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schedule July 16, 2026

Teen Hackers Sentenced for TfL Cyberattack Threat

Owen Flowers, 18, and Thalha Jubair, 19, were part of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group that targeted London’s transport system. They face additional charges in the US that could add years to their sentences. Read More

Politics
schedule July 16, 2026

Supreme Court Ruling Weakens Voting Rights Protections

A town hall Friday in Reston will examine a recent Supreme Court decision that makes it harder to challenge electoral maps that dilute minority voting power. Speakers include U.S. Rep. James Walkinshaw and ACLU leaders discussing how residents can protect ballot access. Read More

Politics
schedule July 16, 2026

Tillis Threatens to Block Trump’s Voter ID Bill

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said he’ll stall the SAVE America Act if it reaches the Senate floor. The retiring North Carolina senator has emerged as Trump’s biggest critic on the legislation. The Senate is expected to take up the bill in the coming weeks. Read More

Crime
schedule July 16, 2026

Fed official gets 3 years for spying with China

A senior adviser at the Federal Reserve was sentenced to 38 months in prison for sharing restricted monetary policy information with Chinese intelligence operatives and lying about it to investigators. Read More

Crime
schedule July 16, 2026

Man arrested for killing kitten in bank

A 33-year-old from Reno was taken into custody after allegedly torturing a kitten to death inside a San Francisco bank’s entryway. He’s facing animal abuse charges. Read More

Crime
schedule July 16, 2026

Victim Grabbed Truck to Stop It—Then Was Run Over

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a fatal hit-and-run in San Mateo County. Police say the victim chased down the pickup truck that hit him and grabbed it, but the driver accelerated, causing him to fall and be run over. Read More

Crime
schedule July 16, 2026

Mom’s blunt takedown of Scott Peterson’s new evidence claim

Laci Peterson’s mother Sharon Rocha issued a five-word response to her son-in-law’s latest attempt to overturn his murder conviction: “There is no new evidence.” Peterson’s legal team continues fighting his guilty verdict more than 23 years after Laci vanished on Christmas Eve 2002. Read More