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US: Virginia school board restores Confederate names

Board members overturned a 2020 decision to rid the schools of their racially charged names. Shenandoah County now becomes the first district in the nation to revert to naming schools after Confederate…

9 months ago

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Chelsea Manning hospitalized following attempted suicide in jail

The former military intelligence analyst has been in jail since May 2019 for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. She was scheduled to appear in court in Alexandria, Virginia,…

5 years ago

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Dialogue at gun protest, but neither side budges

The headquarters of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in Virginia was the scene of the latest protest over gun laws in the US. Survivors of a mass school shooting demanded stricter controls…

7 years ago

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Orbital ATK rocket launches cargo ship to ISS

An Orbital ATK rocket launches a cargo ship from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to the International Space Station on Sunday a day after the launch was scrapped due to a rogue…

7 years ago

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‘Killer clown’ arrested for 1990 murder of woman

54-year-old Sheila Keen-Warren was arrested Tuesday in southwest Virginia and charged with first-degree murder in the 1990 death of Marlene Warren in Palm Beach County, Florida.…

7 years ago

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Mass protests in U.S. cities decry racism, pillory Trump

A planned far-right rally in California and expected counter-demonstation comes on the heels of massive protests in U.S. cities over the weekend in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's response to…

8 years ago

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Trump attacks GOP senators amid fallout over VA violence

President Donald Trump’s turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia has rocked his administration, leading to rising speculation that some top officials may be looking for a way out.…

8 years ago

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“I don’t think there’s a racist bone in his body”: Hatch on Trump

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch tells a reporter, "I know Donald Trump. I don't think there's a racist bone in his body" in response to criticism over the president's handling of violent clashes…

8 years ago

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Trump may face staff resignations after CEOs’ exit

The fallout from President Donald Trump's reaction to last weekend's violence in Virginia may extend to the resignation of White House staff members following the disbanding of Trump's CEO advisory councils.…

8 years ago

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Trump yields to pressure on hate groups but outcry persists

U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned…

8 years ago

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Probe begins after deadly white nationalist rally

U.S. authorities begin to investigate the deadly violence stemming from a white nationalist rally in Virginia that challenged President Trump's leadership.…

8 years ago

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Virginia

US: Virginia school board restores Confederate names

Chelsea Manning hospitalized following attempted suicide in jail

Dialogue at gun protest, but neither side budges

Orbital ATK rocket launches cargo ship to ISS

‘Killer clown’ arrested for 1990 murder of woman

Mass protests in U.S. cities decry racism, pillory Trump

Trump attacks GOP senators amid fallout over VA violence

“I don’t think there’s a racist bone in his body”: Hatch on Trump

Trump may face staff resignations after CEOs’ exit

Trump yields to pressure on hate groups but outcry persists

Probe begins after deadly white nationalist rally

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