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New taxes on Airbnb stays in Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Residents in one Virginia city who rent out their homes through the short-term rental service Airbnb will have to start charging hotel occupancy taxes.

The Washington Post reports that Airbnb and the city of Alexandria, a northern Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital, have reached a first-in-the-state agreement on tax collections.

The agreement requires Airbnb to collect a 8.5 percent hotel occupancy tax and $1 per night charge for all bookings.

City officials estimate the new tax, which goes into effect April 1, will bring in about $100,000 a year.

‘Shopping cart killer’ sentenced to life in prison for 2021 murders

Anthony Eugene Robinson, also known as the "shopping cart killer," was sentenced Friday to life in prison for the 2021 murders of two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia, whose bodies he transported in a shopping cart and concealed in an undeveloped lot. Last year, Robinson was convicted of murdering 54-year-old Allene “Beth” Redmon and 39-year-old Tonita Lorice Smith in a Harrisonburg motel room in the fall of 2021. A jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated murder and two counts of concealing a dead body in 2025.
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