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Katie Ledecky receives welcome reception at Dulles Airport; Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun county schools have highest standardized test scores in NoVA

Northern Virginia’s daily dose of local and national news for Thursday, Aug. 18.

DMV residents gathered to welcome home U.S. Olympic swimmer and Bethesda native Katie Ledecky at Dulles Airport.
(ABC 7 News)

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In Northern Virginia, schools in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties received the highest scores across the sections of standardized tests.
(WTOP)

Brazilian officials pulled two U.S. Olympic swimmers from a flight at the Rio de Janeiro airport to question them about an alleged robbery at gunpoint the two athletes and their teammate and Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte reported on Aug. 14. Lochte has already returned to the U.S.
(CNN)

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he believes the Virginia Supreme Court judges who voted to overturn his voting rights restoration executive order were “scared.”
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)

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Virginia Department of Transportation warned commuters of delays in the face of roughly 1,500 motorcyclists participating in America’s 9/11 Ride this Friday.
(ARLnow)

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