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Verizon Wireless 911 problems in Northern Va. now resolved
Verizon Wireless customers in Arlington and Fairfax and Prince William Counties may encounter problems when trying to call 911 Thursday morning.
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Jury recommends 38 years in prison for man in 2 killings
A man who claimed self-defense in the deadly shootings of two friends outside a Virginia nightclub has been recommended by a jury to serve nearly 40 years in prison.
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Laid-off Northrop workers could be rehired by new contractor
Science Applications International Corp. says it already has begun offering jobs to Northrop Grumman employees who lost their jobs.
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Self-taught baker behind Del Ray’s popular Bagel Uprising dishes on delicious bagels
A local lawyer is filling Northern Virginia’s bagel void with his pop-up, Bagel Uprising. And he’s selling out fast.
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Charlottesville protest group organizer gets initial OK for anniversary rally in DC
The organizer behind last year’s white nationalist rally in Virginia got an initial green light to hold a rally in D.C., exactly one year to the date of the fatal clash in Charlottesville.
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Honduran woman fearing deportation given sanctuary in church
Abbie Arevalo-Herrera came to the U.S. in 2014 and has sought asylum based on what she says are death threats against her by the father of her oldest child. She’s facing deportation has taken sanctuary in a Virginia church.
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Giant hogweed, a toxic plant you need to know about in Va.
A dangerous invasive weed that can grow to towering heights has turned up in Virginia for the first time. The plant’s sap can cause severe burns.
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Virginian-Pilot reporter subpoenaed in councilman’s trial
The newspaper reports a special prosecutor says Portsmouth Councilman Mark Whitaker’s statements in an Oct. 31 article by Scott Daugherty are material to the case.
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Va. abortion providers sue to toss regulations, some decades old
The clinics argue the laws do not help patient safety and are not supported by medical evidence. The suit is part of a broader strategy from abortion-rights groups to challenge not just new abortion restrictions as they are passed, but older laws.
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Former UVA student settles suit against ABC agents for $250K
Martese Johnson sued Virginia’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and three of its agents after the arrest, which was captured on video. It showed ABC agents pinning Johnson to the ground while his head was bleeding.
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Virginia juvenile detention center ending federal contract
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center is ending its contract with the federal government amid local objections to holding non-criminal children in jail-like settings. Filling beds with children in the federal…
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Accenture adding 1K DC-area cyber jobs, opens Rosslyn Cyber-Fusion center
Accenture opened a new flagship Cyber Fusion Center in Rosslyn, Virginia. It is part of an expansion in the D.C.-area that the company said will bring 1,000 jobs to the area by 2020.
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Remains of Civil War soldiers and field hospital found at Virginia battlefield
This discovery marks the first time in history that a surgeon’s pit at a Civil War battlefield has been excavated and studied, and is the first time that killed-in-action Civil War soldiers have been found in an amputated limb burial pit.
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Virginia reviews district map errors, reassigns 482 voters
Virginia election officials have recently reassigned nearly 500 voters to new congressional districts as the state works to resolve mapping errors that created confusion in several close General Assembly races last year.
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Police: Body found near Virginia pier is missing swimmer, 12
Davieon Askew disappeared Saturday evening while he was swimming near the Ocean View Fishing Pier.
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