ABINGDON, Va.—Two inmates who fled a southwest Virginia jail were being held without bond on Saturday after they were captured in northeast Tennessee, authorities said. Officers located Johnny Shane Brown and Albert Lee Ricketson in a barn on Friday in Rogersville, Tennessee, and arrested them without incident, the sheriff’s office in Washington County, Virginia, said…
Virginia AG Says Former Parole Board Chair Violated Law in Release of Violent Offenders
According to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, the former chair of the Virginia Parole Board, Adrianne Bennett, broke numerous laws and policies when she released over 100 violent criminals in 2020 and is only avoiding criminal charges herself because the one-year statute of limitations has expired. “If there were no statute of limitations, Chair Bennett…
Rise in Young Children Poisoned by Cannabis Is ‘Troubling’: Virginia Poison Center Chief
Virginia has seen a significant rise in unintentional THC poisoning of young children, which is congruent with the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recent national findings. The Virginia Poison Center at Virginia Commonwealth University reported that the number of children poisoned by foods containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), known as “edibles,” went from three calls in 2018 to 88…
NTD Good Morning (Jan. 26): Alleged Pfizer Exec. Says Co. Intentionally Mutating Virus to Create Vaccines; Meta Restores Trump
An alleged Pfizer Executive says the company is intentionally mutating the Covid virus in a lab, to create vaccines for possible future variants. That’s according to an undercover video. The suspect in the Half Moon Bay killings was charged on Jan. 25. Prosecutors say special circumstances may warrant the death sentence. Even though California Governor Gavin Newsom put…
NTD Good Morning (Jan. 26): Alleged Pfizer Exec. Says Company Intentionally Mutating Virus to Create Vaccines; Meta Restores Trump
An alleged Pfizer executive said that the company is intentionally mutating the COVID-19 virus in a lab to create vaccines for possible future variants, according to an undercover video. The suspect in the Half Moon Bay killings was charged on Jan. 25. Prosecutors said that special circumstances may warrant the death sentence, even though California…
Lawyer: Warnings Boy Had Gun Ignored Before He Shot Teacher
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, but the administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn’t call police, remove the boy from class, or lock down the…
School Board in Virginia Votes to Fire Superintendent After Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Sues School District
The Virginia elementary school teacher who was shot by a student in a classroom earlier this month is suing her school district, which she alleged could have done more to prevent the shooting. Following the announcement of the lawsuit, the Newport News Public Schools school board on the same day voted 5-1 to fire its superintendent, Dr. George Parker…
Disabled Navy Veteran Sues Small Business Administration Over Racially Discriminatory Contracting Program
January 25, 2023
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A disabled Navy veteran who owns a small business is suing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in federal court over a contracting program that excludes non-minorities from participating. Marty Hierholzer filed suit (pdf) recently in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the SBA, claiming his constitutional rights were violated. Hierholzer’s…
Ford–China Battery Plant Agreement Would Have Been a ‘Trojan Horse’: Gov. Youngkin
January 23, 2023
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Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin called the recently rejected Ford Motor plant deal a “Trojan horse” because the agreement would have potentially allowed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to have full access to the technology via Ford’s Chinese partner, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL). Last week, Youngkin blocked the Ford Motor Company’s request to build a…
Amazon’s AWS to Invest $35 Billion in Virginia
WASHINGTON—Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud services division said Friday it plans to invest another $35 billion by 2040 to expand data centers in Virginia. Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the new investment will create 1,000 jobs. Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin said AWS will establish multiple data center campuses across Virginia. In 2021, AWS said from 2011…
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