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Kaine / Warner Vote For Warrantless Spying On Americans But Against Trial Of Impeached Official
On April 12, the House of Representatives voted 273-147 to continue for two years a powerful and controversial surveillance authority, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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Roanoke Co., Botetourt, Vinton Host Forums To Discuss High-Crash Locations
Roanoke County, Botetourt County and the Town of Vinton are collaborating on a Comprehensive Safety...
What All Dog Owners Should Know About Lyme Disease
As Lyme disease cases rise in the U.S., humans are not the only ones at...
Debate Continues on Virginia Bill to Legalize Physician-assisted Death
Both sides of medical aid in dying bill emphasize respect for human lives
George Michael Vasiloff...
Virginia Receives Nearly $123 Million from Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
Attorney General Jason Miyares has announced that Virginia has received a payment of $122.5 million...
In 1 Virginia City, 93 Opioid Pills for Every Resident Each Year
Between 2006 and 2012, more than 71 million opioid pills flowed into Henrico County. For the county’s 320,000 residents, that represented about 32 pills...
More Virginia Residents Speak Languages Other Than English
Nahlaa Alsilfih Alahmari and her husband, Abdullah Alahmari, are graduate students from Saudi Arabia. She is pursuing a doctorate in education at Virginia State...
Appalachian Power Utility Scam Returns to Western Virginia
A scam that moved into the region earlier this year has returned to the area. Bureau Better Business Serving Western Virginia (BBB) warns Appalachian...
Students Tackles Challenges of Wildlife Field Work While Breaking New Trails in Africa
For Kayla East, studying wildlife health in northern Botswana meant having to get used to the unexpected.
“I remember, on a day off, a group...
Hokie BugFest Strives to Make Science More Accessible for All
Hokie BugFest celebrated the creepy-crawly world of entomology to educate the community about this often-underappreciated group of animals. However, large events like these can...
2019 White House Ornament Marks First Presidential Helicopter Ride
This year’s White House Historical Association’s 39th official White House Christmas ornament honors a precedent that, to later generations of Americans, became routine.
That precedent...
