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Governor Abigail Spanberger Enacts Historic Weapon Storage Legislation To Protect Children: Every Republican Voted No

Virginia mandates that gun owners secure firearms in homes with children. The law, effective July 2026, aims to reduce firearm injuries among minors.

International Business Times UK

A Third Cheese Brand Has Issued a Listeria Recall: Here's What Requesón Buyers Should Check

La Ceiba Foods recalled Requesón cheese under the La Colonia and Selectos Latinos brands June 26 — tied to the deadly Clover Hill Listeria outbreak. Check if you bought it.

Medical Daily

Thomas Jefferson’s legacy faces a new reckoning as America approaches its 250th birthday

America’s birth is rooted in his most profound contradiction — the man who proclaimed that “all men are created equal” while being a slaveholder to the end of his life

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Virginia's Measles Outbreak Has Expanded to a Second County as Cases Reach 129

Virginia expanded its Buckingham County measles outbreak to include Cumberland County June 25. 129 cases confirmed statewide in 2026. Here's the VDH guidance for residents and visitors.

Medical Daily

Digital Realty to pay Blackstone $3.5 billion for stake in Virginia data centers

The move strengthens the data center operator's position in Northern Virginia, the world's largest data center market, where demand for capacity has surged as cloud computing and AI drive higher infrastructure needs.

The Economic Times

Clover Hill Dairy Listeria Outbreak Grows to 12 Cases in Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Virginia

Clover Hill Dairy Listeria outbreak grew to 12 cases in 4 states as of June 24, 2026, including a first Illinois case. 10 hospitalizations, 1 death. Here's what to do now.

Medical Daily

Virginia to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in retail stores beginning in 2027

Recreational marijuana sales are set to begin next year in Virginia

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Race to rescue driver after car submerged in sinkhole

A Virginia police officer and a group of civilians raced to rescue a woman trapped in her vehicle after it became submerged in a sinkhole.

The Independent UK

Forty-four candidates are running in Virginia’s 11 U.S. House districts — the second-highest since 2014

This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia was April 2, 2026.

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Local Officials Vow To Shield the Public from Virginia's Authoritarian New Gun Laws

A new chapter in the never-ending battle between centralized power and local control.

Reason

Virginia could approve 900 percent increase in fines for public marijuana use

The Virginia state legislature will review the proposed fine increase on Monday

The Independent UK

Virginia's 1st Congressional District Democratic primary draws seven candidates as forecasters rate general election Lean Republican

Salaam Bhatti (D), Jason Knapp (D), Shannon Taylor (D), and four other candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Virginia's 1st Congressional District on August 4, 2026. As of June 2026, Bhatti, Knapp, and Taylor led in endorsements and fundraising.

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'Dogs Live Better Than We Do': Belarusian Asylum Seeker Reveals Life Inside Virginia ICE Detention Centre

A Belarusian asylum seeker held in ICE custody in Virginia alleges medical neglect over a growing tumour and describes a violent failed deportation attempt that left him back in the same private detention centre he calls unfit for humans.

International Business Times UK

The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison

A man who admitted setting a Virginia councilman on fire last year was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday

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Virginia Approves First-of-Its-Kind Data Center Power Consumption Tax

The first statewide tax in the United States specifically tied to data center electricity consumption comes with a bit of a catch.

Ballotpedia

Recent administrative state legislation includes bills related to immigration enforcement, agency authority, and sunset provisions

Between May 19 and June 18, 2026, Ballotpedia tracked a significant legislative action (enactment, veto, passage through both chambers) for 36 bills related to the administrative state in 14 states. Some highlights include a bill modifying agency structure in South Carolina, a sunset provision extension in Colorado, and a veto…

The Guardian - US

Serial rapist ex-NFL player Darren Sharper registers as sex offender in Virginia

Sharper, who pleaded guilty or no contest to raping women in four states, was transferred to a halfway house in May

The Independent UK

Two baby giraffes found safe after vanishing from a Virginia zoo a year ago

The giraffe calves vanished after state officials seized about 100 animals from the zoo while investigating the for alleged animal abuse

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Cycling News

US Road Championships: Kate Courtney outsprints Lauren Stephens to win elite women's road race title

Grace Arlandson takes third from chase group in Charleston

International Business Times UK

Virginia Neighbours Are Sealing Windows With Mattresses Against A Data Centre The Law Says Is 'Too Quiet' To Stop

Residents in Northern Virginia use mattresses to block noise from nearby data centres, highlighting challenges in local noise regulations and the impact of industrial growth on communities.

The Mary Sue

‘I Would Ask for a Refund’: Virginia Woman Orders Coach Purse. Then She Sees the Sticker on the Outside—and Gets Scared To Open It

Receiving a package you’ve been eagerly waiting for should be exciting. After the days have ticked by, the rush of anticipation should be enough to tear it open to get your hands on the item. But when this woman’s Coach bag from Poshmark arrived, the packaging alone made her think…

The Independent UK

In Richmond, churches retrace the path of the enslaved to confront their own history

Two Episcopal churches whose histories were shaped by Richmond’s role as a slave-trading center and the capital of the Confederacy have designed a “Walking with the Enslaved” pilgrimage, which they hope will open the eyes of fellow Richmonders to their city’s racist history

We Got This Covered

‘We did not get asked’: Virginia mother says a gunshot sensor was installed on her property without permission, and police told her it was legal

She says her house was not pre-approved by the city.

We Got This Covered

Wingstop employee allegedly prints racial slur on Virginia woman’s order. Then the manager defends him with the lamest excuse

Wingstop says it doesn’t tolerate such behavior.

The National (Scotland)

Is John Swinney asleep at the wheel amid AI data centre boom in Scotland?

ARE we sleepwalking into an AI data centre disaster in Scotland ...

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