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Jackie Bensen

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Jackie Bensen

    Garbage truck driver charged in death of 13-year-old boy hit near Fairfax school (opens the original)

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    A garbage truck driver who police say hit and killed a 13-year-old boy near a Fairfax middle school was arrested and charged in the boy's death. Police said the student was riding a pedal-assist e-bike on the sidewalk along Pickett Road minutes after school let out for the day on Sept. 9. He entered the crosswalk when a garbage truck exiting a shopping center hit and killed him. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. The truck driver, 46-year-old Lawrence Onley, stopped at the exi

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Jackie Bensen

    Data center debate: Loudoun County residents give input on regulations (opens the original)

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    Monday night in Ashburn, Virginia marked the beginning of a new chapter in the data center debate. Loudoun County is home to 233 data centers at last count, more than anywhere else in the world. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. Too close, too hot, too noisy, too much water and energy consumption — Those concerns, and others, have been stressed over and over by Loudoun County residents like Anita Selino. “This is what I see from my driveway now, and that is a mile from my hou

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Jackie Bensen

    Bystander shot by shoplifting suspect outside Target in Ivy City (opens the original)

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    A person was shot Thursday night near the entrance of a Target in Northeast D.C. Police said a shoplifting suspect was able to grab a security officer’s handgun during a struggle. He then fired a shot that injured an uninvolved bystander. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. The suspect is accused of coming into the Target Store on New York Avenue NE in the Ivy City neighborhood Thursday evening and shoplifting thousands in merchandise. The haul included $1,500 worth of clothing

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Jackie Bensen

    Loudoun County board pauses data center applications (opens the original)

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    The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday night to put a pause on new data center development. The vote directs board staff to draft a resolution that would pause data center applications for 12 months. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. It passed 7-1-1, with Board Member Kristen Umstattd of the Leesburg district voting against it and Board Member Caleb Kershner of the Catoctin district abstaining. The board chair made it clear the measure was not a ban or a morato

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Jackie Bensen

    Firefighter and his police officer father both responded to Pentagon on 9/11 (opens the original)

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    Twenty-five years ago, a Virginia firefighter responded to the attack on the Pentagon unaware that his police officer father was there, too. The list of law enforcement agencies and fire departments that responded to the Pentagon the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, is long and distinguished. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now. D.C. Fire Assistant Chief Tony Kelleher was on duty as a firefighter in Loudoun County when his engine company got the call to head to the Pentagon. “As we cr

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