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Two people are killed and five others injured after a mass shooting at Huguenot High School in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
2023-06-6

Virginia reports its two first cases of the highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in California.
2021-03-25

The death toll in the U.S. from Hurricane Michael rises to 17: eight in Florida, five in Virginia, three in North Carolina and one in Georgia.
2018-10-12

17 people are confirmed dead after Hurricane Florence-related incidents. Florence is expected to dump an additional 10 to 15 inches of rain in parts of the Carolinas.
2018-09-15

Hurricane Florence weakens to a category 1 storm, but "life-threatening storm surge and rainfall" to the Carolinas remain likely with tropical-storm-force winds on Thursday.
2018-09-13

Hurricane Florence regains strength to a category 4 major hurricane and is expected to threaten the East Coast of the United States near the Carolinas in the coming days, with the potential for a category 4 or 5 landfall with very large rainfall totals. Preparations are underway for evacuation of around 1 million coastal inhabitants of South Carolina.
2018-09-10

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announces, effective February 1, 2016, that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry handgun permits from 25 (of the 30) states with reciprocity agreements with the commonwealth whose concealed handgun regulations are weaker than Virginia's. The state agreements with the other five states will not change. Virginia’s concealed carry permits will not be recognized by at least six states because they require mutual recognition of permits. [https:--www.washingtonpost.com-local-virginia-politics-va-attorney-general-mark-herring-delivers-blow-to-gun-rights-advocates-2015-12-21-d72ce3d0-a821-11e5-9b92-dea7cd4b1a4d_story.html ("The Washington Post")] [http:--www.chicagotribune.com-news-sns-bc-va--concealed-handgun-permits-20151222-story.html (AP via "Chicago Tribune")]date=August 2019
2015-12-22

Mail to the US Senate is suspended after letter sent to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) tests positive for the poisonous substance ricin at an offsite Congressional mail facility. The letter is being sent to the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for further testing.
2013-04-16

Flash flood warnings are issued in Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland.
2011-09-7

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell decides not to halt the execution of female murderer Teresa Lewis, who will be executed on September 23,2010.
2010-09-17