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The American dream of African immigrants

Africans make up just 5 percent of immigrants in the United States but represent the fastest-growing immigrant group. For many of them, America is the land of opportunity. But the reality is sometimes more difficult, as Africans are confronted with various challenges. These include a form of racism against them…

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$290,000 worth of fake AirPods and Apple Watches seized at Washington Dulles airport

U.S Customs and Border Protection has revealed the seizure of 1000 AirPods Pro 2 and 50 Apple Watches in Virginia last month.

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Documents reveal direct ancestors of King Charles owned slave plantations

DIRECT ancestors of King Charles III and the royal family purchased and exploited slaves on plantations in Virginia, new research has revealed.

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Youngkin in Japan to forge supply chains with 'friends'

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has said while visiting Tokyo that he hopes to forge “trusted supply chain relationships” with U.S. allies and friends to create supply chains that are not China-dependent

The Independent UK

Direct ancestors of King Charles owned slave plantations, documents reveal

Records show direct ancestor of king was involved in buying at least 200 enslaved Africans

The Guardian - UK

School board wants workers comp for teacher shot by boy, 6

The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit

The Independent UK

Va. man pleads to terror charge after doing time in Pakistan

A northern Virginia man who traveled to Pakistan with four friends nearly 15 years ago seeking to engage in holy war has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, But the defendant, Ramy Zamzam, is likely to receive only a 1-day jail sentence

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Second grand jury to probe fatal police shooting in Virginia

A prosecutor has requested a special grand jury investigate the fatal police shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a northern Virginia shopping mall after an earlier grand jury refused to issue an indictment

The Independent UK

Watch: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley sets out her abortion stance

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley delivered a speech setting out her policy on abortion in Virginia on Tuesday (25 April).

The Independent UK

Vandals drive on course at a Virginia golf club, damage two greens and even steal a flagstick

Someone drove a vehicle on the property late Friday or early Saturday and tore up the course.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Celtics president Brad Stevens reportedly regrets dealing away Javonte Green

A reunion could still be in the works if the fit makes sense for both sides in the offseason, however, with the Virginia native a free agent.

USA Today Sports Media Group

GOP lawyer wants to stop college votes

"Republicans' only plan is to try to 'combat' voting on college campuses," said Rep. Summer Lee

Salon

US Republican presidential hopefuls head to Taiwan, Japan

The visits come amid heightened tension over self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory.

Al Jazeera

Youngkin meets with Taiwan's leader during trade mission

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has met with the president of Taiwan to discuss mutual trade and investment initiatives and other business matters

The Independent UK

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WEKU

Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time

Researchers in Virginia Beach, Va., show how they test wastewater for signs of COVID-19, and how they're preparing to look for other health threats.

WEKU

They're strangers with a painful shared bond: Robert E. Lee enslaved their ancestors

The descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and those of the people the Lee family enslaved came together for the first time at Arlington House, the national memorial to Lee in Virginia.

The Independent UK

Torch-carrying white nationalists indicted over Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ rally - six years later

A grand jury in Virginia has indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches with the intent to intimidate during a rally at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville nearly six years ago

Daily Mirror

'World's fattest cat' weighing same as a five-year-old child saved from cruel owner

When Patches the morbidly obese cat came to be adopted, two people were needed to lift him. He was rescued from his previous owner by Richmond Animal Care and Control, a animal rescue centre in Richmond, Virginia

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Multiple torch-carrying marchers in the Charlottesville rally are indicted

Nearly six years after white nationalists in Virginia clashed with counter-protesters, a grand jury indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches intended to intimidate.

The Independent UK

Parents, schools face increasing scrutiny after shootings

As school shootings continue across the U.S., parents and educators are facing increasing scrutiny

The Independent UK

Torch-carrying marchers indicted in Charlottesville rally

Tribune News Service

Pentagon sounds alarm over Biden plan for offshore wind sites

The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic U.S. coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations.

Tribune News Service

Starbucks workers strike in Baltimore and other locations to protest bargaining delays

Starbucks baristas staged one-day strikes Monday at one of the chain’s Baltimore coffee shops and at other Maryland and Virginia stores to protest what the newly unionized workers say have been delays in negotiating labor contracts.

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Virginia golf course GM arrested after his phone was allegedly found recording in the women’s restroom

Police say the phone may possibly have been recording on and off for the last several months.

The Independent UK

Grand jury refuses to indict officer for fatal mall shooting

A grand jury has refused to indict a former northern Virginia police officer after he fatally shot an unarmed shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall in February

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