Wednesday at 5 p.m., an open-house style meeting will be held at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel for the public to weigh in on the proposed Arlington National Cemetery expansion, which would add 40,000-60,000 burials. Without an expansion, the cemetery could run out of space in 25 years.
(WTOP)
Sunday night, 22-year-old Zulqarnain Khan threatened people at Springfield’s Masjid Noor Mosque. Khan refused to let people enter the mosque, rammed into parked cars and threatened to kill people. Khan was arrested and charged with abduction, malicious wounding, destruction of property and disorderly conduct.
(WTOP)
Peter Pober, a communications professor at George Mason University, was accused of sexual harassment in February and retired in May. After the student, who graduated in May, filed the Title IX complaint, other students came forward claiming that Pober had harassed them too.
(WJLA)
Sunday night, a crowd of people riding ATVs and dirt bikes broke into a Rosslyn Exxon gas station at 1824 Wilson Blvd., breaking the station’s glass door and stealing merchandise.
(ARL Now)
Saturday morning, a Hispanic man in his late 30s assaulted and attempted to abduct a woman running at Stonewall Park in Manassas. The woman was able to escape with only minor injuries and police are searching for the suspect.
(INSIDENOVA)
A series of changes are expected to come to Upton Hill Regional Park, including adding a ticket booth at the batting cage, updating restrooms and adding a new playground, ropes course and parking lot. But to do this, 115 trees will have to be sacrificed, which a group called the “Friends of Upton Hill” is opposing.
(ARL Now)
On Monday night, the day before classes began, students at UNC Chapel Hill toppled the Confederate statue known as Silent Sam.
(The Washington Post)
Through Thursday, you can enter yourself into a drawing to win an abandoned or donated boat. Email [email protected], subject line: “BOAT RAFFLE” with your name, address and phone number. If selected, winners pick boats on a first-come, first-served basis.
(Reston Now)
