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Bastille Day attack in Nice, France kills at least 80 people; Woodbridge man to be sentenced for trying to join ISIS

Northern Virginia’s daily dose of local and national news for Friday, July 15.

A truck crashed into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France on Thursday, killing at least 80 people and prompting President Francois Hollande to extend the country’s state of emergency another three months. In a statement, President Obama condemned the tragedy as a terrorist attack.
(ABC 7 News)

A Woodbridge man who pleaded guilty to attempting to join ISIS will be sentenced on Friday.
(WTOP)

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Arlington County Police arrested nine people involved in a drug ring distributing marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy in Clarendon after a seven-month undercover investigation.
(ARLnow)

Fourteen protestors from Showing Up for Racial Justice Northern Virginia closed Chain Bridge Road outside the Fairfax Adult Detention Center, calling for the dismissal of six police officers involved in the 2015 death of Natasha McKenna.
(Fairfax County Times)

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The Department of Defense sent a report to Congress that would finalize a law that grants new personnel authorities that allow the DOD to establish a civilian cyber workforce.
(Federal News Radio)

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A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly attempting to record video directed up a woman’s skirt at the Courthouse Metro station.
(WTOP)

The National Weather Service placed a heat advisory in parts of the DMV from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday after the heat index rose to 102 degrees.
(ARLnow)

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