Puppy Saved From Hot Car | Metro's Major Screw-Up | $250K Lottery Winner: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Virginia and Washington, DC, on Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Congressional Shooting: Rep. Beyer Honors First Responders
• Funeral Set For Vienna Football Coach Lenny Schultz
• DC Parents Plead Guilty To Starvation Death of Infant Daughter
• 2 DC Area Bakers Land Walmart Deal

Reston's Congressman Mocks Trump, Goes Viral

Reston's representative in Congress took to Twitter after a story began circulating that President Trump had hung a fake Time magazine cover in his golf courses, and his own photoshopped Time cover blew up on social media this week.

New Virginia Laws Take Effect July 1: Birth Control, Drunk Truckers, Child Care, More
Virginia's new fiscal year begins July 1, and that's when hundred of new laws passed by the General Assembly take effect. We're talking everything from pink hunting blazers to drunk truckers to lifetime licenses for pets.

Teen Struck By Train Identified As Burke Resident
A 13-year-old girl struck by a Virginia Railway Express Train Wednesday afternoon near Clifton has been identified as a Burke resident. Reyhan Safoglu was pronounced dead on the scene.

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• Metro Had A Major Screw-Up This Weekend You Probably Didn't Hear About
• Woman Hits Man With Her Car In Arlington Heights, Flees: Police
• White Supremacists Invade DC Neighborhood
• Puppy In Hot Car Saved By Police In Courthouse (Photos)
• 'No Evidence' Nabra Hassanen's Killer Is A Gang Member: Police
• Virginia Lottery Winner: Dumfries Woman Nets $250,000

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