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Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
Google on Thursday asked that a judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising. To bolster its case, the tech giant wrote a multimillion-dollar check to the U.S. government that it...
Arrests of US tourists in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition prompt plea from three governors
Five Americans are facing prison sentences of up to 12 years in the Turks and Caicos Islands on charges they illegally carried ammunition during recent trips to the popular, upscale tourist destination about 600 miles (965 km) southeast of Miami. Three of the arrests have prompted...
Archaeologists believe they've found site of Revolutionary War barracks in Virginia
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth. The site is on the property of Colonial Williamsburg, a...
Cel-Sci: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
VIENNA, Va. (AP) — VIENNA, Va. (AP) — Cel-Sci Corp. (CVM) on Thursday reported a loss of $7.2 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Vienna, Virginia-based company said it had a loss of 14 cents per share. _____ This story was generated by...
WidePoint: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — WidePoint Corp. (WYY) on Wednesday reported a loss of $653,000 in its first quarter. The Fairfax, Virginia-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents per share. The information technology services provider posted revenue of...
National Bankshares: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — National Bankshares Inc. (NKSH) on Wednesday reported net income of $2.2 million in its first quarter. The Blacksburg, Virginia-based bank said it had earnings of 37 cents per share. The holding company for the National...
Virginia governor swiftly signs compromise budget deal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Public schools will get more funding, teachers and other government workers will see a pay bump and Virginia's tax policy will remain as is under compromise budget legislation the Democratic-led General Assembly sent Monday to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who swiftly...
Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker...
Michael Cohen: A challenging star witness in Donald Trump's hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — He once said he would take a bullet for Donald Trump. Now Michael Cohen is prosecutors' biggest piece of legal ammunition in the former president's hush money trial. But if Trump's fixer-turned-foe is poised to offer jurors this week an insider's view of the...
In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names were removed amid nationwide protests calling for a reckoning over racial injustice. In a reversal experts believe was the...
