Virginia’s two Democratic U.S. senators urged the Virginia Supreme Court to reject proposed changes to the state’s congressional map, claiming that those changes would make it more difficult for three incumbent Democratic lawmakers to get reelected. The Dec. 20 letter from the two male senators emphasizes that all three of their electorally endangered colleagues are…
Dem Senators Tell Virginia Supreme Court Redrawn Electoral Map Doesn’t Protect Democrats Enough
No Evidence of Hate Crime Against Virginia Muslim High School Student: Police
There’s no evidence that an alleged assault on a female Muslim high school student in Fairfax, Virginia was a hate crime, local police said. The Dec. 14 incident involved a male student at Fairfax High School, who reportedly pushed a female Muslim student to the ground, pulled off her hijab, and beat her up, while…
Virginia Gov.-Elect Youngkin Picks Next Education Secretary
December 20, 2021
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Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin on Monday announced his first Cabinet pick, naming Aimee Rogstad Guidera as secretary of education. The appointment continues his promised commitment to reform education, including ending mask mandates for children at schools, removing sexually explicit books from school libraries, and removing critical race theory from school curricula. Home to some of…
Police: Man Dead After Shooting at Deputies During Chase in Virginia
CULPEPER, Va.—A man accused of shooting at sheriff’s deputies and other cars during a chase in Virginia died after his vehicle crashed into an embankment, police said. Jeremy Yates, 21, of Culpeper, died at the scene of Friday night’s crash on a road in Rappahannock County near the Culpeper County line, according to a Virginia…
Police: 4 Bodies Found Are Victims of ‘Shopping Cart Killer’
FAIRFAX, Va.—Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state are the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting them on dating sites. At a press conference Friday, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis dubbed the suspect, 35-year-old…
Group Asks to Intervene in Democrats’ Sue-and-Settle Lawsuit Against Democratic-Controlled Election Board
A good-government group asked a federal court to be allowed to intervene in an apparently collusive Democratic Party lawsuit in Virginia so the group may safeguard electoral integrity protections that the Democrats seek to dismantle. For a half-century, would-be voters in Virginia have been required to provide their Social Security number on their registration application…
Virginia Hospital Found in Contempt of Court for Not Giving Patient Prescribed Ivermectin
After a judge ruled that Virginia’s Fauquier Hospital was found in contempt of court in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a COVID-19 patient who was denied being prescribed Ivermectin, the hospital said Tuesday that it is complying with the court order. Christopher Davies, the son of the patient, Kathleen Davies, told the Fauquier Times that…
Virginia Hospital Allows COVID Patient to Get Ivermectrin After Court Holds It in Contempt: Family
After a judge ruled that Virginia’s Fauquier Hospital was found in contempt of court in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a COVID-19 patient who was denied being prescribed Ivermectin, the hospital said Tuesday that it is complying with the court order. Christopher Davies, the son of the patient, Kathleen Davies, told the Fauquier Times that…
Officials: Virginia State Agency Hit With Ransomware Attack
December 13, 2021
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RICHMOND, Va.—The information technology agency that serves Virginia’s legislature has been hit by a ransomware attack that has substantially affected its operations, state officials said Monday. Gov. Ralph Northam’s spokeswoman, Alena Yarmosky, confirmed the attack on Virginia’s Division of Legislative Automated Systems. In a brief statement provided to The Associated Press, Yarmosky said the governor…
The ‘Most Sublime of Nature’s Works’
December 12, 2021
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One of Virginia’s most amazing architectural treasures wasn’t formed by the hand of man at all, and it’s listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Thomas Jefferson once owned it. George Washington is said to have surveyed its location as a young lad of 17—though he was fully commissioned as a surveyor with a…
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