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Man Posing As Rideshare Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman At Virginia Park, Police Say Man Posing As Rideshare Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman At Virginia Park, Police Say
Man Posing As Rideshare Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman At Virginia Park, Police Say A predator possibly posing as a rideshare driver gave a woman a trip from Hell when he allegedly sexually assaulted her on New Year's Day, according to a spokesperson from the Fairfax County Police Department. Mohannad Yousef Abura, 39, is facing serious criminal charges following an investigation into a reported assault of a woman he was driving from Washington, DC to Virginia. According to police, the woman was leaving a location in Dupont Circle after midnight on the holiday, when a man offered her a ride home and was possibly posing as a legitimate rideshare service.  Instead, it …

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by Zak Failla
Business
Lunchtime GOAT: Popular Mediterranean Chain Opens Another DMV Location Lunchtime GOAT: Popular Mediterranean Chain Opens Another DMV Location
Lunchtime GOAT: Popular Mediterranean Chain Opens Another DMV Location A fast-growing, fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant is dropping its dreamy falafel, pita, and bowls deeper into the DMV. Fresh off of feeding an army of reporters and staff outside of the Federal Courthouse in downtown DC last week, taim is opening its fourth DMV location in Fairfax's Westfair shopping center. Taim's newest location will officially open Friday, Aug. 11, at 11 a.m. The first 50 customers will receive taim swag. Expanding from Dupont Circle, which has been named “The Lunchtime GOAT" (Greatest Of All Time), Fairfax's taim joins locations in College Park, MD, and Tysons Corn…

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by Cecilia Levine
Real Estate
$30M DC Mansion On Track To Become City's Most Expensive Property Ever Sold $30M DC Mansion On Track To Become City's Most Expensive Property Ever Sold
$30M DC Mansion On Track To Become City's Most Expensive Property Ever Sold A Washington DC mansion that's hosted some of the country's most important leaders is on the market for $29.95 million. If the 23,000-square-foot Blaine Mansion on Massachusetts Avenue sells for its asking price, it would go down as the most expensive real estate transaction transaction in the city, according to listing agent Daniel Heider, of TTR Sotheby's International Realty. The home was listed last May, although an attached condo was listed for $2.2M last March, according to the Washington Post. The home was purchased by former diplomat John R. Phillips, and his wife Linda Dougla…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
One Dead, One Wounded In Shooting Outside Dupont Circle Nightclub One Dead, One Wounded In Shooting Outside Dupont Circle Nightclub
One Dead, One Wounded In Shooting Outside Dupont Circle Nightclub One victim was killed and another was seriously wounded in a shooting outside a nightclub in Dupont Circle, NBC4 Washington reported. At around 9:40 p.m. on August 11, multiple shots were fired in what was believed to be a drive-by shooting that killed one male victim, NBC4 said. Another victim, who was wounded in the shooting, was taken to a nearby hospital and was in critical but stable condition, reports said. Nearby residents reported hearing at least 20 shots fired and eyewitnesses said they saw a car drive by and someone open fire, NBC4 said. Police are asking anyone with inform…

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by AJ Goldbloom