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In rural Virginia, excitement and dread grows over Democrats’ redistricting referendum

Virginia could be next to redraw its congressional map. There’s a redistricting referendum on the ballot April 21.

 

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Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives extradition hearing in fatal shooting case

A professional cornhole player who is also a quadruple amputee has waived his right to an extradition hearing in a fatal shooting case.

 

ROTC students at Old Dominion University subdued and killed shooter who left 1 dead, 2 hurt

The FBI says the suspect has been identified as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State.

 

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Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate whether it’s time to scrap its tax breaks

Virginia senators are pushing to curtail a 5.3% tax break for data centers. The policy proposal comes while many communities are trying to defeat data center projects in zoning proceedings and some states are reconsidering their sales tax exemptions.

 

Virginia’s former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district

Former Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe is running for Congress in a newly drawn district that favors Democrats.

 

Virginia court allows a referendum on Democratic-led redistricting that could flip 4 US House seats

The Virginia Supreme Court has again ruled that voters will get to cast ballots on a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats in this year’s midterm elections.

 

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Virginia Democrats pass map that could flip 4 US House seats, if courts and voters approve

Virginia Democrats have passed a new congressional map that aims to flip four U.S. House seats, but the courts and voters still must have a say before the maps are official.

 

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Virginia judge blocks Democrats’ referendum, a blow to redistricting effort over 4 U.S. House seats

A Virginia judge is temporarily blocking Democrats’ plan to hold an April referendum on new congressional maps that could seriously impact the midterm elections.

 

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

 

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Brazilian au pair gets 10-year sentence for killing Joseph Ryan in murder plot against lover’s wife

A Brazilian au pair got the maximum 10-year sentence after confessing to scheming with her lover to kill his wife and another man.

 

Virginia Democrats share proposed US House map despite court ruling against redistricting push

Virginia Democrats have unveiled a new U.S. House map that aims to give the party four more seats in Congress.

 

Virginia man in ‘au pair affair’ case convicted of murdering wife and another man in elaborate ruse

A Virginia man who was having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair has been found guilty of murdering his wife and another man lured to the house as a fall guy.

 

Olivia Dean wins best new artist at the 2026 Grammy Awards

Olivia Dean won the Grammy award for best new artist. The Grammy is designed for artists who achieve “a breakthrough into the public consciousness.”

 

Jury in Virginia ‘au pair affair’ double murder must now decide husband’s guilt

Jurors are deliberating on double murder charges against a former IRS law enforcement officer in Virginia accused of plotting with his family’s Brazilian au pair to kill his wife and pin the death on a stranger.

 

Husband in au pair affair testifies on killings of wife, another man. ‘I did not want to shoot him.’

A man charged with killing his wife and another man testified about the day his wife was brutally stabbed to death.

 

Husband testifies he did not plot wife’s killing in double murder trial connected to au pair affair

A man charged with killing his wife and another man testifying in his case about his relationship with his family’s au pair in the months before the killings.

 

Judge finds Virginia Democrats’ redistricting resolution illegal; new Maryland map advances

A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal.

 

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Former Virginia Gov. Youngkin pardoned ex-police sergeant in fatal 2023 shooting of unarmed man

Former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has pardoned a former police sergeant who shot and killed an unarmed man accused of stealing sunglasses.

 

Abigail Spanberger sworn in as Virginia’s first woman governor

Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia’s first female governor after centuries of men holding the state’s top office.

 

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Virginia lawmakers back redrawing congressional maps, paving the way for a voter referendum

Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly is advancing a constitutional amendment to allow redistricting ahead of the midterm elections.

 

Former Brazilian au pair testifies her ex-lover plotted to kill his wife, though lacks some details

A former Brazilian au pair is testifying against her former employer and lover in a double homicide case that she says was part of an elaborate scheme to get rid of the man’s wife.

 

Attorneys give dueling narratives to open ‘au pair affair’ double murder trial in Virginia

Prosecutors say a Virginia man, having an affair with his family’s Brazilian au pair, used an elaborate scheme to lure an unsuspecting man to the house as part of a plan to kill his wife.

 

Husband charged in double homicide after having affair with au pair is going on trial in Virginia

A Virginia man who had a relationship with a Brazilian au pair is going on trial in the killings of his wife and another man.

 

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Spanberger says she’s still digesting significance of becoming 1st woman elected Virginia governor

Less than two weeks before her inauguration, Democrat Abigail Spanberger says she’s still digesting what it means to become the first female governor in Virginia’s nearly 250-year history.

 

Christmas Eve winner in Arkansas lands a $1.817 billion Powerball lottery jackpot

A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot just before Christmas.

 

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.7 billion after another night with no big winner

The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion after yet another drawing passed without a big winner.

 

Last US cents sold at auction for $16.76 million were worth a pretty penny

Auction bidders spent top dollar for some of the final pennies to be circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent’s production. The U.S.

 

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What will Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin do next? He’s not ready to tell

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia is leaving office next month. Youngkin says he’s still focusing on his work as governor and isn’t getting distracted by his political future.

 

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Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump.

 

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Democratic US Sen. Mark Warner launches bid for reelection

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has announced he’ll seek reelection in what will be a critical race for a narrowly divided Senate.

 

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