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NWSL To Pay $5M After Players Suffer Sexual, Racist, Emotional Abuse From Coaches
The National Women's Soccer League will pay $5 million to compensate players who endured years of abuse and harassment.
The landmark NWSL settlement was announced by the attorneys general of New York, Illinois, and Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Feb. 5. The agreement follows investigations into claims of widespread misconduct, including emotional abuse, sexual coercion, and systemic failures that left players unprotected.
The NWSL will create a $5 million fund to pay players who experienced abuse.
"For too long, the hardworking and talented women of the National Women's …
Armed Man From MA Caught With Gun After Taking Tour Of Capitol In DC: Uscp
A man carrying a loaded handgun managed to pass through U.S. Capitol security, tour the Visitor Center, and walk through the halls of one of the nation's most secure buildings before being arrested just outside.
James A. Faber, 27, believed to be from Carlisle, Massachusetts, was arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 21, after Capitol Police spotted him near his parked car on First Street NE, authorities said.
He was carrying a concealed 9mm handgun loaded with unregistered ammunition. Authorities said Faber, who had been flagged earlier as a person in crisis with possible suicidal thoughts, ente…
PA Mom Who Used Fentanyl-Laced Apple Juice In Murder-Suicide Plot Pleads Guilty But Ill
A Pennsylvania mother who claimed "God told her" to kill herself and her 8-year-old daughter with fentanyl-laced apple juice has pleaded guilty but mentally ill, authorities announced on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
Skye Naggy, 32, admitted to attempted homicide, aiding suicide, kidnapping, and child endangerment before Westmoreland County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Feliciani, nearly three years after her arrest in November 2022.
Naggy's plan unraveled after police discovered her and the child in a wooded area near Loyalhanna Lake. Investigators, who tracked Naggy's phone, also uncovered a…
Woman, 72, Reported Missing In Virginia For Days Found Dead, Police Say
A 72-year-old woman who was reported missing in Virginia on Thursday morning has been found dead, police say, though no foul play is suspected in her death.
On Thursday, Sept. 26, an alert was issued by the Fairfax County Police Department regarding Sylvia Hunt, who was last seen days ago on Monday, Sept. 23 in the 5800 block of Aspen Wood Court in McLean.
At the time, police noted that Hunt was considered endangered due to mental and physical health concerns.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Thursday night, the police issued a new announcement advising that Hunt was found dead.
Detectives from t…
Armed Man, 22, Killed By Police After Overnight Negotiations In Woodbridge, Police Say
Prince William County police shot and killed an armed 22-year-old man following an overnight incident in Woodbridge, authorities said.
Officers were called to a home on the 3400 block of Caledonia Circle on reports of a suicidal person around 8:20 p.m., county police said in a release.
"The incident was contained, and over the course of the evening, officers attempted numerous times for the individual’s safe surrender," police said.
On Thursday morning, Aug. 1 around 5:30 a.m., officers engaged the individual who was shot and killed. No officers or other community members w…
Virginia Community Ranked Third 'Best Place To Live For Families' New Fortune Report Finds
If you know, you know.
It's no secret to Fairfax County residents, but Fortune made it official, naming Chantilly the third "best place to live for families" in a newly released ranking, citing it as "a serene escape" from the DC craziness.
Researchers cited Chantilly's proximity to the city (24 miles), as well as Dulles International Airport, which is approximately seven miles away and is "convenient for family vacations."
"The community is largely residential, with just over 25,000 people, but there’s plenty to do," they said. "Along Route 50 you’ll find a number of…
Arlington Murder-Suicide Couple ID'd By Police
Police have identified the couple found dead in a murder-suicide in Arlington this week.
Nadejda Mossor, 22, and Jason Han, 37, who were in a relationship, were found by maintenance workers conducting a welfare check around 4:15 Monday, March 5, in their home on the 500 block of 12th Street S, police said.
"Inside the bedroom, responding officers located an adult male and adult female deceased from apparent gunshot wounds," authorities said.
"Based on the preliminary investigation, the incident is being investigated as an apparent homicide-suicide. Final determination of cause a…
NY Man Who Assaulted Female Passenger On Flight To Newark Gets 2 Years, No Parole
UPDATE: An upstate New York man who admitted assaulting a fellow passenger on a flight from Denver to Newark must spend two plea-bargained years in federal prison.
Ryan Manuella, 30, of Erie County, “moved to a vacant center seat next to a female passenger, who was sitting in a window seat” on the April 16, 2021 flight, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Manuella, who didn't know the woman, then "touched the passenger without her consent," Sellinger said.
"The victim then yelled at him and left the row of seats," the U.S. attorney said.
Defense attorney Andrew Olesnyck…
Housemate Admits Killing Prominent DC Sculptor In Montgomery County: State's Attorney
A Kensington woman has admitted to murdering her 92-year-old sculptor roommate and trying to make it look like a natural death, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy announced.
Julie Birch, 27, has pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Nancy Ann Frankel, who she first attempted to suffocate, then strangled to death during an incident in July 2021.
Montgomery County Police and Montgomery County Fire and Rescue personnel responded to a Spruell Drive home on July 28, 2021, in Kensington, to conduct a death investigation after Frankel was killed.
Upon arrival, Birch, then 2…
