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Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In Northern Virginia, Police Say Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In Northern Virginia, Police Say
Daycare Teacher Assaulted Two 2-Year-Old Boys In Northern Virginia, Police Say Two children were allegedly assaulted by a 61-year-old daycare teacher in Northern Virginia, according to police. Alexandria resident Wafa Abdelhafiz Abdalla, an educator at the Faz Creative Education Learning Center in the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road in McLean, was arrested this week following an investigation into alleged assaults on children. Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department determined that Abdalla forcefully pushed a 2-year-old boy to the floor and struck another 2-year-old boy in the head with an open hand while working as a teacher at the daycare. Abdalla was ar…

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Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze
Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze They thought they had put the fire out. Hours later, a Maryland home was engulfed in flames. The strange sequence began shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, when a resident on Walnut Lane in Elkton reported smoke inside the attic, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Firefighters arrived at approximately 9:08 p.m. and found a small, smoldering fire involving the home's electrical system. Crews quickly extinguished it, secured power to the three-story home, and eventually cleared the scene. Then, less than eight hours later, came another 911 call. At 4:55 a.m. on Saturday, A…

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Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know
Payouts Set To Start In $115M Privacy Class-Action Settlement: What To Know A long-awaited payout from a major privacy case is about to begin, but only people who filed claims before the deadline can receive money. Payments from Oracle’s $115 million class-action settlement will begin on Monday, Sept. 21, according to the official Oracle Data Privacy Settlement website. The distribution should be completed by Monday, Dec. 7. The appeals process was fully resolved on June 22, clearing the way for payments. The settlement resolves claims that Oracle improperly captured, compiled, and sold people’s online and offline data without their permission. The lawsuit allege…

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by Joe Lombardi
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CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States, DC CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States, DC
CDC Map Shows Massive Cyclospora Surge Across 48 States, DC A foodborne parasite surge that has already sickened thousands of Americans is still growing as health officials investigate several potential sources. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 17,180 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the US have been reported since Friday, May 1.  Cases have now been identified in 48 states and Washington, DC, according to data updated Tuesday, Aug. 25. The only states not reporting cases are Delaware and Hawaii. That compares with 1,180 cases reported during the entire period from May 1 through Aug. 31 of last year. …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News
Bret Baier Rebuts Trump After President Slams Fox News A Fox News anchor wasted little time answering President Donald Trump after the president took aim at the network and one of its reporters. Bret Baier delivered a point-by-point rebuttal during “Special Report” on Thursday, Aug. 27, minutes after Trump criticized Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt in a Truth Social post about the network’s Iran coverage. “Jonathan Hunt of Fox News did a particularly inaccurate report on the Failing Islamic Republic of Iran,"  Trump wrote. "I don’t want to meet, they do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal. Bret Baier should straighten out his fl…

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by Joe Lombardi
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These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds
These Everyday Habits Could Be Relationship Dealbreakers, Survey Finds A new survey is revealing the relationship habits many Americans say can go too far, with some behaviors falling into a gray area before a breakup ever happens. Talker Research surveyed 2,000 Americans about what counts as cheating in 2026 and found that emotional connections, secret communications, and online activity can be viewed as relationship breaches. The survey, conducted online from July 1 to July 6, 2026, found that 15 percent of Americans who are married or in a relationship admit they have romantic feelings for someone outside their relationship. Gen Z respondents were the most…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say 'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say
'Make Me Look Fancy': Woman Who Livestreamed WWII Memorial Vandalism In DC Indicted, Feds Say Melissa Farris apparently wasn't interested in keeping a low profile. Three days after livestreaming her own arrest near the National Mall, the 41-year-old Kentucky woman allegedly returned to federal property in DC with spray paint, turned the World War II Memorial into her canvas, filmed herself doing it, and later asked her social media followers to help spread the footage. Now she's been indicted. A federal grand jury returned charges against Farris, of Elizabethtown, accusing her of destruction of a veterans' memorial and destruction of government property in connection with the Aug. …

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'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction 'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction
'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction What was first described as a deadly home invasion in Virginia looked very different by the time a jury saw the video. Tyler Chase Butler was convicted in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr. in May last year. All over a TikTok prank. The verdict followed a three-day trial that filled in the chaotic moments before and after Butler fired 10 shots outside his home in the River Club subdivision. Bosworth and two friends had been out pulling a late-night prank, banging and kicking on a neighbor's garage door before running away, a…

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Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished
Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished Five days later, the search isn't letting up for an 81-year-old woman who vanished after going for a walk in Virginia. A large law enforcement presence remained in the Lincoln Road area of Purcellville on Friday, Aug. 28, as the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office continued searching for Carolyn Taylor, who hasn't been seen since Sunday morning. Taylor was last spotted at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Aug. 23 in the 18000 block of Foundry Road, according to the sheriff's office. The search in Loudoun County is intensifying. Loudoun County Sheriff She had left for a walk and never returne…

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Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff
Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff A former educator in Maryland who preyed on a student is facing a host of charges following his arrest, authorities announced. Chance Michael Hogue was taken into custody following a weeks-long investigation into reports of sexual abuse involving a child in Wicomico County. According to the sheriff's office, detectives developed evidence that Hogue sexually abused and exploited the victim during the time he was employed by Wicomico County Public Schools. The victim was a student at Wicomico High School, where Hogue was employed as a teacher. Investigators determined that Hogue began …

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Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: Nypd A 63-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after setting himself on fire in the lobby of a Manhattan building housing Google offices, authorities said. John Butch, of Brooklyn, was charged with arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment following the incident on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the NYPD. Police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a man who had set himself on fire inside 315 Hudson St. in Hudson Square just before 3 p.m., authorities said. Responding officers found Butch with burns throughout his body, police said. He was taken by EMS to New York-Pre…

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Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports
Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports At this point, khat smugglers seem determined to keep DMV airport officers busy. Another 764 pounds of the leafy stimulant turned up in passenger luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 20, leading to two arrests and pushing a remarkable recent run of seizures at Dulles and BWI to nearly 2,400 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Protection. CBP officers assigned to Dulles International Airport discovered 764 pounds of khat, a controlled substance, in the suitcases of two men arriving from overseas. CBP This time, two men allegedly arrived separate…

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