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UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The Guardian - UK

America's data center growth hot spots, mapped

Virginia and Texas lead the way, but they're becoming a major political fight.

Axios

Capitol Lens | Johns in bronze - Roll Call

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who led a protest against segregation at her Virginia school in 1951, is unveiled in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Roll Call

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Barbara Rose Johns: The Teen Protester Turned Civil Rights Icon Honoured With a US Capitol Statue

Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike at 16 that challenged school segregation, is honoured with a statue in the US Capitol building history.

International Business Times UK

‘One of America’s true trailblazers’: Capitol unveils statue replacing Robert E Lee

Johns is known for protesting poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK

National Statuary Hall collection trades a Confederate general for a teen activist

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who fought segregation at her high school in 1951, takes the place once held by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Roll Call

Merch commemorating drunk Virginia raccoon raises over $250,000 for animal shelter

Staff at the Ashland animal shelter sold merch of raccoon they cared for after he was found passed out in a liquor store

The Guardian - US

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A grassroots NIMBY revolt is turning voters in Republican strongholds against the AI data-center boom

“It’s like the Gilded Age, part two,” Kerwin Olson, a leader of an anti-data center activist group, said. “Only bigger.”

Fortune

Democrats close year emboldened by 2025 electoral successes - Roll Call

Here’s a look back at the big campaign moments of 2025 including mid-decade redistricting and Democrats overperforming in off-year elections.

Roll Call

US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

The U.S. Capitol will soon display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK

Drunk raccoon that went on boozy rampage in Virginia liquor store is repeat offender, officials say

‘Supposedly this is like the third break-in he's had,’ a local animal control officer said

The Independent UK

‘He’s living his best life’: drunk raccoon hit DMV for snacks before liquor store

Officials say raccoon that broke into Virginia liquor store on 29 November had previously hit DMV and karate studio

The Guardian - US

White House quietly moves to get Senate confirmation for Lindsey Halligan after Trump’s embarrassing legal loss

President’s former personal attorney fumbled major cases against James Comey and Letitia James

The Independent UK

From Bitcoin to Machine Consciousness: How Lisa Cheng Is Building Loosh AI's Next-Gen Cognition Company

When Lisa Cheng walked onto the wooded grounds in rural Virginia, ready to start a week-long retreat about consciousness, she wasn't looking for a startup idea. She was looking for a reset.

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Former Rep. Tom Perriello launches comeback bid in Virginia - Roll Call

Virginia Democrat Tom Perriello is the latest former House member seeking a comeback in 2016, launching a challenge to GOP Rep. John McGuire.

Fortune

25-year DEA veteran charged with helping Mexican drug cartel launder millions of dollars, secure guns and bombs

A former high-level agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain military-grade firearms and explosives for a Mexican drug cartel, according to an indictment unsealed Friday in New York. Paul Campo, 61, of Oakton, Virginia, who…

Reason

Virginia's New Blue Trifecta Puts Right-To-Work on the Line

Democrats retook full control in Richmond and are already advancing right-to-work repeal, testing whether incoming Gov. Abigail Spanberger will stand by her campaign promise.

International Business Times UK

Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Could Have Been Caught in 2022: Sources Reveal Evidence Sat Unexamined for Years

Brian Cole Jr. was arrested for the Jan. 6 pipe bombs after FBI evidence sat unexamined since 2022. Virginia man, 30, could have been caught years earlier.

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Sports Illustrated

College Football Conference Championship Tracker: What All Nine Games Mean for CFP

The nine conference championships at the FBS level will be decided on Friday and Saturday, ahead of Sunday’s selection of the 12-team field for the College Football Playoff.

The Independent UK

Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs in DC on eve of Capitol riot appears in court

A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Pipe bomb suspect believed in 2020 election conspiracies, reports say, as new details about his background are revealed

Agents arrested 30-year-old Brian J. Cole Jr. at his home in Woodbridge, Virginia

The Independent UK

Virginia House Speaker says they may redraw maps to give Democrats 10-1 advantage

The Virginia House Speaker has said that they may redraw maps to give Democrats a 10-1 advantage in Congressional seats.

Cycling News

Leadville Trail 100 MTB lottery underway, Grasshopper Series and Leavenworth Bike Fest open registrations for off-road events

Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28 switches to Stromm bikes, Salt Lake Criterium returns to city-centre with three-day event - North American Roundup

The Independent UK

Drunk raccoon on liquor store rampage captured in new security footage

New footage shows a drunk raccoon on a rampage in a Virginia liquor store before passing out in a bathroom.

International Business Times UK

Drunk Raccoon in Virginia Liquor Store Unleashes Mayhem, Smashes Bottles, Then Passes Out

Animal control officers discovered the identity of the unlikely suspect that broke into the Ashland ABC Store for some booze - a raccoon, who passed out on the bathroom floor, apparently drunk.

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