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Patch has 32 sites in communities in Va. and D.C. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Virginia Takes Legal Action Against Trump Executive Order on Refugee Ban
• Arlington Man Charged with Murder After Suspicious Death: Police
• Beware: Scalper Selling Tickets to Wolf Trap Summer Concerts

DC Bobcat Spotted, Search Narrows to 2 Neighborhoods Near Zoo

The National Zoo has received calls from tipsters who have spotted Ollie, a 25-pound bobcat that escaped from the National Zoo on Monday, and officials have narrowed the search to the Woodley Park and Cleveland Park neighborhoods near the zoo. >>> Read more.

$100K Lottery Prize Won Off Numbers From Fortune-Telling Machine

It sounds like something out of a movie. Cue the spooky music: A Virginia man, George Flinn of Powhatan, got some numbers from a fortune teller machine several years ago and used them earlier this month to win $100,000 playing a game called Cash 5 in the Virginia lottery. >>> Read more.

• Missing: Springfield Teen and Baby Could Be in Danger: Police
• Reston Police Officers Rally Behind Local Muslims as Tensions Rise
• Man Accused of Shooting at Cop Was Drunk and Waving a Stolen Gun in Herndon: Police
• MRE Cook-Off Saturday at National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle
• Federal Worker Pay Raise: Connolly Re-Introduces Proposal

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• Is Congress About to Conduct a Hostile Takeover of DC?
• Arlington Bishop Contradicts Trump, Says Area Should be Open to Refugees
• Indecent Exposure Reported Outside Bailey's Crossroads Restaurant: Police
• Couple Uncovers Contracting Scam in Stafford: Police
• Two Armed Robberies Likely Connected in Stafford: Police

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