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Moment Washington DC sonic boom shakes homes of terrified residents before fatal jet crash

Residents in Virginia, US, were left stunned after a private jet dropped more than 30,000 feet per minute before crashing in the St Mary's Wilderness, killing four people

Daily Mirror

‘We’re mowed over’: colossal data centers are taking over the US countryside

New developments for cloud computing could threaten civil-war era and post-emancipation historical sites in rural Virginia

The Guardian - US

Washington DC sonic boom: Expert suggests what could have led to fatal plane crash

Prominent MAGA donor John Rumpel has been left wracked with grief after his daughter and two-year-old granddaughter were two of four people to die when the private jet crashed into a rural part of Virginia

Daily Mirror

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Wayward plane sparks F-16 fighter jet chase before crashing in Virginia

No survivors were found at the crash site

Evening Standard

No survivors found in wreckage after US fighter jets chase 'unresponsive' pilot of private plane

US fighter jets cause a sonic boom across the US capital while scrambling to reach an unresponsive aircraft that ultimately crashed in the mountains of Virginia.

ABC News

Military F-16s intercepted a business jet, shocking D.C. residents with a sonic boom

At supersonic speeds, F-16 jets chased down an unresponsive pilot who flew a civilian plane over the nation's capital and crashed in southwest Virginia. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

WEKU

Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia

The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said.

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Light plane crashes after chase by jets near US capital

US officials say jet fighters chased a light plane that violated airspace in Washington DC and later crashed into mountainous terrain.

The New Daily

Unresponsive small plane over Washington causes military jet to scramble, later crashes in Virginia

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia

The Independent UK

US jets pursue light aircraft over Washington DC before it crashes in Virginia

The fighter jets caused a sonic boom over the US capital that sent some residents into a brief panic

The Guardian - US

US air quality as far south as Virginia affected by Nova Scotia wildfires

National Weather Service issues air quality alert for Richmond while Maryland, Pennsylvania and other states affected

The Guardian - US

Rain forecast on Canada's Atlantic Coast promises relief after week of wildfires

Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia under control

The Independent UK

One-third of Virginia House incumbents are not running for re-election

One-third of the incumbents in Virginia’s House of Delegates are not running for re-election in 2023, the most in the chamber in more than a decade.

Ballotpedia

One-fourth of Virginia State Senate incumbents are running in contested primaries

Democrats currently hold a 22-18 majority in the Virginia State Senate, which holds elections every four years rather than every two.

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The Independent UK

Abortion plays key role in closely watched Virginia primary involving Democratic 'pro-life' lawmaker

One of Virginia's most closely watched nomination contests this election year features a rarity in today's politics: a self-described “pro-life” Democrat

The Guardian - UK

McKinley Dixon: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? review – literary, urgent rap

This is shorter than the Virginian jazz-rapper’s sprawling breakout LP, but still full to bursting with images and invention

France 24

Wildfires in Canada’s Nova Scotia force more evacuations, prompt air quality warnings in US

The largest wildfires ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continued to grow Thursday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of more people and prompting air quality warnings in U.S. regions as far south as Virginia and Maryland.

Reason

In Virginia, No Degree Is No Problem

The state is the latest of several in recent months that have moved to eliminate college degree requirements for the vast majority of state government jobs.

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WEKU

The debt ceiling deal bulldozes a controversial pipeline's path through the courts

The Mountain Valley Pipeline got an extraordinary boost in the debt ceiling deal. Court challenges have stalled the controversial natural gas pipeline stretching from West Virginia to North Carolina.

Al Jazeera

Virginia governor the latest to send troops to US-Mexico border

Governor Glenn Youngkin has deployed 100 National Guard members as human rights advocates decry border ‘militarisation’.

The Independent UK

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin sends 100 National Guard soldiers to US-Mexican border

Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin is joining the list of Republican governors sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico

The Conversation

US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender

As Southern states tear down Confederate statues and the military removes the names of Confederate generals from bases, the issue of how to remember the Civil War is increasingly prominent.

The Independent UK

New Jersey prosecutors announce murder charge against Virginia man in fatal shooting of councilwoman

New Jersey prosecutors say they have arrested a Virginia man on murder and gun charges in the February killing of a local councilwoman who was found fatally shot in her SUV outside her home

Ballotpedia

Virginia becomes the seventh state to withdraw from the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC) this year

Virginia Commissioner of Elections Susan J. Beals withdrew the state from membership in the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC) on May 11, 2023. This made Virginia the seventh state to resign membership in the multi-state voter list maintenance organization so far this year, and the eighth to do so overall.…

The Independent UK

Reform-minded prosecutors in northern Virginia face primary challenges

Three northern Virginia prosecutors who took office four years ago as progressive reformers are facing primary challenges in next month's elections

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