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AOL.com · Belmont, VA

Spotted Lanternflies Have Reached Belmont, Massachusetts, Where a Gardener Found Two on the Virginia Creeper in Her Own Back Garden - AOL

Belmont gardener Dorothy Gilman did not need a state survey to know the spotted lanternfly had arrived in her town. She found two of the insects on the Virginia creeper in her own back garden and killed them, she wrote in the Belmont Voice on Nov. 2, under a column headed “The Arrival of the Spotted Lanternfly.” The sap-feeding pest, first found in the United States in Pennsylvania in 2014, “has landed in Belmont,” Gilman wrote, adding that it is now definitely established in the area. Her find comes as Massachusetts officials say the insect is now confirmed in more than half the state’s cities and towns. Two on the Virginia creeper Gilman’s column describes a pest that is easy to miss until it moves. Adults are about an inch long and look gray-pink with black spots when their wings are folded. When the wings open, they show a red body underneath. A flash of red, Gilman notes, means the insect is getting ready to flee. Younger stages look different.

Cherry Creek News · Ashburn, VA

Nearby: Ashburn, VA

Scott Wiener, Pelosi’s Successor, Vows to Slow Down AI: ‘We Could Sleepwalk Into a Disaster’

San Francisco’s newly elected congressman is making one thing clear before he even takes his seat: America needs to hit the brakes on artificial intelligence. Scott Wiener, the California state senator who just won the hard-fought race for Nancy Pelosi’s open seat, has spent years authoring legislation aimed at curbing the risks of advanced AI. Now he’s bringing that mission to Washington — and he isn’t mincing words about the stakes. “We need to slow this down,” Wiener told MIT Technology Review just hours after he was declared the victor. “Because it’s moving very quickly, and we could sleepwalk into a disaster.” In a 20-minute conversation, the congressman-elect used the phrase “recursive self-improvement” half a dozen times — a window into how deeply he’s thinking about where AI is headed.

Loudoun Times-Mirror · Leesburg, VA

Nearby: Leesburg, VA

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WorldNetDaily · Herndon, VA

Nearby: Herndon, VA

‘Appeared to depict minor girls’: Son of Obama hatchet man John Brennan named in child porn case

John Brennan was the CIA director under Barack Obama’s administration and his blunt, hatchet man personality drew little favor from those outside his party. He, of course, had a large role in the Democrat Party lawfare against Donald Trump, then candidate for president, in cases that rolled like a steamroller through much of his first term. Now he’s under investigation for a variety of potential offenses, such as lying to Congress, and recently lost a lawsuit trying to force the government to bend to his will in its investigation. Turns out he’s not the only Brennan family member likely to spend some time in courtrooms. The Daily Mail reports Brennan’s son, Kyle, has been arrested for the alleged possession of child sexual abuse materials. “FBI agents took Brennan, 40, into custody at his workplace in Herndon, Virginia, on Friday afternoon. A search warrant of his personal cell phone was executed by FBI last night, according to a law enforcement source,” the report said.

Fairfax County Times · Reston, VA

Nearby: Reston, VA

In Memoriam: Betty Kerley

Betty Kerley, 96, a retired librarian, died in Reston, VA, on October 27, 2026. All her life, Betty loved learning and connecting with others. After college, she studied law at the University of Cincinnati. Of the 65 UC students graduating with a law degree in 1952, she was the only woman.Betty met her future husband, Ernest Kerley, in law school. They married and began a family, moving to Reston in 1966 when the community was only two years old.Betty was an active member of St. Anne's Episcopal Church for over 50 years, serving in many roles.Shortly after Ernest died, Betty went back to school to become a librarian. She worked as a Fairfax County Public Librarian for many years and continued to volunteer at the library after she retired.Betty loved helping patrons at the library, taking special satisfaction in helping recent arrivals to the United States set up email accounts, complete applications for immigrant documents, and connect with Fairfax County services.

Air Force Times · Navy, VA

Nearby: Navy, VA

That time Ted Williams faced off against Babe Ruth during WWII fundraiser game

It was a fantasy come true for baseball fans in the Bronx when a team led by Ted Williams, the last of the .400 hitters, met up with a team led by all-time slugger Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium on July 28, 1943, to benefit war-relief efforts and the American Red Cross. Then-Aviation Cadet Williams was the star left fielder for a Navy team called the “Cloudbusters” that featured other major leaguers such as Johnny Sain, Harry Craft, Johnny Pesky and Buddy Hassett who were now in Navy flight training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They were among the roughly 500 major league players who served in World War II. Player-manager Ruth’s team, called the “Yanklands,” was made up of former Yankee and Cleveland Indians players.