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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Muslim school board member from northern Virginia has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated after she was pepper-sprayed during a traffic stop and then photographed without her hijab following her arrest. Abrar Omeish, who was elected in 2019 to the Fairfax County school board, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria against the Fairfax County police officer who arrested her and against Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid. Omeish said she was stopped in March 2019 after an officer said she turned right at a red light with...

Omeish says that when she didn’t immediately produce her license, the officer ordered her out of the car and threatened her with pepper spray. By then, Omeish says she told the officer she’d provide her license, but he instead forcibly removed her from her car and pepper-sprayed her. When she was taken for processing, sheriff’s deputies insisted she remove her head scarf even though she protested her religion required her to wear it. The lawsuit was filed by lawyers with the Council on American-Islamic Relations. A police spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tu...

Inside a deadly siege: How a string of failures led to a dark day at the Capitol By Mark Mazzetti, Helene Cooper, Jennifer Steinhauer, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Luke Broadwater New York Times,Updated January 10, 2021, 10:42 p.m. Email to a Friend Supporters of President Trump scaled a wall on the Senate side of the Capitol Building in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College results, Jan. 6, 2021.JASON ANDREW/NYT WASHINGTON — Huddled in a command center on Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington and her aides saw a photograph of bloodstains on the temp...

Inside a deadly siege: How a string of failures led to a dark day at the US Capitol A full reckoning will take months or even years, and many lawmakers have called for a formal commission to investigate A pro-Trump mob storms the Capitol in Washington after a rally where the president spoke, urging them on. By Jason Andrew © 2021 The New York Times Washington: Huddled in a command centre on Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington and her aides saw a photograph of bloodstains on the temporary grandstands at the Ca...

Poor planning among government agencies and a restive crowd encouraged by President Trump set the stage for last week's siege at the U.S. Capitol.