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Errant bus driver takes passengers for unwanted ride to Vienna Metro station

Published January 20, 2026 at 3:20PM | Updated January 20, 2026 at 4:43PM

Bus shelters at the Vienna Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A routine bus trip from New York City to D.C. took a harrowing turn for passengers last night (Monday) when the driver reportedly decided to ditch their intended destination for a journey into the unknown.

As documented in a viral thread on the nascent social media platform Bluesky by user Musicology Duck, a driver on a BestBus route from Penn Station to Union Station and Dupont Circle allegedly sped down a highway and refused to go to Union Station despite pleas from both riders and the bus company’s staff, dropping everyone off at the Vienna Metro station only after the police were called.

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JUST IN: Man charged with soliciting teen he met through TikTok, police say

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 28, 2025 at 12:15PM

Fairfax County police vehicle with blue lights on (file photo)

A man traveled from Minnesota to Virginia this past weekend to engage in illicit sexual acts with a teenager, Fairfax County police say.

Officers were called to a house in the 2000 block of Blue Ridge Court near Herndon at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 after a resident reported finding his 15-year-old child with an adult man, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

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Cybertruck races Lamborghini on Route 7 in Tysons, as FCPD seeks tougher stunt driving ban

By Angela Woolsey

Published October 29, 2024 at 12:30PM | Updated October 30, 2024 at 9:32AM

A Cybertruck and a Lamborgini set up for a race on Leesburg Pike at Westwood Center Drive in Tysons (via @ccj_media/Instagram)

A Cybertruck and Lamborghini recently took over a block of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) in Tysons for a brief speed contest.

One video of the race, which only lasted about five seconds, has accumulated over 57 million views on Twitter since it was posted early this morning (Tuesday), drawing the attention of Tesla and Twitter owner Elon Musk.

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FCPS concerned by increase in ‘hoax’ threats on social media

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 30, 2024 at 12:45PM | Updated September 30, 2024 at 1:19PM

Fairfax County Public Schools school bus (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Fairfax County police have determined that a threat on social media involving a potential shooting at Glasgow Middle School was unfounded, the latest in a growing trend that has families, schools and law enforcement nationwide on edge.

Glasgow administrators first alerted parents via text around 8:45 a.m. that a social media threat was being shared around the school, prompting them to call the police and other agencies for an investigation.

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Report: Facebook owner might shrink Reston Town Center office

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 8, 2024 at 11:30AM

The entrance to the office building at 1818 Library Street in Reston Town Center (via Google Maps)

Meta, the technology company that owns Facebook and Instagram, appears to be planning a dramatic downsizing of its office space in Reston Town Center, the Washington Business Journal says.

A listing on the commercial real estate database CoStar indicates that two floors of the office building at 1818 Library Street will become available in June 2025, the WBJ reported yesterday (Wednesday). That would amount to 51,000 square feet or two-thirds of the roughly 75,000 square feet of office space that Facebook leased in 2019.

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Former GMU professor sentenced to 25 years for child pornography

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 26, 2024 at 9:30AM | Updated July 26, 2024 at 10:07AM

The U.S. District Court in Alexandria (via Google Maps)

A one-time assistant professor at George Mason University has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for collecting hundreds of child pornography photos and videos, including from at least two people he coerced, U.S. prosecutors announced yesterday (Thursday).

Daniel Marc Lofaro, a 40-year-old Fairfax resident, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge in Alexandria on Wednesday (July 24) after pleading guilty to coercion and entitlement and receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography.

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TikTok may be circling office space in the Herndon area

By Fatimah Waseem

Published February 12, 2024 at 1:30PM

TikTok appears to be coming soon to offices on Sunrise Valley Drive in Herndon (via Google Maps)

Social media giant TikTok appears to be eyeing space in Herndon.

Fairfax County’s land use database shows that the video-sharing service has applied for a permit at 13641 Sunrise Valley Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station.

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Man challenges UVA track star to race at McLean HS, loss goes viral

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2024 at 1:30PM

McLean High School sign (file photo)

An impromptu race at McLean High School has gained some serious online traction.

University of Virginia track star Alahna Sabbakhan was visiting the school at 1633 Davidson Road for a straightforward workout, but then, a friend of her boyfriend claimed that he could beat her in a 400-meter race, despite not being a runner.

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Woman ordered to stop building ‘secret’ tunnel under her house by Town of Herndon

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 4, 2024 at 11:15AM

TikTok user Kala has been documenting the construction of a "secret tunnel" under her Herndon home since October 2022 (via engineer.everything/TikTok)

The Town of Herndon has shut down a resident’s months-long attempt to construct an elaborate tunnel system under her house.

Nicknamed “tunnel girl” by online followers, Kala shared in a Dec. 28 video that local officials have issued a stop-work order requiring her to suspend the “secret tunnel” project that she has been documenting on TikTok and, occasionally, YouTube since October 2022.

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Va. joins 32 states suing Meta over allegations its social media platforms harm youth

By Meghan McIntyre / Virginia Mercury

Published October 25, 2023 at 11:45AM

Meta owns the social media sites Facebook and Instagram (via Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced [on Tuesday] the commonwealth is joining 32 other states in a federal lawsuit against Meta over allegations its social media platforms are purposely harmful to children.

The lawsuit alleges that Meta knew about the extent of the psychological and health harms suffered by young users addicted to its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, but falsely assured the public they are safe and suitable for children and teens.