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FILE - Pharmaceutical items are kept locked in a glass cabinet at a supermarket, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2023. A move to repeal a new Virginia law that makes organized retail theft a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison was defeated for this year after members of a a House subcommittee voted Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, to send the bill to the Virginia State Crime Commission for further study. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Move to repeal new Virginia law on organized retail theft blocked for this year

One of the millions of periodical cicadas in the area clings to a leaf on Saturday, June 1, 2019 after it emerged from a 17-year hibernation in Zelienople, Pa. The insects come out of the ground once the temperature reaches optimum, then climb into trees and make a droning sound to attract mates to breed. Their activity will peak between mid-May and mid-June, and then die off about four weeks after first emerging according to the Department of Agriculture web page. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis announces the arrest of William Clark, April 20, 2022.

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Voting booths are set up in a high school gymnasium in Hollis, N.H., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in preparation for tomorrow's New Hampshire Republican presidential primary. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Mychael Brown, a high school senior who participates in the Young Doctors Project, speaks at an event Jan. 22, 2024, to kick off D.C.'s summer youth jobs program.

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