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Child dies after drowning in pool in Fairfax County

By Laura Spitalniak

A child died after drowning in a residential pool in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday. Emergency response officials were called to the neighborhood on Braymore Circle in Fairfax Station on Wednesday night. They found the victim, who later died at the hospital. Police have not released the gender or age of the child. Fairfax County police said detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau are responding to the scene.

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How Fairfax Co. 4th grader turned pandemic hobby into Food Network appearance

By Scott Gelman
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced meetings to be held virtually, Kelly Sheers created a system to ensure her four kids knew when they were able to interrupt her. The Fairfax County, Virginia, elementary school principal laid out red and green cups and would flip one to indicate whether she was available. But on one spring 2020 occasion, Sheers was in a staff meeting and forgot to flip the red cup.
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