AT the ripe old age of 59, Mama had defied the average life expectancy of a chimpanzee by all accounts. But as she was hit by a lengthy illness, the elderly chimp was refusing food and stayed curled in a ball-until a old friend paid her an unexpected visit.... " When we arrived at the chimpanzee quarters, Mama always came running towards me from the farthest corners to excitedly greet me from the other side of the moat in chimpanzee language with a loud panting ‘oohooh!... I will definitely mi

Flash floods overtook streets throughout Alexandria and parts of Fairfax County and Southern Maryland early Sunday, as a month’s worth of rain fell in an hour.... The rain fell at exceptional rates, with as much as three inches in 30 minutes in southern Alexandria.... 15. Katie Waynick, who lives in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, said nearly every house on her block of 30 homes had water damage from Sunday morning’s flood....