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Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials vowed to “maximize federal law enforcement presence” in the nation’s capital after days of violent demonstrations led to fires across Washington and left scores of businesses with broken windows and dozens of police officers injured. In a call with...
Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials vowed to “maximize federal law enforcement presence” in the nation’s capital Monday night after days of violent demonstrations led to fires across Washington and left scores of businesses with broken windows and dozens of police officers injured. In a...
Dominion urges voluntary utility disconnect ban extension
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dominion Energy Virginia asked state regulators Monday to give utilities the option to suspend service disconnections for another four months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s largest electric utility made the request in a filing with the State Corporation Commission,...
Black Liberty U. alums rebuke Falwell after blackface tweet
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three dozen black alumni of Liberty University denounced school President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Monday, suggesting he step down after he mocked Virginia’s mask-wearing requirement by invoking the blackface scandal that engulfed the state’s governor last year. In a...
Richmond police arrest over 200 protesters during curfew
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police in Richmond arrested more than 200 people during a third night of protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The arrests were made Sunday, the first night of an 8 p.m. curfew imposed after some protesters smashed windows, vandalized businesses and set a police...
The Latest: California closes all downtown state buildings
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck: ___ SAN FRANCISCO — The state Department of Human Resources sent a directive to close all California state buildings “with offices in downtown city...
Richmond mayor: Curfew to be imposed after violent protests
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s capital city will be under a curfew beginning Sunday evening after two nights of protests that led to violence, injuries and property damage. Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency across Virginia on Sunday. The emergency declaration includes a curfew for...
Protesters in some cities target Confederate monuments
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed his knee on his neck, targeted Confederate monuments in multiple cities. As tense protests swelled across the country Saturday into Sunday morning, monuments in...
Musicians explore innovation during new age 'wild west'
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — At the foot of the bed rests a glittery blue drum set and lodged between a worn leather sofa and his desk are four instruments crammed, but within arm’s reach. Boundaries between personal, private and work life have become obsolete for many, but Valentin Prince has chosen to...
Virus adds new concerns to cities as hurricane season begins
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — As hurricane season begins and the pandemic continues, Virginia's largest city is facing the prospect of having fewer resources to respond to a major storm. Plummeting tax revenues are raising questions in Virginia Beach about how much funding would be available. Money would be needed...
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