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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.

|ByREUTERS
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

This comes after reports that the USS George H.W. Bush would deploy to the region.

|ByTZVI JASPER
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 sweeping winter storm has canceled thousands of US flights, triggered emergency declarations in multiple states, and placed severe strain on power grids as extreme cold spreads nationwide.

|ByREUTERS, TOBIAS HOLCMAN
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

The drunken shenanigans of the raccoon have also inspired a fundraising campaign for the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Neo-Nazi leader quotes Hitler in motion filed in federal court

Cantwell is one of about 25 defendants in a lawsuit filed against the organizers of the 2017 neo-Nazi “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

JANUARY 23, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
American white nationalists march at the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11, 2017. In Charlottesville, antisemitic marchers shouted, 'Jews won’t replace us'

3 neo-Nazis who planned to bring guns to rally arrested by FBI

The rally is scheduled for the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday to protest gun control measures proposed by the state legislature and its new Democratic majority.

JANUARY 19, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
‘Banners of Hate’ placed by US white supremacist groups

Donald Trump says the 2nd Amendment is under 'serious attack' in Virginia

The Virginia Senate passed bills to require background checks on all firearms sales, limit handgun purchases to one a month, and restore local governments' right to ban weapons from public spaces.

JANUARY 18, 2020ByREUTERS
U.S. President Trump speaks with Congressional Republicans at the White House in Washington

Israel Aerospace Industries to expand headquarters in Virginia

The expansion will create dozens of new jobs in the headquarters.

NOVEMBER 24, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A "Bird Eye-650" Long Endurance mini-UAV system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is displayed at the Unmanned Vehicles Conference 2015 on November 9, 2015, in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv

Virginia governor lands in Israel for trade mission

Northam will visit Tel Aviv and Jerusalem before continuing to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

NOVEMBER 16, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
Democratic candidate for governor Ralph Northam embraces his wife Pam as he addresses supporters after his election night victory at the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, November 7, 2017.

Ohio man who threatened Youngstown, Ohio JCC online indicted

“This defendant’s video demonstrated that he had access to weapons and he posed a threat to a Jewish community center."

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
James Reardon Jr., arrested on charges of threatening to attack a local Jewish community center, is shown in a booking photo in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., provided August 19, 2019

Book review: City of Refuge founder offers hope to homeless

The book is his story of trying to save one person at a time

AUGUST 8, 2019ByBO EMERSON
Homeless people sleeping on the sidewalk.

Body of Virginia Rabbi swept out to the sea saving student found

Rabbi Reuven Bauman leaves behind a wife and five children.

JULY 15, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Coast Guard

GOP pol takes down 'concentration camp' joke after Democrat complains

A Republican running for the Virginia state legislature removed from his Facebook campaign page a meme that mocked comparisons of migrant camps to concentration camps.

JULY 2, 2019ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
The courthouse building from the colonial period in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Sky's the limit: Rise of delivery drones has cities asking who owns airspace

"People really believe they own everything above their property."

JUNE 17, 2019ByREUTERS
Optimus, a drone manufactured by Airobotics, the Israeli drone maker that says it has recently been granted the first certificate in the world to fly a fully automated drone, with no human operator, is seen during a demonstration for Reuters near their offices in Petah Tikva, Israel March 20, 2017.