Details emerge on man arrested in baseball bat attack at Rep. Connolly's Fairfax office - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - Top News from WTOP

TOP NEWS | May 16, 2023 [Web version](   [Man with baseball bat attacks 2 staff members in Congressman Gerry Connolly's Fairfax office]( The Democratic congressman, who wasn't in the office at the time, said 49-year-old Xuan Kha Tran Pham was known to area police, adding, “he's never made threats to us, so it was unprovoked, unexpected and inexplicable.” [READ MORE](   [Students permitted to carry Naloxone on campus at Montgomery Co. schools]( After a rise in the number of overdoses in the county, Superintendent Monifa McKnight has signed off on a new regulation that allows students to carry "personally obtained" naloxone on school property. [READ MORE](   ADVERTISEMENT [FVCbank. Success Has a Bank.]( FVCbank has been serving Virginia and Maryland residents business banking and personal banking services since 2007. 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