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Jones joins Democrats fighting Trump executive order on mail-in voting
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is joining a group of 24 Democratic state AGs trying to block the U.S. Postal Service from helping Donald Trump restrict mail-in voting.
ODU alum Justin Verlander announces that he will retire after 2026 MLB season
Goochland native and ODU alum Justin Verlander, a three-time Cy Young winner and the 2011 American League MVP, announced on Wednesday that he will retire after the 2026 season.
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Fairfax Police arrest man who stopped to chase family of geese, and killed a baby goose
Fairfax Police are saying that a guy from Maryland stopped his car on Fairfax Boulevard one morning last month, chased a family of geese, and killed a baby goose.
Albemarle County: Five displaced by residential structure fire in Scottsville
No injuries were reported in a residential structure fire reported in Scottsville on Wednesday morning.
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How did Graham Platner evade basic scrutiny? Lots of folks need to fall on their swords
I wanted to like Graham Platner, like a lot of folks, apparently. His appeal drew in the likes of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, for good reason.
Dissent is not disloyalty: The right and duty to criticize the government
President Trump has no problem criticizing, condemning, insulting, demonizing and threatening those who refuse to fall in line.
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Ben Cline fundraising email punches down at trans athletes, because of course he’d do that
Ben Cline, trying to raise money for his Sixth District re-election campaign, went to the big news, in his mind, in the world of sports from last week: the “huge victory for women’s sports” from the Trump Court.
ICE detains star D2 baseball player over issues with student visa: How you can help
The MVP of last month’s HBCU Baseball All-Star Game was taken into custody by ICE last week in New York, in an apparently violent scene, according to his U.S. citizen girlfriend.
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Screening, discussion of documentary film, ‘Lightworkers,’ set for July 18
The Democratic Party committees in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro are hosting a free screening of the documentary film “Lightworkers” at Visulite Cinema in Downtown Staunton on Saturday, July 18, at 10:30 a.m.
Dissent is not disloyalty: The right and duty to criticize the government
President Trump has no problem criticizing, condemning, insulting, demonizing and threatening those who refuse to fall in line.
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