Category 3 Hurricane Matthew landed in Florida with roughly 120-mph winds, rain and power outages. Many places in the state and along the East Coast have been evacuated, and President Obama declared a state of emergency in Georgia. The hurricane is expected to to cause rain showers in D.C. Friday evening and Saturday.
(WTOP, ABC 7 News, Savannah Morning News)
Incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock and opponent Democrat LuAnn Bennett argued health care, transportation and the federal budget during a debate in Lansdowne on Thursday. They will appear in a second debate on Oct. 19.
(Loudoun Times-Mirror)
A dedication service for George Mason University’s renamed Antonin Scalia Law School took place Thursday.
(ARLnow)
A Norfolk police officer was acquitted in the 2014 shooting death of a mentally ill man.
(ABC 7 News)
Three Arlington public high school students, two from Yorktown and one from Washington-Lee, earned perfect 36 scores on their ACTs.
(ARLnow)
