Category: Virginia

Deadly Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Restaurant Chain

At least three people in Virginia died in connection to a hepatitis A outbreak linked to the Famous Anthony’s restaurant chain, officials said. “This heartbreaking loss of life illustrates how serious this outbreak is,” Cynthia Morrow, the health district director for the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD), said in a news release last week. “Unfortunately,…


Dutch Woman Brought to Virginia to Face Terrorism Charge

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A Dutch woman charged seven years ago with raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has been extradited to the U.S. to face trial. Farhia Hassan, 38, made an initial appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria after being brought to the U.S. on Thursday on charges of conspiring to provide material…


Lincoln Project Says It Was Behind ‘White Supremacist’ Stunt Against Glenn Youngkin

A political group took credit late Friday for sending five men dressed in white and holding tiki torches to a campaign stop for Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin, attempting to tie the candidate to white supremacists. The men were meant to imitate the supremacists seen at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia,…


Loudoun County Sheriff Rejected Superintendent’s Request for Explosive Sweep, ‘Quick Reaction Force’ at Board Meeting

Loudoun County’s sheriff rejected a request by the school district’s superintendent to dramatically ramp up the law enforcement presence at a pair of school board meetings in August, newly released emails show. Scott Ziegler, the superintendent for the Virginia county, asked the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for three deputies to be inside the administration…


Police Boost Security in Northern Virginia Malls After Public Safety Threat

Police in northern Virginia will be increasing law enforcement presence in malls and shopping centers in the area through the Halloween weekend after news of a potential threat to public safety in the area emerged in the past 48 hours, according to multiple reports. The news comes amid an upcoming gubernatorial election in Virginia, to take…


USPS to Give Daily Election Mail Reports to Virginia Democrats After Lawsuit Alleging Delays

Democrats in Virginia will receive daily updates on election mail processing and delivery, according to an agreement released Thursday. The Democratic Party of Virginia sued the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) last week, claiming that thousands of absentee ballots were sitting at postal facilities throughout the commonwealth, unprocessed, “for weeks on end.” “USPS to give daily…


Parents Urge Loudoun County School Board, Superintendent to Resign Over ‘Bombshell’ Email

Parents in a Virginia county on Tuesday urged school board members and the district’s superintendent to step down after an email was published showing they knew about a sexual assault that took place in May. “In light of this, what I’m holding, this bombshell email, I respectfully ask that the board resign. You, too, Scott…


Give America a New Birth of Freedom in Virginia

Commentary The joke goes that a slip of the tongue for a politician means that they accidentally said what they actually believe. Now Democrats are trying to clean up the mess created by Virginia Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, when he said in a debate on Sept. 28, “I don’t think parents should be…


Virginia Delegate Races Could Reflect National Anti-Democratic Mood

Commentary RICHMOND, Virginia—Some of the many overlooked but critically important offices in the American political landscape are the ones held by state legislators and members of general assemblies. These are the people who are most like us, the ones who live in neighborhoods close to ours, sit in the pews on Sundays and attend the…


Students Protest in Loudoun County Against Handling of Sexual Assaults

Hundreds of students in one of Virginia’s most populous counties walked out of school on Tuesday to protest against the handling of sexual assaults that took place in two different schools in the county. Video footage and photographs showed students outside multiple schools, including Stone Bridge High School and Broad Run High School—the facilities where…