Alexandria fire leaves one dead and two injured

By Sandra Salathe
March 29, 2020 | 2:14 AM

One man is dead and two others are injured after a fire broke out in an Alexandria condo Saturday evening.

At round 7 p.m. a fire started in the living room of the condo located at San Leandro Place, near Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School according to Assistant Chief of Fairfax County Fire Jason Jenkins.

A woman was taken to the hospital with burns on her hands. Another man suffered burns, but did not go to the hospital.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire. Below is a map of where the incident took place.

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This new video game can help prevent depression in teens, researchers say

By Steve Karesh
August 21, 2026 | 1:37 PM

Depression is a growing problem among American teenagers, and a group of researchers at Dartmouth College have found a novel way to help reduce it: playing a video game. The game is called PlaySmart and it works by giving players real-life scenarios to navigate “and then they have the opportunity to interact and choose healthy options or unhealthy options," said Caroline Barry, who is on the team at Dartmouth that developed PlaySmart. "If they choose unhealthy options, it takes them down a track with more severe consequences.” The game is, in some ways, like rehearsing for complicated situations that a teenager might face at home or at school "without the severe consequences of real life," she said.

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