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Joe Biden visits shipyard ahead of USS Delaware christening
Biden met Friday with union leaders and workers at Newport News Shipbuilding at the union hall in Newport News. The former vice president who’s among several Democrats who could run for president in 2020, stopped to shake hands with several people on his way into the building Friday afternoon.
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UVA president vows free tuition for those making under $80k
The new president of the University of Virginia has promised free tuition for students in families earning less than $80,000 a year.
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Key Virginia permit takes effect for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The state Department of Environmental Quality announced Friday afternoon it had approved erosion and sediment control, stormwater management and karst protection plans for the natural gas pipeline. The signoff means a state-level water quality permit takes effect.
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Woman attacked by pack of dogs in Montgomery Co.
A woman was walking a dog when a group of five dogs escaped from a nearby yard and attacked the two on Robindale Drive near Veirs Mill Road on Thursday afternoon.
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Candid candidate voluntarily airs dirty laundry
It’s not that the incumbent Democrat wants to lose the election next year; he just wants to get all of the potentially damning information out there before any of his opponents can.
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Former DC schoolteacher sentenced to 11 years for sex abuse
Prosecutors say between 2010 and 2013, Robert Leach, 33, of Silver Spring, groomed and then abused the seventh and eighth grade girls while he was a math teacher at Meridian Public Charter school in D.C.
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Simulation takes kids on a trip across Mars
The Mars Experience at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center will give kids a taste of life on another planet — in a very unusual school bus.
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Sen. Warner: White House shouldn’t allow Saudi ‘whitewash’
The Virginia lawmaker echoed the criticism of other Democrats, who say President Trump hasn’t done enough to put pressure on the Saudi government to take responsibility for what happened.
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Manafort to be sentenced in February; appears in wheelchair
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted in federal court in Alexandria on tax- and bank-fraud charges largely unconnected to his work on the Trump campaign.
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Census Bureau phone calls? They’re probably legit
Typically, field representatives will call after a form has been sent to your home and the bureau didn’t get a response, Edwards said. The calls are done year round and collect information used in a variety of ways.
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Police: Virginia man dies after trying to stop sex assault
Arlington County Police said in a statement Friday that officers were dispatched to George Mason Drive in response to multiple 911 calls Thursday night.
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Car registrations go digital with new DC app
The Digital Vehicle Registration Card and Sticker are designed to look like the original paper card and sticker that residents are issued, and comes with a bar code that contains important information.
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Maryland asks Supreme Court to uphold law on drug pricing
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold a first-in-the-nation law against pharmaceutical price gouging.
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The Latest: Judge sets Feb. 8 sentencing for Manafort
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has a February sentencing date on fraud charges after appearing in a Virginia courtroom in a green jail jumpsuit and a wheelchair for a post-trial hearing.
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Pence to campaign with Virginia GOP candidates
The White House announced Friday that Pence would be doing campaign events in Richmond on Saturday with Rep. Dave Brat, Ryan McAdams and Denver Riggleman.
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