Category: Virginia

Judge Rules Against Google, Keeps DOJ Advertising Case in Virginia

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—A U.S. federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by Alphabet Inc.’s Google to move a Justice Department lawsuit against it over dominance in advertising technology from Virginia to New York. “I am going to rule against you,” Judge Leonie Brinkema told an attorney for Google. The government, which filed the ad tech lawsuit…


Virginia 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Won’t Be Charged, Says Prosecutor

The 6-year-old boy who shot his first-grade teacher in January will not be charged, the city prosecutor in Newport News, Virginia, told NBC News on Wednesday, but he has not yet decided whether any adults associated with the case could be. In an interview with NBC News, Newport News Commonwealth Attorney Howard Gwynn said the “prospect…


3 Dead Following Meningococcal Outbreak in Virginia

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) issued an update about a community outbreak of meningococcal which they say is continuing to spread in Eastern Virginia. Out of the 12 cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), three patients have died from complications. Officials are saying these deaths might indicate that the strain is more severe than…


Maryland, Virginia Officials Compete for Mammoth New FBI Headquarters

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and other officials are trying to convince government authorities to choose a site in their state for a mammoth new FBI headquarters, which is expected to cost more than $1 billion. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), and other Maryland officials met with the FBI and General Services Administration (GSA) on…


3 Injured in Fiery Train Derailment Caused by Rockslide

SANDSTONE, W.Va.—An empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia on Wednesday morning, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crewmembers, CSX Transportation said in a statement. Four locomotives and 22 empty cars derailed in Summers County near the New River, CSX said. The lead locomotive, which carried a conductor, an engineer,…


Tensions Rise in Virginia Schools Over Racial Issues

In January 2022, on his first day in office, Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, showed race antagonists the schoolhouse door. During the campaign, Youngkin had promised voters he would end what he called the “Inherently Divisive Policies, Programs, Training, and Curricula” centered on race. Conservative parents had been protesting ideologically charged “antiracism” training in schools…


Commending Resolution Brings Closure for Virginia Falun Gong Adherent

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—In the hallway of the Virginia General Assembly building, Wang Chunyan, a 67-year-old Chinese refugee, burst into tears and sobbed in the arms of Virginia state Del. Kaye Kory (D-Fairfax). Shortly before, the delegate introduced and honored Wang on the House floor. She also sponsored for Wang a commending resolution that passed just…


Virginia Legislature Adopts New Definition of ‘Antisemitism’

Republicans and Democrats in the Virginia Legislature voted on Feb. 23 to pass House Bill 1606, which adopts the definition of antisemitism first proposed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2016. “As the chief patron of HB 1606, I am proud and honored by the overwhelming bipartisan support from the Virginia General Assembly,…


Biden Renews Attacks on ‘MAGA Republicans’ Amid Growing Discontent With Economy

President Joe Biden accused “MAGA Republicans” of pursuing a radical plan that he claimed would deprive millions of families of health coverage and threaten to tank the U.S. economy during a speech in Virginia Beach on Tuesday. Biden touted his plans to safeguard Americans’ access to affordable health care and stated that congressional Republicans are…


Biden Targets ‘MAGA Republicans’ in Health Care Speech Amid Growing Discontent With Economy

President Joe Biden accused “MAGA Republicans” of pursuing a radical plan that he claimed would deprive millions of families of health coverage and threaten to tank the U.S. economy during a speech in Virginia Beach on Tuesday. Biden touted his plans to safeguard Americans’ access to affordable health care and stated that congressional Republicans are…