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U.S. appeals court will reconsider Md. ban on assault weapons | U.S. appeals court will reconsider Md. ban on assault weapons |
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A federal appeals court announced Friday that it will rehear a case involving Maryland’s 2013 ban on semiautomatic high-capacity assault weapons. | A federal appeals court announced Friday that it will rehear a case involving Maryland’s 2013 ban on semiautomatic high-capacity assault weapons. |
Last month, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit cast doubt on the legality of the state’s ban, passed after the mass shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. | |
The 2-to-1 decision would have sent the gun-control law back to a lower court for review. | |
Instead, a majority of eligible judges voted to revisit the law this spring. Oral arguments are scheduled for May 11 at the Richmond-based appeals court. | Instead, a majority of eligible judges voted to revisit the law this spring. Oral arguments are scheduled for May 11 at the Richmond-based appeals court. |
The law, which remains in effect, bans the possession or sale of more than 45 types of assault weapons. | |
— Ann E. Marimow | — Ann E. Marimow |
A man killed in a motorcycle crash in Oxon Hill on Wednesday was identified by police Friday as Raymond Newman III, of Fort Washington. He was 32. | |
Police said he lost control on National Harbor Boulevard and struck a lightpole. | |
— Dana Hedgpeth | — Dana Hedgpeth |
At least seven schools in Northern Virginia received bomb threats Friday morning, prompting some to evacuate and others to lock down. | |
George Mason High, in Falls Church, was evacuated after it received what school officials said was an “automated bomb threat” by phone shortly before noon. | |
Fairfax County police are investigating bomb threats that were called in to three public schools and one private school between 11:22 a.m. and noon, but authorities declined to say whether those threats were from automated phone calls, known as robo-calls. | |
Police determined them not to be credible, and Fairfax Public Schools officials decided to continue classes at the three high schools that received threats. | |
Police also are investigating threats called in to a Catholic high school in Arlington and to Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County. Both schools were evacuated. | Police also are investigating threats called in to a Catholic high school in Arlington and to Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County. Both schools were evacuated. |
Similar threats were called in to schools in New Jersey and Maine on Friday, part of a pattern of increasing bomb threats at public schools. | |
— Moriah Balingit and T. Rees Shapiro | — Moriah Balingit and T. Rees Shapiro |
A second day-care teacher was convicted of child cruelty and other counts Thursday for abusive behavior toward a classroom of 2-year-olds that a prosecutor described as a “baby fight club.” The behavior included stepping on toes and feeding youngsters Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. | A second day-care teacher was convicted of child cruelty and other counts Thursday for abusive behavior toward a classroom of 2-year-olds that a prosecutor described as a “baby fight club.” The behavior included stepping on toes and feeding youngsters Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. |
Kierra Spriggs, 26, of Woodbridge was convicted of four counts of felony child cruelty and two misdemeanor counts of assault and battery at a jury trial in Prince William County. Later Thursday, a jury recommended sentences of three to 12 months on the various counts. | |
— Associated Press | — Associated Press |
A teacher with Fairfax County Schools was arrested Friday and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, county police said. | |
They said Eric D. Pittelkau, 64, of Springfield was arrested following an investigation that started after a 16-year-old female student was allegedly touched. She was physically unhurt. | |
— Clarence Williams | |
and Martin Weil |
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