Transgender Student Honored | NoVa Hotel Users Hacked | Woman's Throat Cut On Walk: News Nearby

There was plenty of news across Virginia and Washington, DC, on Thursday. If you missed any of it on your local Patch, here’s a roundup of some of the top stories from the past 24 hours.

• Men Jump Out of Car With AK-47s in DC, Alarming New Photos Show
• Virginia Transgender Student Makes Time's Most Influential List
• Woman's Throat Cut While Walking Dog in Alexandria

Minority Children Scarce At Trump’s Easter Egg Roll: Critics
Photos of mostly white children at President Trump's first White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday raised suspicions that the White House hadn't extended an invitation to the more diverse students at Arlington and D.C. schools, as had been done in the past. Representatives of both school systems confirmed to Patch recently that those suspicions were accurate.

White House Sidewalk Permanently Closed To Public

A recent security lapse where a man climbed the White House fence and wandered the grounds has prompted the Secret Service to permanently close the sidewalk near the South Lawn. So tourist photos posed at the official residence of President Trump must be taken 25 yards further away than usual, across E Street by the Ellipse.

Cyberattack Hits Hotels in Fredericksburg Area
Four area hotels in the area apparently were the sites of cyber fraud late last year. InterContinental Hotels Group, a parent company of Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and Candlewood Suites and other hotels, has announced that more than 1,000 of its locations may have been subject to a breach of customer credit card information between Sept. 29 and Dec. 29, 2016.

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• Credit Card Breach May Have Impacted Tysons Hotel
• Credit Card Breach May Have Impacted McLean Hotel
• Ashburn Ranked High on Best Places to Live in Virginia
• Fairfax Station Ranked High on Best Places to Live in Virginia
• Centreville Ranked High on Best Places to Live in Virginia
• Leesburg Ranked High on Best Places to Live in Virginia
• Chantilly Ranked High on Best Places to Live in Virginia
• Woodbridge Included on Best Places to Live in Virginia
• Manassas Included on Best Places to Live in Virginia

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