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At least 41 people are killed by flash flooding and tornados in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey as the remnants of Ida pass over the Northeastern United States.
2021-09-2

A statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee presented by Virginia is removed from the National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol. It is slated to be replaced by a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns.
2020-12-21

The Virginia, Nevada, and Illinois state attorneys general file a lawsuit to get the Equal Rights Amendment added to the Constitution of the United States.
2020-01-30

Democrats win majorities in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly (Senate and House), resulting in Democratic trifecta control of the governorship and General Assembly for the first time since 1993. Democratic Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear defeats Republican incumbent Matt Bevin to win the governorship of Kentucky.
2019-11-5

A Virginia police officer is killed during her first day on the job (and another two are wounded) in a domestic related shooting in Lake Ridge, Virginia.
2016-02-28

U.S. federal health officials are investigating an outbreak of deadly E. coli bacteria that has sickened 19 people in California, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. Preliminary evidence suggests that rotisserie chicken salad made and sold in Costco Wholesale stores is the likely source. This follows a totally unrelated outbreak earlier this month connected to Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. Those restaurants have been cleaned, new ingredients ordered, and have been reopened. The Costco E. coli 157 strain, which has caused five people to be hospitalized- two of which developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS; which can readily lead to acute renal failure and sepsis), is more dangerous than the Chipotle E. coli 026 strain, though there have been no deaths yet.
2015-11-24

A winter storm warning is in place for Washington, D.C., and the American states of Virginia and Maryland with schools closed and transport advisories in place.
2015-02-16

Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly receiving various financial benefits from a businessman seeking favors from the state government.
2014-01-21

A shooting at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, United States, kills three people, including the suspected shooter.
2013-03-22

The National Weather Service issues flash flooding warnings for the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia.
2011-09-8