Virginia

West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud's alleged role in distributing child sex abuse material

Apple has previously denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit by private plaintiffs making similar claims.

A truck from the child advocacy organization Heat Initiative calling on Apple to do more to police child sex abuse material on iCloud, is parked outside the Apple store as the new iPhone 15 is released in Boston, Massachusetts, US, September 22, 2023
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT Carrier USS Gerald Ford arrives, on November 14, 2022 in Gosport, England.

Largest aircraft carrier in the world sent by US to Middle East as Iran talks continue

A de-icing crew works during winter storm Fern on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, US, January 24, 2026.

Winter Storm Fern grounds thousands of US flights, strains power grids nationwide

A very drunk raccoon passed out on the bathroom floor of a liquor store after an early morning break in.

Party animal: Drunk raccoon behind viral liquor store break-in honored with cocktail namesake


Protesters posed as neo-Nazis to target the GOP nominee in Virginia’s governor race

The protest Friday against Glenn Youngkin, who is running for governor against former governor Terry McAuliffe, was organized by the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans.

White supremacists stand behind their shields at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, US, August 12, 2017

Virginia Democrats say only they can fight US antisemitism

Democrats in Virginia said that antisemitism is on the rise in the US and only the democrats can fight it ahead of the governor race.

 Democratic delegate Eileen Filler-Corn speaks after being sworn in as the first woman Speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates, as the General Assembly convenes in Richmond, Virginia, US.

GOP nominee accuses Soros of placing political operatives in school boards

Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee for governor of Virginia, described “chaos” in the Virginia school system and blamed Democratic opponent Gov. Terry McAuliffe, as well as Soros.

Billionaire investor George Soros attends the Schumpeter Award in Vienna, Austria June 21, 2019.

Violins recovered from Holocaust to be played in special show

Thanks to the Violins of Hope project, the show in Roanoke, Virginia, will feature violins restored after the Holocaust, on which the works of Jewish composers who died in the war will be played.

Albert Einstein's violin is displayed at Bonhams auction house in New York, US, March 6, 2018

GOP flier in Virginia depicts Jewish Democrat with pile of gold coins

The flier was distributed this week by Dan Helmer’s Republican challenger, Howard Pyon.

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Virginia Republican apologizes for mocking Jewish House speaker's nose

In his apology, Hahns Copeland said the comment mocking House speaker Eileen Filler-Corn's nose was not meant to be antisemitic.

 Democratic delegate Eileen Filler-Corn speaks after being sworn in as the first woman Speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates, as the General Assembly convenes in Richmond, Virginia, US.

Virginia House GOP candidate likens being conservative to Nazi Germany

A number of Republicans over the last year, including the prominent House Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, have likened coronavirus restrictions to the Nazi treatment of Jews.

A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018

Idaho and West Virginia pass anti-Israel boycott laws

Idaho’s Anti-Boycott Against Israel Act states that public entities cannot do business over a total of $100,000 with companies that do not expressly oppose the BDS movement

The Idaho House of Representatives Room in Idaho State Capitol Building

Virginia Republicans won’t move convention voting off Shabbat

A majority of the State Central Committee voted Thursday for a religious exemption to voting at the convention taking place on May 8, a Saturday.

GOP Convention July, 2016

Two dead, eight injured in at least two shootings in Virginia Beach

“What you can see is we have a very chaotic incident, a very chaotic night in the Beach,” Police Chief Paul Neudigate told local news. “Many different crime scenes.”

A resident places flowers at a makeshift memorial outside a municipal government building where a shooting incident occurred in Virginia Beach, Virginia, US June 1, 2019.