Five police officers were killed and seven wounded Thursday after a protest in Dallas over recent police-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. Three suspects are in custody and one is dead following a three-hour standoff.
(The Washington Post)
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside of the White House following the police-involved shooting deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.
(The Washington Post)
Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently met with advocates for voting rights restoration for ex-convicts at the Northern Virginia Urban League in Alexandria. The governor signed an executive order that returned voting rights to more than 200,000 former prisoners in April.
(Alexandria Gazette Packet)
The Jewish Voices for Peace and the Universalist Church of Arlington Committee for Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine will show the film The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States at Arlington Central Library on Sunday. Citizens Opposed to Propaganda Masquerading as Art will lead a protest.
(ARLnow)
Virginia Opera named Aaron Breid as its new chorus master/assistant conductor.
(Fairfax County Times)
Roughly 75 firefighters responded to a fire at a shopping center in Springfield on Thursday afternoon.
(ABC 7 News)
