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Reston-based child care research library faces risk of losing federal funding

Published May 15, 2025 at 1:45PM

The office buildings at 1900 and 1902 Reston Metro Plaza at Reston Station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

As the Trump administration continues to gut the federal workforce and budget, a Reston contractor recently got an inadvertent head’s up that one of its research projects could be next on the chopping block.

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spreadsheet mistakenly emailed to grant recipients on April 30 listed over 150 projects to support child welfare that are apparently being considered for termination, including Child Care and Early Education Research Connections, the Associated Press reported.

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White South Africans admitted by Trump administration arrive at Dulles Airport

By Associated Press

Published May 12, 2025 at 3:45PM

Afrikaner refugees from South Africa arrive, Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

By MATTHEW LEE, REBECCA SANTANA and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press

DULLES, Virginia (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday welcomed a small group of white South Africans as refugees, saying they face discrimination and violence at home, which the country’s government strongly denies.

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Youngkin amends state budget bill to increase rainy-day reserves over changes in D.C.

By Associated Press

Published March 25, 2025 at 11:15AM

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces Alarm.com expansion in Tysons in February 2022 (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said on Monday that he hoped to bolster Virginia’s rainy-day fund by $300 million in light of economic uncertainty surrounding the White House’s overhaul of federal jobs and its impact on the state’s workforce.

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Judge finds frozen embryos are not divisible property in cancer survivor’s case against ex-husband

By Associated Press

Published March 17, 2025 at 9:00AM

Fairfax County Courthouse (staff photo by James Jarvis)

By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia judge determined embryos are not property that can be divided up, rejecting a previous analysis by the court saying such fertilized eggs could be considered divisible “goods or chattel” based on 19th-century slave law.

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Springfield man convicted of funneling money to Islamic State group

By Associated Press

Published December 18, 2024 at 11:15AM

The Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man targeted by an FBI sting operation has been convicted on terrorism charges for collecting funds on behalf of the Islamic State group.

Mohammed Chhipa, 35, of Springfield, was convicted late Friday afternoon on all five counts against him, including providing material support to a terrorist organization, after a weeklong trial at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria. The jury deliberated for about three hours.

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CIA analyst charged with national security leak to be jailed until trial

By Associated Press

Published December 12, 2024 at 8:15AM

Asif William Rahman, a Vienna resident and CIA analyst, has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel's earlier plans to attack Iran. (Guam Department of Corrections via AP)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A CIA analyst charged with leaking top secret details ahead of a planned Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year will remain jailed pending trial, a judge ordered Wednesday.

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Springfield pilot killed in New York plane crash, but two dogs survive

By Associated Press

Published November 26, 2024 at 2:30PM

Seuk Kim, 49, of Springfield was killed in a plane crash in New York on Sunday, Nov. 24 (via Ever Loved obituary)

WINDHAM, N.Y. (AP) — A pilot and a rescue dog he was transporting to an animal shelter were killed when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, though two other dogs were later found to have survived, authorities said.

Seuk Kim, 49, was flying from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed Sunday evening in a remote area of Windham, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southwest of Albany, officials said.

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Vienna military veteran gets time served for making ricin out of ‘curiosity’

By Associated Press

Published November 14, 2024 at 8:15AM

The Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran who pleaded guilty to making ricin after his contacts with a Virginia militia prompted a federal investigation was sentenced Wednesday to time served after the probe concluded he had no intent to harm others.

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Reston contractor found liable for role in Abu Ghraib prison abuse

By Associated Press

Published November 12, 2024 at 4:40PM

A courtroom sketch depicts former Abu Ghraib prison detainee Salah Al-Ejaili at the trial of CACI, a Reston-based military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on April 16, 2024. (image by Dana Verkouteren via AP)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.

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Reston contractor on trial over alleged role in Abu Ghraib prison abuse

By Associated Press

Published November 1, 2024 at 9:00AM

A courtroom sketch depicts former Abu Ghraib prison detainee Salah Al-Ejaili at the trial of CACI, a Reston-based military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse and torture of detainees in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on April 16, 2024. (image by Dana Verkouteren via AP)

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago is again on trial in a federal courtroom after a long-awaited civil case earlier this year ended with a hung jury.