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Top VA, DC news last week includes attempt to blow up vehicle at the Pentagon and tips to prevent spread of new coronavirus.

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A new Chantilly pet store, Woofys, could be facing a trademark lawsuit over the use of a name similar to a Northern Virginia pet services company.
A new Chantilly pet store, Woofys, could be facing a trademark lawsuit over the use of a name similar to a Northern Virginia pet services company. (Mark Hand/Patch)

Patch has 32 sites in communities in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Here are some of the top posts from the past week.

Attempt To Blow Up Vehicle At Pentagon Leads To Charges: Police

An Arkansas man was due in court Tuesday afternoon to face charges accusing him of trying to blow up a vehicle Monday morning at the Pentagon, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

VA, DC Coronavirus Planning For Pandemic Should Start Now: CDC

The Centers for Disease Control has shared tips for residents of Virginia and the District of Columbia to lessen the chance that they contract the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official warned Tuesday that it is only a matter of time before the respiratory disease spreads to communities across the United States.

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Judge Closes Hearing For Teen Accused Of Killing Mother, Brother

A Virginia judge ordered reporters out of a Fauquier County Circuit Court hearing room Monday afternoon in the case of Levi Norwood, 17, who is charged with the Valentine's Day killing of his mother and brother, citing the need to protect jury selection and the privacy of a youth. The Fauquier County's commonwealth's attorney and Norwood's defense attorney jointly asked the judge to close the case's initial proceedings to the public.

Trademark, Animal Cruelty Concerns Stoked By Chantilly Pet Store

The owners of Woofie's, a pet services company with locations in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, are preparing to file a trademark lawsuit next week against a new Chantilly pet store, Woofys, over its use of a similar business name. As they were investigating the ownership of the new store, the owners of Ashburn-headquartered Woofie's also learned that the new store's manager is one of the former managers of the Fairfax City Petland, which was shut down last September over alleged animal cruelty practices.

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Democratic Presidential Field Visits VA Before Super Tuesday

Candidates have made a handful of appearances in Virginia, and the better-funded ones have opened campaign headquarters, distributed lawn signs and bumper stickers, bought television ads and sent mailers to voters.

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