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17/05/2017

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16/05/2017

A Virginia mayor is trolling the trolls after he lashed out at torch-toting white nationalists who protested in his city.
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer has become the target of hate-filled, anti-Semitic messages from anonymous Twitter trolls after condemning a weekend protest over the planned removal of a Confederate monument.
Many public figures are advised to ignore the trolls. Signer is hitting back.

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A Virginia mayor is trolling the trolls after he lashed out at torch-toting white nationalists who protested in his city. Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer has become the

15/05/2017

A group that included a well-known white nationalist carried torches and chanted “you will not replace us” at a weekend protest in Virginia over plans to remove a monument of a Confederate general.

The protesters on Saturday evening called on officials to halt the removal of a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville and were swiftly condemned by the city’s mayor, who said the event appeared to hearken “back to the days of the K*K."

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A group that included a well-known white nationalist carried torches and chanted "you will not replace us" at a weekend protest in Virginia over plans

01/05/2017

In an increasingly competitive Democratic primary for Virginia governor, both candidates are looking for an edge among black voters.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — JaPharii Jones lost the right to vote after a felony burglary conviction when he was 23 and got it back last year right before Election Day. Now the 31-year-o

01/05/2017

"When we understand that life is fragile, does that mean we give up and say life ain't worth it? No," Chris Hurst said at a local Democratic committee meeting in March. "That's when we say it is worth it, and we do what we can when we're here to try to help another person."

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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The tipping point for Chris Hurst came last fall while reporting on a shooting at a rail car factory. When the camera turned off, he wept. Jus

25/04/2017

Former first lady Michelle Obama may have rallied Democrats during last year's presidential campaign by saying "when they go low, we go high," but attacking the unpopular President Donald Trump has become an essential element in Democratic campaigns in the country's two contests for governor this year.

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — In New Jersey, a candidate running for governor compared the Trump camp to N***s. In Virginia, a doctor running for governor fired up a gathering of Democrats

20/04/2017

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Thursday called off a man’s ex*****on in a 2006 murder-for-hire case, citing concerns about false information provided to jurors that he believes influenced their decision to sentence him to death. Ivan Teleguz was scheduled to be executed Tuesday, but McAuliffe commuted his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Thursday called off a man's ex*****on in a 2006 murder-for-hire case, citing concerns about false information provided to jur

19/04/2017

Virginia's Democratic governor is facing mounting pressure to halt next week's scheduled ex*****on of an inmate whose case has seen two witnesses recant, years after he was convicted of ordering his ex-girlfriend's killing.
Ivan Teleguz, 38, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection April 25 unless he's granted clemency by Gov. Terry McAuliffe. A Catholic, McAuliffe has said he personally opposes capital punishment but will uphold the law as governor. He hasn't stopped an ex*****on during his tenure.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Democratic governor is facing mounting pressure to halt next week's scheduled ex*****on of an inmate whose case has seen two witnesses recant, year

14/04/2017

Sunday marks 10 years since the shooting at Virginia Tech. This is a survivor's story of struggle and resilience.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Kevin Sterne has spent 10 years trying not to let himself be defined by the mass shooting that nearly killed him at Virginia Tech. But now that he's a new f

11/04/2017

The recently-hired manager of a small town in Virginia shot himself in the head Tuesday, authorities said, weeks after a woman went to court accusing him of harassment.

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The recently-hired manager of a small town in Virginia shot himself in the head Tuesday, authorities said, weeks after a woman went to court accusing him of harassment. Po

04/04/2017

Former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders endorsed Tom Perriello Tuesday in Virginia governor's race, saying progressives must be elected "at every level of government if we are going to beat back the dangerous agenda of the Trump administration and its Republican allies."

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Former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders endorsed Tom Perriello Tuesday in Virginia governor's race, saying progressives must be elected "at every level of government if we are going to beat back the dangerous agenda of the Trump administration and its Republican allies." The...

31/03/2017

Recently pardoned by Virginia's governor, one of the ex-sailors known as the "Norfolk Four" says he hopes the healing can begin after he was finally cleared in the 20-year-old case of a woman who was r***d and murdered. Eric Wilson says police bullied him into falsely confessing to the r**e of the 18-year-old woman found stabbed and strangled in a Norfolk, Virginia, apartment in 1997. Wilson says he still has nightmares about the interrogation that led to the false confession.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Eric Wilson feels he always needs an alibi. He rarely leaves his wife's side when not at work. He talks on the phone whenever he's in his car to leave a recor

30/03/2017

A tractor-trailer carrying 75,000 pounds of mulch struck and killed two children who ran into the road to meet their approaching school bus in Virginia on Thursday, state police said.

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DILLWYN, Va. (AP) — A tractor-trailer carrying 75,000 pounds of mulch struck and killed two children who ran into the road to meet their approaching school bus in Virginia on Thur

23/03/2017

Shipping containers full of coal ash from China, Poland and India have come into the U.S. through the Port of Virginia as foreign companies find a market for the same industrial waste that America’s utilities are struggling to dispose of.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Shipping containers full of coal ash from China, Poland and India have come into the U.S. through the Port of Virginia as foreign companies find a market for

21/03/2017

An altered Facebook headline on a news story involving a statue of Robert E. Lee has blown up into a major sore point in the Virginia GOP primary for governor. And it's not the first time politicians or their allies have changed headlines to suit their own purposes in linking to real news articles on that platform.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An altered Facebook headline on a news story involving a statue of Robert E. Lee has blown up into a major sore point in the Virginia GOP primary for governor

21/03/2017

Virginia's governor pardoned four former sailors who became known as the "Norfolk Four," ending a decades-long fight to clear the men of r**e and murder convictions based on intimidating police interrogations.

