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NHL's Capitals and NBA's Wizards are staying in Washington after Virginia arena deal collapses

Mar. 27, 2024 22:05 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ted Leonsis told District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser late last year that the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals he owns would probably be leaving Washington for Virginia, she told him no, they would not. Ultimately, she proved to be...

City of Alexandria says talks to lure the NHL’s Capitals and NBA’s Wizards to Virginia have ended, won't proceed

Mar. 27, 2024 15:57 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — City of Alexandria says talks to lure the NHL’s Capitals and NBA’s Wizards to Virginia have ended, won't proceed.

Hurry up and wait: Trump's classified documents case is mired in delays that may run past election

Mar. 27, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The case against Donald Trump seemed relatively straightforward in August 2022 when FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago estate, with authorities citing evidence that the former president hoarded enough classified documents to fill dozens of boxes and obstructed the government's...

2 high school wrestling team members in West Virginia are charged with sexual assault

Mar. 27, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia minors are facing sexual assault and other charges following an alleged incident at a hotel involving members of a high school wrestling team, authorities say. Raleigh County Sheriff James Canaday said the perpetrators are each facing two...

WidePoint: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 26, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — WidePoint Corp. (WYY) on Tuesday reported a loss of $1.3 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Fairfax, Virginia-based company said it had a loss of 15 cents. The information technology services provider...

A woman accuses a schoolmate of raping her at age 12. The school system says she is making it up.

Mar. 26, 2024 15:11 PM EDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A 24-year-old woman told jurors Tuesday that she was repeatedly raped and sexually harassed a decade ago as a seventh-grade student in Virginia, and that school officials reacted to her pleas for help with indifference. Lawyers for the school system say she...

Kentucky hires Kenny Brooks as women's basketball coach after successful tenure at Virginia Tech

Mar. 26, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky hired Kenny Brooks as women's basketball coach after a successful tenure with Virginia Tech highlighted by the ACC regular season championship a year after winning the tournament title and reaching its first Final Four. The school announced Brooks'...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

Mar. 26, 2024 07:12 AM EDT

Arlington Heights Daily Herald. March 23, 2024. Editorial: Blagojevich’s impotent populism No one was particularly surprised, not even the impeached former governor himself, with the ruling of a federal judge on Thursday that Rod Blagojevich cannot sue to block an...

Virginia Democrats launch their own budget tour to push back on Youngkin's criticisms

Mar. 25, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Top Democratic Virginia legislators on Monday held the first in a planned series of public appearances designed to tout their budget legislation, offering counterprogramming to the broadsides Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been lobbing at the spending plan. ...

Walker's career night carries Baylor past Virginia Tech in women's NCAA Tournament

Mar. 25, 2024 00:00 AM EDT

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — In the moments following their NCAA Tournament victory, the Baylor Bears remained on the floor celebrating, and then they started chanting “Jada, Jada, Jada.” Jada Walker was certainly worthy of being serenaded — and more. Jada Walker...