The Fairfax City Council met for a closed session to confirm the official resignation of Mayor Richard “Scott” Silverthorne following his arrest for distributing meth. Community members gathered outside to protest the closed meeting. A public session will be held Tuesday.
(Fairfax County Times)
The defamation lawsuit over Rolling Stone’s article about an alleged rape at the University of Virginia, which the Charlottesville Police Department later found to be untrue and the magazine retracted, will likely head to a jury trial.
(The Washington Post)
United States gymnast Simone Biles won her third Olympic gold medal for the vault.
(USA Today)
Following heat advisories over the weekend, the high humidity will continue into the week interspersed with thunderstorms.
(WTOP)
A contract the Donald Trump campaign signed with Briar Woods High School for the GOP presidential candidate’s rally earlier this month may invalidate the arrest of a Loudoun County Public Schools teacher, who was charged with trespassing.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
Friends and family gathered at Empowerment Liberation Cathedral in Silver Spring to mourn the death of a local chef who was stabbed to death at a wedding in Chantilly. Bishop Allyson Abrams called the woman’s death a “hate crime.”
(WTOP)
