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Madigan confirmed that power has been restored to Lexington, ending an hour-long outage.

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Several stoplights in town are not working as about 1,100 Lexington residents face a power outage, according to Dominion Energy’s website.

Dominion’s website says power will return between 11:00 PM-2:00 AM.

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Public Works Director Patrick Madigan says that generators should be powering on soon for the traffic lights in downtown Lexington. But he says Dominion hasn’t told the city the reason for the outage yet.

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BREAKING: Former first-year student Ricardo Vergara was sentenced to six years in prison today for the rape of a fellow student which took place on campus.

Read more here: https://t.co/1DT9fdsTcc

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NEW: A recent Fancy Dress poster, featuring Robert E. Lee in Confederate garb and fairy wings, angered dissenters and sympathizers alike.

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Mock Convention 2024 is proud to predict that Donald Trump will be the next Republican nominee for president of the United States

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Kirk spoke for about 9 minutes. The funding for his speech was helped by the alumni group The Generals Redoubt.

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Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks via Skype in a rescheduled appearance after a family emergency yesterday.

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According to Customs and Border Protection data, in December the Border Patrol reported a daily average of about 8,000 encounters. Migrants have a legal right to seek asylum in the United States.

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The AP disproved Trump Jr.’s claim in 2021. AP found that “dozens of people charged have been convicted of serious crimes and sent to prison” following Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, and the treatment of Jan. 6 protesters has not been unequal.

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Donald Trump Jr. begins his speech by referencing President Joe Biden’s documents case.

“The president of the United States committed a crime but he won’t be prosecuted because he’s too old and mentally unfit to stand trial,” Trump Jr. said.

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Trump Jr. addresses the 2020 George Floyd protests, claiming protestors were not prosecuted for crimes like arson and murder.

According to those on the left, “stealing a Gucci purse is not theft… I guess it’s reparations or something like that,” Trump Jr. said.