The Latest Breaking News from Virginia

Virginia, Amazon announce $35 billion data center plan

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin says the state has reached a deal with Amazon Web Services for the company to invest $35 billion in new data centers

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Jury rejects sex worker's claims against 4 police officers

A jury has rejected a sex worker’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

How Can Businesses Comply With Virginia's Proposal To Protect Children's Data? The Bill Doesn't Say.

Virginia’s children’s privacy proposal leaves businesses wondering how they can comply.

Reason · Jan 20, 2023

NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden

Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison neglected to record evidence during an execution gone wrong.

WEKU · Jan 19, 2023

Family says six-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher has ‘acute disability’

‘The week of the shooting was the first week when we were not in class with him,’ family says

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

"Three Women Sentenced to Probation for Interrupting Oral Arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court"

From a Justice Department press release Tuesday: Two Virginia women and an Arizona woman, who verbally interrupted oral arguments inside the United States Supreme Court, each pleaded guilty January 13, 2023, to a single count of Speeches and Objectionable Language in the Supreme Court Building. The defendants were sentenced to…

Reason · Jan 19, 2023

Jan. 6 defendant convicted on separate weapons charges

A jury has convicted a Navy reservist from Virginia accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 on separate charges that he illegally possessed silencers disguised to look like cleaning supplies

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Anger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher

Abigail Zwerner was shot as she taught her first-grade class at Richneck Elementary

Irish Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Army lieutenant pepper-sprayed in Virginia traffic stop receives $3,685 in damages

Caron Nazario filed a lawsuit in 2021 saying he was pepper-sprayed, struck and had his car illegally searched by two officers with the Windsor Police Department in Virginia.

WEKU · Jan 19, 2023

Editorial: ‘School choice’ proposals face an inconvenient obstacle

There may be no better evidence of Virginia’s need to upgrade its history education than the debate over “school choice” now playing out in Richmond.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2023