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Family bearing special pillowcases returns to ICU where daughter died
A Northern Virginia family that suffered one of the worst possible tragedies is giving back to the hospital where their little girl died. Jordynn Manning, 8, was struck by a car and pinned beneath it two years ago. During an almost three-week vigil at Inova Children’s Hospital, her family had some brighter moments, like when nurses offered special pillowcases designed…
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Virginia business owner tells why tariffs may tank her company serving moms
The owner of Sarah Wells Bags told Democratic lawmakers that President Trump’s tariff policies are endangering her business.
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Loudoun County parents ask school board to take action after child called racial slurs
The mother of a 5-year-old boy subjected to racial slurs in a now-viral video is asking the Loudoun County school board to take stronger action. She says the video was made by a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) sixth grade boy off school grounds and shared with others. The 5-year-old’s mother was joined by others from the Asian-American community...
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Man accused of abducting 4-year-old freed from jail, arrested by ICE
A Northern Virginia mother felt fear and frustration after the man accused of trying to abduct her 4-year-old daughter was freed from jail — but she says her dread has now turned to relief after he was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It’s been nearly two years since her daughter’s middle-of-the-night screams tore through the...
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Fairfax County woman shot 6 times by her ex shares story of survival
Her own cellphone captured the start of the terrifying gunfire that changed Esther’s life forever. The six gunshots left her with permanent injuries and, for now, a tracheostomy tube she must use to speak. She asked News4 to conceal her identity, so only her first name is being used. “I struggle to breathe,” Esther said. “I struggle to talk...
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Yeardley Love's mother, coach raising awareness about relationship violence
They were a picture-perfect couple — both University of Virginia lacrosse players, Yeardley Love from the Baltimore suburbs and George Huguely from Chevy Chase. But the couple had a stormy, on again, off again relationship. And at Huguely’s trial, prosecutors said that on May 3, 2010 — in a jealous, drunken rage — Huguely entered her apartment, broke down her…
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Charges dropped after judge rejects plea in attempted abduction of girl, 4
A Virginia man accused of trying to abduct a 4-year-old girl was freed from jail Friday after almost two years. The Fairfax County commonwealth’s attorney dropped charges against Hyram Baquedano Rodriguez after a judge refused to sign off on a guilty plea with a two-year sentence. A family friend of the victim said the judge worried the sentence was...
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After middle schooler harasses Asian child on video, schools head shares message on hate
After a middle school student recorded himself using ethnic slurs as he harassed a 5-year-old Asian boy in Loudoun County, Virginia, the school superintendent shared a message about fighting hate. A video begins with a slur and shows the scared child running home and pleading, “No! Don’t hurt me! Don’t hurt me!” The little boy cried out for other...
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Man gets 23 years for Fairfax County shooting that left ex with life-changing injuries
A man who wounded his child’s mother so badly she has life-changing injuries and a near inability to speak was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison. Video played during Collins Agyei’s trial in Fairfax County showed him confronting the 25-year-old mother at her home in the Mount Vernon area. The video she was able to record on her...
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Gay Virginia GOP nominee accuses Youngkin's team of extortion, says lewd photos not his
Virginia’s Republican nominee for lieutenant governor is accusing Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s political advisors of extortion and says they’re trying to force him to end his campaign. John Reid is the first openly gay man to run on the Republican statewide ticket. In two videos he posted online, he went public with details of what he called Youngkin’s efforts to...
