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As special session approaches, are skill games in Virginia dead or alive? 05/09/2024 05:21pm • At a meeting of Virginia���s advisory council on gambling addiction late last month, Del. Paul Krizek, D-Fairfax, made a bold prediction. The battle over whether the state should legalize the slots-like gambling machines known as skill games reached a standstill in April due to policy disagreemen Activist investor wins 3 Norfolk Southern board seats but won���t have control to fire CEO 05/09/2024 04:32pm • Norfolk Southern���s CEO will be under more pressure to improve profits after the railroad���s shareholders voted Thursday to elect three of the board members an activist investor nominated, but he won���t be fired right away. Ancora Holdings had nominated seven directors as part of a bid to take co Utilities complete contentious land swap to clear way for power line in Mississippi River refuge 05/09/2024 04:10pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Utilities looking to finish building a high-voltage power line linking Iowa and Wisconsin completed a contentious land deal Thursday that allows them to build on a Mississippi River federal wildlife refuge. American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Coopera Arrow McLaren selects Pourchaire as replacement driver for the injured Malukas 05/09/2024 03:36pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Arrow McLaren named reigning F2 champion Theo Pourchaire as the permanent replacement driver for the injured David Malukas on Thursday. Pourchaire takes over the No. 6 Chevrolet for Saturday's Indianapolis Grand Prix and will compete in all remaining IndyCar Series races with t Beach League: 5 NFL teams will hold training camp in Southern California this year 05/09/2024 03:20pm • Southern California will be a prime spot for NFL training camps this year. With the Costa Mesa City Council unanimously approving a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, five teams will be holding their practices within a 105-mile radius in late July and early August. There hasn't been a cluster of teams Tent camps razed and activists arrested as Tunisia clamps down on migrants 05/09/2024 02:12pm • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ��� Tensions in Tunisia ratcheted up as demonstrators seeking better rights for migrants staged a sit-in before European Union headquarters on Thursday, capping a week in which Tunisian authorities targeted migrant communities from the coast to the capital with arrests and the de Thousands of Armenians demand prime minister resign over border villages dispute with Azerbaijan 05/09/2024 01:35pm • Yerevan, ARMENIA (AP) ��� Thousands of protesters gathered Thursday in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his government's decision to hand over control of border villages to Armenia's long-time rival Azerbaijan. Armenia and Azerbaijan hav Paralympian loses medals and equipment in Brazilian floods but is improvising to qualify for Paris 05/09/2024 01:25pm • PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) ��� Vanderson Chaves has faced many challenges in more than a decade as a Paralympic fencer, but none as fearsome as the massive floods in Brazil���s Rio Grande do Sul state. The waters washed away his equipment, dozens of medals, his passport ��� and might have even thwart Sanchez grabs biggest career win on Giro Stage 6 and Pogacar stays in front 05/09/2024 12:11pm • RAPOLANO TERME, Italy (AP) ��� An incredulous Pelayo Sanchez won the sixth stage of the Giro d���Italia while Tadej Pocagar remained the leader on Thursday after riding on white, dusty gravel roads normally used in another famous race. Sanchez edged fellow breakaway riders Julian Alaphilippe and Luk Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way 05/09/2024 11:26am • POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country's army is facing ���a really difficult situation��� in eastern regions where troops are battling to hold at bay an intense Russian push along parts of the front line. Russia has sought to exploit Ukraine's sho India urges pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship 05/09/2024 10:46am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India urged pro-China Maldives on Thursday to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship. The foreign ministers of India and Maldives met in New Delhi a day ahead of a deadline set by the Maldives��� new president, Mohamed Muizzu, for India to withdraw dozens of its sol Today in Sports - Week Ahead, May 10 - May 16 05/09/2024 10:05am • May 10 1913 ��� Donerail, ridden by Roscoe Goose, comes from fifth place in the stretch to upset Ten Point by one-half length and win the Kentucky Derby, paying a record $184.90. 1919 ��� Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, leads the whole way to win the Kentucky Derby by five lengths over Billy Ke Japanese defense aircraft makes emergency landing after window glitch. No injuries were reported 05/09/2024 07:24am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A Japanese defense aircraft carrying eight people made an emergency landing at a commercial airport in central Japan Thursday after a cockpit window inadvertently slid open during its training flight, officials said. No damage or injuries were reported. The Japan Air Self-Defense Forc China criticizes US for ship's passage through Taiwan Strait weeks before new leader takes office 05/09/2024 05:19am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� China���s military criticized a U.S. destroyer���s passage through the Taiwan Strait less than two weeks before the island's new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges. Navy Senior Capt. Li Xi, National Harbor kicks off Movies on the Potomac with 'Titanic' date night and 'Moana' family night 05/09/2024 03:59am • How would you like to watch your favorite movies outdoors under the stars with a picturesque view of the nation's capital from across the Potomac River? National Harbor is bringing back its popular Movies on the Potomac series, running now through Sept. 29, including free date-night movies on