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Beat the back-to-school burnout

Summer’s slow mornings and long evenings have slipped away. Buses are back on the roads, alarms are ringing earlier, and backpacks are stuffed with fresh pencils and new expectations.

Oakton field hockey off to a hot start

After defeating Robinson and Yorktown this season, the Oakton Cougars feel good about themselves, as this is probably one of their best starts in program history. However, they’re coming off…

Are pecans the new healthy pumpkin spice?

I have a long-standing tradition each year that on the first day pumpkin spice lattes come out at Starbucks (usually around the last week of August), I buy one. Even…

Did Fairfax High football coach face retaliation?

The Fairfax County Times has learned that Fairfax County Public Schools officials allegedly designated two transfer students as “homeless” to make them eligible for Hayfield Secondary School’s football team, as…

Remembering a forgotten World War II ally

BEIJING, Sept. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In his book Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945, Rana Mitter, British historian and professor of U.S.-Asia relations at the Kennedy School of…