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Eli Lilly to Build $5 Billion Drug Manufacturing Plant in Virginia

The drug company has pledged to spend $27 billion on four new facilities.

Health Matt Novak Sep 16

A man takes a picture of a module being assembled at the international nuclear fusion project

MIT-Linked Company Says It Will Build ‘World’s First Grid-Scale’ Nuclear Fusion Power Plant

Commonwealth Fusion Systems spun out of a project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research labs.

Tech News AJ Dellinger Dec 21

Image of the oldest known tombstone in America.

The Story of America’s Oldest Tombstone Is Surprisingly Complicated

A rich knight likely paid a handsome sum to import the ornately carved monument, despite brutal conditions in the Jamestown colony.

Human History Adam Kovac Sep 18

Boar's Head meats are displayed at a Safeway store on July 31, 2024 in San Rafael, California.

Boar’s Head Shuts Down Virginia Meat Plant After 9 Deaths Linked to Listeria

"This is a dark moment in our company’s history," Boar's Head said in a statement.

Health Matt Novak Sep 13

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office press conference on July 25, 2024.

11-Year-Old Charged in More Than 20 Swatting Calls Against Schools

The kid was allegedly working alone, though a copycat incident saw more threats against Florida schools.

Crime Matt Novak Jul 28

FAA Lifts Pause on NYC Flights but Airport Delays Continue Amid Wildfire Smoke

Departing flights at LaGuardia International Airport in Queens and Newark International Airport in New Jersey are still experiencing delays.

Transportation Kevin Hurler Jun 8

Human 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…

Human History Isaac Schultz Feb 25

Viral 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,…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 5

Voter 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…

Politics Tom McKay Oct 14

Cut 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…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky Oct 13

The 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…

Crime Rhett Jones Oct 9

A 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…

Earther Brian Kahn Oct 9

Virginia 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…

Earther Alyse Stanley Apr 12

‘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…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Nov 6

Nothing 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…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 12

Amazon 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…

Commerce Avery Ellis Apr 30

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…

Earther Yessenia Funes Nov 17

White 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…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 14

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…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 17

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…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy Sep 29

virginia

Eli Lilly to Build $5 Billion Drug Manufacturing Plant in Virginia

MIT-Linked Company Says It Will Build ‘World’s First Grid-Scale’ Nuclear Fusion Power Plant

The Story of America’s Oldest Tombstone Is Surprisingly Complicated

Boar’s Head Shuts Down Virginia Meat Plant After 9 Deaths Linked to Listeria

11-Year-Old Charged in More Than 20 Swatting Calls Against Schools

FAA Lifts Pause on NYC Flights but Airport Delays Continue Amid Wildfire Smoke

Human Remains Unearthed Where Colonial Williamsburg’s First Black Church Once Stood

Viral Video of Man Burning Trump Ballots Is Totally Fake

Voter Registration in Virginia Extended After Last-Minute Technical Mishap

Cut Fiber Optic Cable Knocks Virginia Voter Registration System Offline Hours Before Deadline

The Other Creepy Guy on Netflix’s Tiger King Indicted on Wildlife Trafficking Charges

A Caterpillar With Vomit-Inducing Poison Fur Is Taking Over Virginia

Virginia Passes Landmark Clean Energy Legislation

‘We Won’: Saving the World Starts With Local Elections

Nothing to See Here, Just Someone or Something With a TV for a Head Leaving TVs on Porches at Night

Amazon Fulfillment Center in Virginia Catches Fire, Cause Unknown

Newly Elected Virginia Democrats Are Already Taking Serious Climate Action

White Supremacists Suddenly Very Concerned About Tolerance After Getting Maced

Winter Chaos Leads to Tanker Explosion and 50 Car Accidents

Woman Accused of Killing Boyfriend’s Toddler Blames Child’s Eight-Year-Old Sister Instead

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

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