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“Personhood” Status for Unborn Emerges as New Front Line in Abortion Battle
“Fetal personhood” has emerged as the next step of the anti-abortion movement.
By amending state constitutions or passing new laws, a number of state legislatures across the country are attempting...
Virginia Residents Will Need ‘REAL ID’ to Board An Airplane Starting May 2025
Do you have a star on your Virginia driver’s license? If not, there’s still time...
Amtrak Virginia Sets New Record With March 2024 Ridership
Double-digit increases seen on all four corridorsThe Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) marked yet another...
Marine Terminal Improvements Almost Complete – No Impact Yet From Maryland Bridge Collapse
The Richmond Marine Terminal has not seen an increase in traffic following the Francis Scott...
Police Clash With Protesters at VCU Pro-Palestine Event
Law enforcement officers arrested 13 individuals during a chaotic clash that involved use of chemical...
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...
VA Tech Experts Seek to Protect National Parks From Invasive Animal Species
More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave and immediate threat: the ongoing presence and spread of invasive animal species. The...