Virginia General Assembly Passes Law Requiring Schools to Make Masking Optional by March 1

Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during his election-night party in Chantilly, Va., November 3, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin will sign into law legislation requiring public schools to make masks optional by March 1, after the

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Prince Andrew Settles with Accuser Virginia Giuffre in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

Britain’s Prince Andrew near royal Sandringham estate, in Norfolk, Britain January 19, 2020. (Chris Radburn/Reuters) Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has settled the lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, who claimed he sexual abused her when she was underage while she

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Virginia Senate Passes Bill Requiring Parental Notification of ‘Sexually-Explicit’ Content in Classrooms

The Virginia State Capitol building in Richmond (Jay Paul/Reuters) The Virginia Senate voted 20-18 on Wednesday to approve legislation that would require schools to notify parents before sexually-explicit materials are used in classrooms. The bill, known as S.B. 656, would

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Virginia Senate Approves Amendment to Make Mask-Wearing Optional in Schools

Students leave Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington County, one of several school districts which sued to stop the mask-optional order by Governor Glenn Youngkin, in Arlington, Va., January 25, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The Virginia Senate voted 29–9 on Tuesday to

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Suspect who allegedly killed 2 officers in shooting at Virginia college charged with murder

Campus Police Officer John Painter and Campus Safety Officer JJ Jefferson were killed responding to emergency calls of a suspicious man at Bridgewater College, police said. The alleged gunman, identified by police as 27-year-old Alexander Wyatt Campbell, fled the campus

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RNC Chair: Virginia Election Was Successful ‘Test Run’ for 2022 Midterm Strategy

Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., February 28, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Ronna McDaniel said Friday that the GOP wins in

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Glenn Youngkin, a Republican financier, defeats Terry McAuliffe in the Virginia governor’s race.

It’s highly unlikely, however, that the former president will let other Republicans sidestep him in next year’s midterm elections the way Mr. Youngkin did. The party’s victory in Virginia may only lull Republicans into believing that Mr. Trump no longer

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Republican Youngkin vows Virginia gov vote ‘isn’t gonna be close’

Republican Glenn Youngkin predicted Thursday night that he would roll to victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial election next week after a new poll showed him leading Democrat Terry McAuliffe by eight percentage points among likely voters in the commonwealth. “His campaign

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Youngkin Leads McAuliffe in New Poll of Likely Virginia Voters Less than a Week before Election Day

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks in McLean, Va., July 14, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee vying to be the next governor of Virginia, has pulled ahead of his Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, according to a new

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