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FILE - This Monday, April 6, 2020 file photo shows an arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
(AP Photo/John Locher)
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April 21, 2020 - 1:11 pm

More Deaths, No Benefit from Malaria Drug in VA Virus Study

More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study
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Jeff Katz
August 30, 2019 - 2:24 pm

President Trump Is Undoing Obama's Anti-Christian Policies In V.A. Hospitals

During a speech in Indianapolis on Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence declared that Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals would not be "religion-free zones." During the last Administration the VA was removing Bibles & even banning Christmas carols to be politically correct, but under President @...
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In this Thursday, April 18, 2019 photo Rodney Robinson, of Richmond, Va., gestures during an interview at the Virgie Binford Educational Center, a school inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Denise Levoie)
(AP Photo/Denise Levoie)
April 24, 2019 - 12:30 pm

Richmond Teacher Named National Teacher of the Year

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As a veteran teacher at a troubled high school in Richmond, Virginia, Rodney Robinson wanted to better understand why so many students go directly from school to prison. So he took a job teaching students at a juvenile detention center. Four...
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Virginia has installed its first historical marker to commemorate the lynching of a black man. (Vladimir Kokorin/ iStock / Getty Images Plus)
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April 10, 2019 - 12:44 pm

Lynching Historical Marking

CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) - Virginia has installed its first historical marker to commemorate the lynching of a black man. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the marker was installed on Sunday in Charles City, outside of Richmond. It marks the death of 43-year-old Isaac Brandon in 1892. The...
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This Monday, March 4, 2019, photo shows Fairfax County Public Schools in Merrifield, Va. Virginia’s largest school district is defending itself against three separate federal lawsuits filed by students. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)
(AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)
March 12, 2019 - 12:46 pm

A Wealthy County in Court Over Sexual Misconduct at Schools

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia's largest school district is defending itself against three separate federal lawsuits filed by students who say the school system botched sexual misconduct investigations. Two involve boys who say Fairfax County Public Schools...
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May 18, 2018 - 4:41 pm

New V-A Head Named

By ZEKE MILLER, HOPE YEN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise announcement that caught the candidate off-guard, President Donald Trump said Friday he'll nominate acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to permanently lead the beleaguered department...
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April 26, 2018 - 9:38 am

VA Nominee Withdrawn

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is praising Ronny Jackson, who has just announced he will withdraw from consideration as Veterans Affairs secretary. Trump says there will be consequences for the Democratic senator who led the charge against Jackson.In a phone interview with "Fox &...
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