The Latest Breaking News from Virginia

Virginia Senate Leader Says Commanders Stadium Bill is Dead

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

Sports Illustrated · Jun 9, 2022

Virginia General Assembly tabling Commanders stadium bill

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

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

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.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 8, 2022

UGA football offers elite Virginia athlete Mekhai White

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

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 6, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 4, 2022

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 · Jun 3, 2022

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 · Jun 3, 2022

'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 · Jun 2, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022

'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.

Benzinga · Jun 2, 2022