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It’s still unclear why 16-year-old Yonathan Vasquez Mendez died. News4’s Julie Carey spoke with his grief-stricken family about the teen’s life.

A teenage boy sexually assaulted a female student at Stone Bridge High School in May 2021, but was allowed to transfer to Broad Run High School, where he abducted and sexually assaulted another female student in October of 2021. The boy was later convicted in juvenile court.

The Loudoun County School Board appointed an interim superintendent to lead the district less than 48 hours after firing the former superintendent over a report blasting the school district’s handling of two sexual assaults by the same student. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

A 16-year-old student was arrested Tuesday after he brought a loaded gun to school in Capitol Heights, Maryland, police say.

Loudoun County Public Schools administrators looked out for their own interests rather than the best interests of the school district throughout their handling of two sexual assaults committed by the same high school student, a special grand jury found. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

A teenage boy sexually assaulted a female student at Stone Bridge High School in May 2021, but was allowed to transfer to Broad Run High School, where he abducted and sexually assaulted another female student in October of 2021. The boy was later convicted in juvenile court.

A Virginia grand jury said Loudoun County Public Schools administrators displayed a “stunning lack of openness, transparency and accountability” to the public throughout their handling of two sex assaults committed by the same student. News4’s Drew Wilder spoke with the Virginia attorney general about the findings.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on staff at Taylor Middle School in Fauquier County springing into action until emergency crews arrived to save the life of a sixth grader who went into cardiac arrest during gym class.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a court hearing over the future of a special grand jury investigation into the way Loudoun County Public Schools handled two sex assault cases involving a teenage boy.

A special grand jury can continue its investigation into how Loudoun County Public Schools handled two sex assault cases involving a teenage boy last year, a judge ruled.

The Air Force surprised Caleb Smith, a Charles Flowers High School student, with a helicopter ride around the monuments on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the father of a murdered Alexandria City High School student voicing frustration about the investigation into his son’s stabbing death.

A student in Prince George’s County, Maryland, was arrested Thursday after bringing parts of a “ghost gun” to class, police say.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder speaks with Scott Smith, the parent of a teenager who was sexually assaulted at a Loudoun County High School.

Watch a Virginia seventh-grader’s stunning buzzer beater — and the crowd’s priceless reaction. (Video courtesy of Eileen Bliss)

“Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows,” wrote Lowell Ricketts of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

A teaching assistant in Loudoun County, Virginia, accused of striking a child in a classroom was arrested and charged, authorities say.

Most borrowers, 62%, say student loan debt negatively affected their mental health, according to the Invest in You Student Loan Survey conducted by Momentive.

“We hope the Corps will be replicated across the nation,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom in a statement.

“Next, the Biden administration should permanently relieve this financial burden on families … to eliminate all federal student debt,” says The Debt Collective.