• Wed, March 12, 2025

by: InsideNoVa

UPDATE: 'Person of interest' named in case of missing college student from Loudoun

After three days of searching the waters and shores near a resort beach in Punta Cana, where his daughter was last seen, the father of 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki of South Riding has asked Dominican Republic officials to widen their investigation into kidnapping and abduction.

by: dw

Could Europe benefit from Trump's 'assault on science'?

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by: FedScoop

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by: CoinTelegraph

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by: UPI

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by: Nextgov

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by: Axios

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by: KVOA

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by: TechCrunch

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by: Reuters

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by: KHON2

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by: CNN

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by: MSN

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by: Oneindia

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by: LADbible

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by: NextBigFuture

African and Asian Poor Can Double Their Income With Cheap Phones

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by: Patch

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by: IOL

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by: PennLive

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by: CNN

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by: MSN

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by: UPI

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by: NextBigFuture

$50,000 Tesla Cybertruck Using 4680 Iron LFP Batteries in 2026

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by: Moneycontrol

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by: GeekWire

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by: STAT

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by: BBC

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by: IOL

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by: TheHyperHive

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by: Bloomberg

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by: insideHPC

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by: CalMatters

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by: Axios

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by: WTOP

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by: Insider

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by: AZoLifeSciences

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by: Polygon

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by: TechCrunch

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by: Swarajya

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by: Time

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by: NextBigFuture

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by: SiliconANGLE

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by: Reuters

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by: CNET

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by: NextBigFuture

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by: CNET

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UPDATE: 'Person of interest' named in case of missing college student from Loudoun

After three days of searching the waters and shores near a resort beach in Punta Cana, where his daughter was last seen, the father of 20-year-old Sudiksha Konanki of South Riding has asked Dominican Republic officials to widen their investigation into kidnapping and abduction.
The article from InsideNoVA reports on the case of a missing college student from Loudoun County, Virginia. The student, identified as 21-year-old Maxwell Emerson, was last seen on July 17, 2023, at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he was attending a professional development conference. Emerson, a teacher at Oldham County High School in Kentucky, was reported missing after he did not return home as expected. The Metropolitan Police Department has named a person of interest in the case, but no further details about this individual have been released. Emerson's family and friends have been actively involved in the search, distributing flyers and using social media to spread awareness. The police are urging anyone with information to come forward to help locate him.

Read the Full InsideNoVa Article at:
https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/update-person-of-interest-named-in-case-of-missing-college-student-from-loudoun/article_1eefe34e-fdb2-11ef-83e0-dbb9d7c7e502.html