A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the governor granted absolute pardons for the men in the 1997 r**e and killing of Michelle Moore-Bosko. DNA evidence linked another man, Omar Ballard, to the crimes. He acknowledged that he was solely responsible and is serving a life sentence.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's governor pardoned four former sailors who became known as the "Norfolk Four," ending a decades-long fight to clear the men of r**e and murder convi

21/03/2017

The rejection of a sewage permit in rural Virginia has made unlikely allies of the Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union, which both allege that a county board discriminated against Muslims trying to build a new mosque.

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McLEAN, Va. (AP) — The rejection of a sewage permit in rural Virginia has made unlikely allies of the Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union, which both alleg

20/03/2017

Virginia's Medicaid program stands to lose $1.8 billion over a six-year span under House Republicans' plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, a state analysis has found.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A state analysis has found Virginia's Medicaid program stands to lose $1.8 billion over a six-year span under House Republicans' plan to overhaul the nation's health care system.

20/03/2017

Stealing a $230 pair of eyeglasses would land you a misdemeanor conviction in most states. Shoplifting the same item in Virginia could make you a felon for life.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Stealing a $230 pair of eyeglasses would land you a misdemeanor conviction in most states. Shoplifting the same item in Virginia could make you a felon for li

15/03/2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions continued to push his tough-on-crime agenda in Richmond on Wednesday, saying the Justice Department will encourage cities to revive violent crime-fighting strategies of the 1990s. Sessions addressed a group of police officers, sheriffs and prosecutors in Virginia's capital city, where Project Exile - a program that focused on sending certain gun crimes to federal court - has its origins.

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14/03/2017

A man hung himself with bed sheets at the Hampton Road Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia.

A Virginia jail under investigation for inmate deaths is facing fresh scrutiny after a prisoner's su***de.

17/02/2017

The governor's races this year in Virginia and New Jersey are unfolding in ways that powerfully echo the wild campaign for the White House.

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A blunt and combative Republican who sneers at political correctness. Insurgent candidates striking populist notes. Establishment figures on the defensive. A former TV star with political ambitions. The governor's races this year in Virginia and New Jersey are unfolding in ways that...

01/02/2017

Virginia is one of several states challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. Attorney General Mark Herring says the state is joining a lawsuit filed in federal court in Alexandria.

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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington, Massachusetts and New York are becoming the first states to sue the Trump administration with filings announced this week over the executive order restr

01/02/2017

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told cadets at the Virginia Military Institute on Wednesday that she knew a 1996 opinion she wrote opening the school to women "would make VMI a better place."

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has told cadets at the Virginia Military Institute that she knew a 1996 opinion she wrote opening the school to women "would make VMI a better place.".

26/01/2017

For nearly 50 years, Jeffrey MacDonald has consistently denied that he brutally killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters in their apartment on the Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina.
Now 73 and still behind bars, the former Army surgeon whose case has inspired books and a television miniseries is pursuing what may be a final opportunity to clear his name

https://apnews.com/6a8b271ecd0540efb11f3f91bbf378b8/'Fatal-Vision'-surgeon-pursues-appeal,-insists-he's-innocent

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — For nearly 50 years, Jeffrey MacDonald has consistently denied that he brutally killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters in their apartment on the For

26/01/2017

Robots about the size of a beer cooler could soon be rolling down Virginia sidewalks to deliver sandwiches, groceries or packages.

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Robots about the size of a beer cooler could soon be rolling down Virginia sidewalks to deliver sandwiches, groceries or packages.

17/01/2017

More than 11 years after the brutal murders of a well-known Richmond couple and their young daughters, the man convicted in their deaths is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The brutal murders of a well-known Richmond couple and their young daughters as they were preparing to host a New Year's party sent shock waves through Virginia's capital city. More than 11 years later,…

06/01/2017

A woman who says Old Dominion University police interrogated her for nearly eight hours before allowing her to get a medical exam to preserve evidence of her reported r**e filed a federal lawsuit against the school Friday.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A woman who says Old Dominion University police interrogated her for nearly eight hours before allowing her to get a medical exam to preserve evidence of her reported r**e filed a federal lawsuit against…

04/01/2017

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is promising to veto legislation banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, saying such a "socially divisive" proposal hurts the state's image.

https://apnews.com/0a796bf569254b67919d48f5a35e287b/Virginia-governor-vows-to-veto-20-week-abortion-ban-bill

04/01/2017

The drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy that Virginia plans to use in a lethal injection this month were appropriately prepared and tested and any argument that they are subpar is speculative, an attorney for the state said Tuesday.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy that Virginia plans to use in a lethal injection this month were appropriately prepared and tested and any argume

14/12/2016

A Virginia inmate asked a federal court Wednesday to block the state’s plans to execute him next month with lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy, suggesting even a firing squad would be more humane.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia inmate asked a federal court Wednesday to block the state's plans to execute him next month with lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy, suggesting even a firing squad…

14/12/2016

A federal appeals court has upheld a Virginia law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, rejecting a challenge from Democrats who argued that it suppresses voting by minorities and young people.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a Virginia law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, rejecting a challenge from Democrats who argued that it suppresses voting by minorities…

22/11/2016

A Virginia toddler who was the focus of a legal battle over whether a hospital could perform a brain death test over her parents' objections has died.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A 2-year-old Virginia girl whose parents went to court to block a hospital from performing a brain death test on the child has died, the hospital said Monday. Mirranda Grace Lawson passed away Nov.…

15/11/2016

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