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The Supreme Court allowed Virginia to remove people from voter rolls
The US Supreme Court has issued a stay of a federal judge’s ruling that halted the removals of voters from Virginia’s voter list, six days before election Day. The court said it will not stop the state from removing voters “too close to an election”. The high court’s order will stay the removal of voters…
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Just Walk Out technology is no longer being sold at Amazon’s Fresh grocery stores
Amazon has announced it is ending its ‘Just Walk Out’ technology at all its Fresh grocery stores in the US. The company said it’s shutting down all its stores in California, Illinois, Virginia and Washington state and is focused on remodeling most of its stores and opening new Fresh stores. However, it added the technology…
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The small fish is at the center of a fight in the bay
A group of conservation groups has filed a petition against a $3 million (around 2 crore) study on menhaden population in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay. The study was planned with the help of Omega Fish, a company that conducts fish surveys. The coalition of sport fishers and conservation groups wants a halt to menhaden fishing in…
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Don Scott is the first black Speaker of the Virginia Legislature
Don Scott, a 58-year-old Democrat from Virginia, has become the first black speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Scott had served as the Speaker of the Portsmouth House of Delegates for 400 years before being elected to the House of Delegates last year. He was arrested for drug possession at the age of 25…
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In the election in 2023 Abortion rights will win big
Democrats took control of the state Senate and flipped the state House of Delegates in West Virginia, which means there will be a divided government. Virginia is the only state that hasn’t restricted abortion in response to the Supreme Court decision last year. Ohio voters approved a Ballot Initiative in 2015 that would include abortion…
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D.C. residents were shocked with a sonic boom after the military F-16s intercept the business jet
A business jet that was unresponsive was picked up by military jets before it crashed in Virginia on Wednesday, officials said. The plane was bound for Long Island Airport in New York, the FAA said. The pilot, three passengers and the plane’s owner were killed when the aircraft crashed more than a mile from Blue…
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She was worried last summer when the water came out
Tammie Bailey, a woman in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, US, said that her well was pumping out water so polluted from natural and man-made runoff that all the pipes, fixtures and faucets inside her home had to be replaced. Some companies built their own water plants but when the mining industries moved on,…
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They were captured at an IHOP after escaping from jail using a toothbrush
Two inmates who escaped from a jail in Virginia, US, by digging out and scaling a wall were found at a nearby IHOP hours later on Tuesday, officials said. The sheriff’s office shared a photo of a small hole in one of the jail’s brick walls that they said had been dug by the men…
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Amazon has a second headquarters in Virginia
Amazon has said that it plans to move ahead with construction of its second headquarters in Virginia “later this year”, including applying for permits. Amazon told Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey that it “would proceed thisyear with permitting on the second phase of HQ2”, which indicates it could kick off construction on the second…
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The second headquarters for Amazon is not currently being built
Amazon has said that it is excited to have over 25,000 employees at the first phase of its Crystal City campus in Virginia by June. “We’re also expecting to do pre-construction work on the construction later this year, including applying for permits,” Amazon said. The project, called Metropolitan Park, is expected to bring 25,000 high-paid…
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A judge in West Virginia says it is possible to keep a ban on transschool athletes.
As many as 10,000 students walked out of their schools in Virginia, the US, on Tuesday to protest against Governor Glenn Youngkin’s proposed policies on transgender students in schools and schools. The protesters claimed the policies will lead to trans students not being able to participate in sports and other activities. Earlier, thousands of students…
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McClellan won the Democratic nomination and is expected to be the next congressman in Virginia.
US Senator Tim Kaine has campaigned with Tim Stoney, who officiated at Kaine’s wedding, over the weekend for the Democratic candidate in the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District. Stoney has won the party’s nomination for the special election. Stoney is a former prosecutor, defense attorney and member of Richmond’s City Council. She will…
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Lawmakers have a plan to avert a government shutdown.
The US Senate has proposed to build the FBI’s new headquarters in Maryland or Virginia. The move would be aimed at providing emergency assistance to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. It would be the largest American assistance to date to Ukraine, and would provide for months to come despite President Joe Biden’s $37…