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Virginia Attorney General candidate Jason Miyares addresses the Virginia FREE Leadership Luncheon in McLean, Va., on Sept. 1, 2021. Miyares announced Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, that he is launching an investigation into one of the state's most prestigious high schools, acting on complaints that students there weren't properly recognized for their achievements on a standardized test. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Virginia attorney general investigating elite high school
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Wed,01/04/23-2:31PM , 180 Reads
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is launching an investigation into one of the state's most prestigious high schools, acting on complaints that students there weren't properly recognized for their achievements on a standardized test.
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Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan speaks in support for the Equal Rights Amendment to be added to the U.S. Constitution at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 21, 2021. McClellan has won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress, party officials said. McClellan won the nomination in the firehouse primary, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, over Sen. Joe Morrissey and two other candidates. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Virginia state Sen. McClellan wins Democratic nomination
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Thu,12/22/22-3:45AM , 152 Reads
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan has overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress, party officials said Thursday.
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The Metrorail station at Dulles International Airport is seen on Nov. 2, 2022, in Chantilly, Va., with the terminal in the background. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is ready to open the second and final phase of its Silver Line Metrorail extension on Nov. 15. The six new stations will for the first time connect the airport and the outer suburbs of Loudoun County to the region's flagship mass transit system. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)

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Mass transit extension to Dulles Airport opens at tough time
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Sat,11/12/22-7:11AM , 368 Reads
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — It's taken 60 years and billions of dollars. One man went to prison over shoddy construction. Now, mass transit is finally coming to Dulles International Airport outside the nation's capital.
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Igor Danchenko, a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump, leaves Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 4, 2021. A jury on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, acquitted Danchenko on all counts. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier
By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press
Tue,10/18/22-3:30PM , 107 Reads
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump.
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