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BWX Technologies Secures Contract To Build Nuclear Microreactor In US

BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) has secured a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) to build the first advanced nuclear microreactor in the U.S. BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC will build the prototype in Lynchburg, Virginia, and Euclid, Ohio, under a cost-type contract valued at around $300 million, depending…

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Virginia Senate Leader Says Commanders Stadium Bill is Dead

A bill to potentially bring the new Commanders stadium to Virginia is dead.

Sports Illustrated

Virginia General Assembly tabling Commanders stadium bill

The General Assembly is tabling for the year legislation intended to lure the Washington Commanders to Virginia

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Virginia QB Lands NIL Deal With Local McDonald’s Restaurants

As part of his deal, he’ll get his own signature meal at local locations.

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Six candidates running in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District

Six candidates are running in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District on June 21, 2022. Derrick Anderson, Bryce Reeves, Crystal Vanuch, and Yesli Vega have raised the most money. Incumbent Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) is running for re-election in the redrawn 7th District.

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Raytheon Plans HQ Relocation - Check Out Where

Aerospace and defense company Raytheon Technologies Corp (NYSE:RTX) plans to establish its worldwide headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, as Washington, D.C., serves as a convenient travel hub for its global customers and employees. RTX is currently based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company plans to maintain its substantial presence in the U.S., encompassing 600 sites…

Benzinga

Raytheon to establish global headquarters near Washington

Aerospace and defense company Raytheon Technologies says it plans to establish a global headquarters in Arlington, Virginia

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Judges toss suit seeking Virginia House elections this year

A three-judge panel has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to force all 100 members of Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates to face an unscheduled election this year

The Independent UK

UGA football offers elite Virginia athlete Mekhai White

Elite Virginia athlete Mekhai White considers the University of Georgia to be his dream school.

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Drug overdose deaths up 15% in Virginia last year, with fentanyl the driving factor

NORFOLK, Va. — The number of people who died from drug overdoses rose to 2,656 deaths in Virginia in 2021, setting a record for the state for the second year in a row, and fentanyl continued to be the driving force behind the spike.

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3 old-school institutions helped make the internet firestorm around the Depp-Heard trial

There's a theory of awful internet behavior that goes like this: Sometimes social media is great for helping people connect, bringing new voices into the public sphere and exposing injustices of what we used to call "in real life." But sometimes the internet takes existing social forces and amplifies them…

Los Angeles Times

We can’t agree on the meaning of Depp v. Heard. Here’s how we move forward anyway

On Wednesday, after more than six weeks of testimony and deliberations, a Virginia jury decided that Amber Heard defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp when she identified herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse” in a 2018 Washington Post essay that ran under the headline “Amber Heard: I spoke up against…

Los Angeles Times

'I said no' – Nie's refusal and the troubling question of Pacific slavery in Australia

In 1881 Nie (also known as Nai), a Pacific Islander woman, walked off “Virginia” plantation, south of Maryborough, in the colony of Queensland.

The Conversation

Why did the Depp-Heard libel outcomes differ in the US and UK?

Analysis: Specialist lawyers, a jury trial, social media and targeting Heard all helped Depp win in Virginia

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'New Cannabis Crime' In Virginia Under Attack By A Number Of Politicians

It seems that lawmakers in Virginia are seeking a way to criminalize cannabis consumers.

Los Angeles Times

Amber Heard mourns ‘setback,’ slams Johnny Depp’s ‘sway’ after losing defamation case

Moments after actor Johnny Depp won his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard on Wednesday, the former couple, who had sued and countersued each other in a Virginia court, issued dueling statements of triumph and disappointment.

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp trial verdict: How much do actor and Amber Heard owe each other?

Johnny Depp won a total of $15 million from his ex-wife, but Virginia law and a partial victory in her counter-suit will reduce his total award

Los Angeles Times

Amber Heard mourns ‘setback’ and Johnny Depp’s ‘sway’ after losing defamation case

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Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Libel, and Chilling Effects

As all of you must have heard by now, Johnny Depp won his libel case against Amber Heard, and was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages plus $5 million in punitive damages (but Virginia law reduces the punitive award to $350,000). The jury also concluded that one statement by Depp's…

The Independent UK

Johnny Depp thanks jury for giving ‘me my life back’ after defamation trial verdict

Actor awarded $15m in damages, while his ex-wife won $2m as part of her claim against him

The Independent UK

Key moments in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s six-week US defamation trial

PA takes a look back at some of the standout moments of the high-profile US trial, taking place in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Los Angeles Times

Johnny Depp triumphs in defamation case against Amber Heard with $15 million decision

Johnny Depp has won his defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, a Virginia jury decided Wednesday, with cheers going up outside the courtroom from the crowd of Depp supporters who gathered there. Inside the courtroom, a black-clad Heard kept her eyes downcast as the jury’s decision that she had lost…

Los Angeles Times

Johnny Depp wins more than $10 million in defamation case against Amber Heard

France 24

Jury awards Depp $15 million in libel case, $2 million to Heard in countersuit

A US jury awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in a libel lawsuit he brought against ex-wife Amber Heard for claiming she was abused in a Washington Post op-ed. But the same jury also awarded Heard $2 million in her countersuit, finding that she was defamed when Depp's lawyer claimed her…

The Independent UK

Depp-Heard defamation trial: What is the jury considering?

After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia spent about 12 hours over three days deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard

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