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A lower court's determination that CSX Transportation violated no laws in terminating employees it suspected of fraud in seeking medical leave was recently unanimously upheld by the 4th U.S. Circuit https://t.co/D3ZWGUJl2M

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One of the major pharmaceutical companies accused of flooding America with generic, addictive painkillers is floating a plan to avoid paying over $1 billion as part of a national settlement for victims of the opioid epidemic.

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"I think anybody who's talking about a pardon is disqualifying themselves from being president - not legally disqualifying themselves - but what it means is they think the behavior's OK," Kaine said Thursday in an interview with journalists at the Richm... https://t.co/A0X96COMIu

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In 2004, before Taylor Swift was a household name, we went to her summer home in Stone Harbor to interview her. Here's what she said about her hopes and dreams then. https://t.co/ffRd9QPLh7

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Sydney "Sundance" Smith, 31, on a mission to be one of the world's top female bare-knuckle boxers, is eying a shot at competing for a title. https://t.co/LYchiOsMjv

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The Chesterfield County police department is withholding nearly all of its police officers names from public view, arguing a novel interpretation of Virginia’s FOIA law and frustrating a local police oversight group.

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Three inmates at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt died in the span of 48 hours due to drug overdoses, officials with the Virginia Department of Corrections have confirmed. https://t.co/Czj6aOVVGS

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One passenger was hurt after a flight from Richmond experienced landing gear failure in Atlanta. https://t.co/6ZUNozWklw

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The long-running budget impasse, notwithstanding, there could be significant short-term political gains for Gov. Glenn Youngkin if legislators gave up on a possible compromise tax-and-spending plan. https://t.co/zFgMvnsv1d

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For hundreds of transgender kids across Virginia, an alternate universe where some school administrators don’t affirm transgender kids could become a reality. https://t.co/HWEgc0jVBF

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A group of parents of students with disabilities filed a complaint with the Virginia Attorney General under the Virginia Human Rights Act, asking the state to investigate the Virginia Department of Education and the Fairfax County school system for its ... https://t.co/D7QVAqQOGR

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State Senate budget negotiators are developing counterproposals for their House counterparts in an effort to end the $1 billion General Assembly budget impasse after they spent two hours Wednesday discussing the latest proposal from a House of Delegates... https://t.co/VVs9sqOBRq

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In solidarity with Nelson County and a growing number of localities in honoring the memory of slain Wintergreen police officer Mark Christopher "Chris" Wagner II, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday requesting the Line ... https://t.co/FL3GnKRErn

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rvatech is leading an effort for federal funds that would turn Richmond into a hub for AI and machine learning innovation. https://t.co/stnD4vNgnu

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In his analysis of the case, the judge said UVa had acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner.” https://t.co/fOPksvVnR3

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"It's going to be special for me to be there and to be a part of it," Tiki said. https://t.co/HgB49wJcAt

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“This (pilot shortage) is constraining service restoration and the expansion of service." https://t.co/OOKG0kzYUu

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Black drivers are more likely to be stopped by Virginia police than are whites, a state Department of Criminal Justice Services report says. https://t.co/xrwSblgcz9

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Weidl, 36, was hired in May to lead the county’s first drug court program, and brings over ten years of field experience to the role. He’ll be supervising participants through the 18-month intensive program — conducting frequent drug tests, monitoring p... https://t.co/WZnYO01eLJ

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Nelson County High School is among 48 Virginia schools to win the Virginia Board of Education’s 2022-23 Highest Achievement Award. https://t.co/AHr2LE05aA