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ScienceHuman HistoryHuman Remains Unearthed Where Colonial Williamsburg’s First Black Church Once Stood
Despite the amount of history that sits atop its soil, plenty of stories remain buried below Colonial Williamsburg. One of those stories is that of the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, an early Black church that stood until the 1950s on the historic site, on which excavations began last fall. Now, archaeologists have found human … Continued
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Tech NewsViral Video of Man Burning Trump Ballots Is Totally Fake
Have you seen that viral video of a man supposedly burning about 80 ballots marked for Donald Trump? The footage has been circulating on Twitter and Facebook over the past 48 hours and the president’s son, Eric Trump, even retweeted the video. But it’s completely fake. The viral video, which was first debunked by CNN, … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsVoter Registration in Virginia Extended After Last-Minute Technical Mishap
A federal judge in Virginia has extended voter registration through the end of Thursday after its online system became inaccessible just hours before the state due date on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported. U.S. District Court Judge John A. Gibney Jr. sided with voting rights groups that the snafu was unacceptable, writing that it would do “irreparable … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityCut Fiber Optic Cable Knocks Virginia Voter Registration System Offline Hours Before Deadline
On the last day for residents across Virginia to register to vote in the coming election, multiple websites housing the state’s voter registration portal were suddenly knocked offline. Now, local authorities are pinning the blame on a mysteriously cut fiber optic cable. The news comes courtesy of Virginia’s Department of Elections, which tweeted out earlier … Continued
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Tech NewsCrimeThe Other Creepy Guy on Netflix’s Tiger King Indicted on Wildlife Trafficking Charges
Since Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness premiered on Netflix earlier this year, most public attention has been focused on the lives of the series’ prime subjects: Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. On Thursday, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring gave everyone a reason to say, “oh yeah, I forgot about that Doc Antle guy.” The … Continued
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EartherA Caterpillar With Vomit-Inducing Poison Fur Is Taking Over Virginia
The West Coast is dealing with murder hornets entering a “slaughter phase.” Now the East Coast is getting in on the bad bug action, too, as furry poisonous caterpillars that can make people vomit and feel like they’re going into shock spread across Virginia. More like United States of Ahhh Get These Horror Show Bugs … Continued
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EartherVirginia Passes Landmark Clean Energy Legislation
On Sunday, Virginia became the first southern state to commit to transition to clean energy by 2050 when Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act into law. The law sets new requirements for energy efficiency among the state’s leading utility companies and establishes a deadline to phase out some of the worst culprits … Continued
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EartherClimate Change‘We Won’: Saving the World Starts With Local Elections
Tuesday night was a major win for climate advocates. And it was a much-needed reminder on the power of local elections in moving forward climate policy—especially in the age of Donald Trump. The president is doing a damn good job of destroying the environment. He’s not only begun to roll back key environmental protections, but … Continued
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Tech NewsNothing to See Here, Just Someone or Something With a TV for a Head Leaving TVs on Porches at Night
In the dead of night this weekend, someone or something left dozens of ageing TVs on the porches and lawns of Virginia homes. According to reports from CNN and WWBT, at least 60 different people in Glen Allen in Henrico County woke up on Aug. 11 to discover that old television sets had been left … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceAmazon Fulfillment Center in Virginia Catches Fire, Cause Unknown
A blaze swept through Amazon Fulfillment Center RIC1 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia this morning, overwhelming the building’s internal fire suppression systems. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that calls to local fire departments came in just before 10am, and six nearby departments responded according to Mark Tenia, a reporter for WRIC. The RIC1 facility, which opened in … Continued
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Newly Elected Virginia Democrats Are Already Taking Serious Climate Action
Elections have consequences, and Democrats won maaaajor this month. That’s good news for climate policy, especially as President Donald Trump and his climate-denying minions take strides to roll back environmental policies meant to not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions but also keep pollution at bay. Regulators in Virginia are wasting no time addressing climate change … Continued
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Tech NewsWhite Supremacists Suddenly Very Concerned About Tolerance After Getting Maced
Can’t we all get along? That seems to be the question coming from internet personalities Baked Alaska and Matthew Colligan after they were attacked and doxed while participating in a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. Matthew Colligan and his friend Baked Alaska, whose real name is Anthime Gionet, have spent the … Continued
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Winter Chaos Leads to Tanker Explosion and 50 Car Accidents
Icy conditions and freezing rain hit the East Coast hard overnight. Slick roads reportedly caused over 50 traffic accidents in Virginia and the Baltimore/D.C. area was hit particularly hard. In one horrifying incident, a tanker truck overturned and exploded on I-95. A 15-car pileup occurred minutes later. As of 9:39 a.m., the D.C. bus system … Continued
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Woman Accused of Killing Boyfriend’s Toddler Blames Child’s Eight-Year-Old Sister Instead
Here are the known facts: on May 18, 2014, 20-month-old Anna Bell died of a fractured skull in her Norfolk, Virginia home. Her lifeless body was found at the bottom of a staircase. Was it an accident, or was someone else responsible? And was that someone an adult … or another child? Arrested for second-degree … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Gwar Was Inspired By the Civil War and Cigarettes
The first time I saw Gwar was in 1995. The band of interplanetary warriors was featured on Beavis and Butthead, and I was watching (even though I wasn’t supposed to). Today, a Gwar slave at a TED Talk explained to me how the band expressed its history in the poverty-stricken South with dark themes like … Continued
