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Family of woman killed in Fairfax County turns grief into action, raising money for her children's college funds
The family of Kate Laporta is raising money for college funds for her two children, processing their grief and helping fulfill the greatest wish of a woman fatally shot in Fairfax County.
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Speed camera installed near site of 2022 fatal high school pedestrian crash
A speed camera in Fairfax County has been installed blocks away from the site of a deadly 2022 pedestrian crash. Three Oakton High School students were on Blake Lane on June 7, 2022, when a teen driving 81 mph in a 35 mph zone struck and killed two girls in ninth grade. The third student was seriously injured. This month,…
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Driver convicted for high-speed crash that killed 2 Oakton High students
A driver was convicted for a 2022 crash that killed two teen girls who were walking home from Oakton High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. Usman Shahid, who was 18 at the time of the crash, was found guilty Wednesday of two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Victims’ family members burst into tears as the verdict came down, while Shahid showed…
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Virginia Democrats push governor to guarantee access to contraception
Democratic Virginia lawmakers again are trying to get Gov. Glenn Youngkin to sign legislation guaranteeing access to a wide array of contraception medications and devices. Democrats got 37,000 Virginians to sign a petition for Youngkin to sign the Right to Contraception Act approved by the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. Guaranteeing access to all contraception is crucial, co-sponsor…
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Defense tries to shift blame in crash that killed two Oakton High students
Emotional testimony came in court Thursday from a key witness in the June 2022 crash that killed two Oakton high school students who were walking home from school.
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Defense tries to shift blame in deadly 2022 crash
Emotional testimony came in court Thursday from a key witness in the June 2022 crash that killed two Oakton High School students who were walking home from school in Fairfax County, Virginia. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Arlington church, nonprofit create affordable housing with faith-based development
A church partnered with a housing nonprofit to create dozens of affordable rental units in Arlington, Virginia. Built in the 1920s, Central United Methodist became a landmark, standing just across the street from the Ballston Metro station. Now the location is an example of faith-based development to create more affordable housing. The church partnered with Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing...
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Woman, dog stabbed in Herndon before husband shot by police
A Northern Virginia woman and her dog were stabbed in an apparent domestic incident over the weekend, Herndon police say. The woman’s husband, the suspect in the stabbing, was shot by police who responded to the 911 call. The woman called 911 just before noon Sunday and said her husband had stabbed her. She then hung up. When Herndon police…
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Driver sentenced to 10 years for hit-and-run that killed Lorton man
A driver who pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run crash that killed a man in Lorton, Virginia, in 2020 was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison. Joey Lanza was 28 when he was hit and killed in February 2020 outside his own home. More than four years later, his family feared that a judge would let driver Guillermo Vazquez…
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‘It was their responsibility': Grieving parents want to know how teenager died in Virginia jail
The parents of a Northern Virginia teenager want to know how their son died last month after only days in the Prince William County Adult Detention Center. Juan Campos’ parents call the 18-year-old a great kid who loved sports, was a black belt in tae kwon do and talked about joining the U.S. Marine Corps but struggling with drug...