From WTOP News.com: Northern Virginia VCU student denied diploma after participating in pro-Palestinian protests
Two months after earning a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, a 20-year-old Northern Virginia woman is having her diploma withheld for partaking in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
From AP News.com: Google partners with Youngkin and offers AI training courses to Virginia job seekers
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that Google will partner with his administration to provide free and low-cost artificial intelligence certification courses to Virginians as part of his office’s ongoing effort to connect citizens to new jobs amid changes to the state’s economy. The partnership, which he has described as an AI career launchpad, will provide Google-sponsored AI training courses for up to 10,000 Virginians at any given time, officials said at Google’s office in the northern part of the state. The announcement comes as unemployment in Virginia has increased in recent months.
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From BBC.com: 'We're not just gonna roll over': The US Civil War battlefield at the centre of a new conflict
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250711-the-last-battle-of-the-us-civil-war-is-against-ai
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From WTOP News.com: James Walkinshaw wins Democratic contest to likely replace US Rep. Connolly in northern Virginia
Democrats and Republicans chose candidates in Northern Virginia on Saturday who will vie to replace the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who served the congressional district in Fairfax for 16 years.
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From WTOP News.com: University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says
The president of the University of Virginia is resigning his position under pressure from the Justice Department, which had pushed for his departure amid scrutiny of the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
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From WTOPNews.com: Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents
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From WTOPNews.com: Senate draft of ‘big, beautiful bill’ could cut funds for Virginia hospitals, also affect Medicaid
Virginia’s hospitals are monitoring congressional budget proposals with concern. A new draft of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in the U.S. Senate could alter two critical funding mechanisms that support Virginia’s hospitals and their ability to bolster the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
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Northern Virginia data centers have topped 4,900 megawatts. What does that mean?
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Democrats squaring off in Virginia primaries say one name a lot: Trump
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From WTOPNews.com: Va. AG Miyares breaks with Trump over pardon of convicted ex-Culpeper sherif
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, saying the ex-lawman’s federal bribery conviction was well-founded and the pardon misguided.
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