% of weather stations in Virginia would experience temperatures above the "cancel activity" level in 2050, compared to 50% of...
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