Virginia
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| Governor | Ralph Northam |
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| Capital | Richmond |
| Abbreviation | VA |
| Minimum wage | 7. 25 USD per hour (Jan 1, 2014) |
| Colleges and universities | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Date of birth | January 1,1981 |
| Albums | Fierce For The Night |
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| Location statistical region population | 8.642 million |
| State flower | Flowering dogwood |
| Nickname | Mother of states, Old Dominion; Mother of Presidents |
| State bird | Northern cardinal |
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| Senators | Mark Warner |
| Tim Kaine | |
| Democratic Party | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 399710 |
About Virginia
Virginia, a southeastern U.S. state, stretches from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains, with a long Atlantic coastline. It's one of the 13 original colonies, with historic landmarks including Monticello, founding father Thomas Jefferson’s iconic Charlottesville plantation. The Jamestown Settlement and Colonial Williamsburg are living-history museums reenacting Colonial and Revolutionary-era life. ― Google
Hurricane Idalia blows flamingos as far as Ohio
... Reports then came flying in from Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia - roughly the storm s route as it travelled up the coast - but also inland in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Ohio...
Foo Fighters review: But Here We Are finds a band working through grief
... Soon after Hawkins died, Grohl also lost his mother, Virginia - who had raised him as a single parent in Washington, DC, and allowed him to drop out of school to pursue music...
Prince Andrew: BBC's Newsnight interview to be turned into a film
... The Duke of York also denied having sex with a then 17-year-old girl - Virginia Giuffre - saying he was in Pizza Express in Woking on the day the encounter was meant to have taken place...
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: Opening arguments in US trial against ex-wife
... The trial is being held in Virginia - home to two Washington Post offices and where the paper is physically published...
Inside Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's legal battle
...The sequel to Johnny Depp and ex-wife Amber Heard s bitter legal battle is coming to Virginia...
Can the super-rich solve America's budget problem?
... Fellow Democrat Joe Manchin, of West Virginia - one of the key of members of Mr Biden s party who has blocked his wider agenda - last year said that a similar proposal from Senator Ron Wyden was too complicated and he didn t " like the connotation that we re targeting different people"...
Point of view: what it's like when an African in the United States
... The first enslaved Africans in the United States, arrived in the then British colony of Virginia 401 years...
Coronavirus: the area of hospitals, the treatment of patients in all over the world
... The ship, the approximately 1,000 beds, to the left of the Norfolk naval base, Virginia, on Saturday...
Newspaper headlines: London Bridge victim's dad condemns 'agenda of hate'
Several of The Front pages show pictures of a grieving Leanne O'Brien, whose boyfriend Jack Merritt, 25, died in the London Bridge attack.
The Sun as she attended a vigil in Cambridge on Monday for Mr Merritt and Saskia Jones who were killed by Usman Khan.
"That such anguish was caused by a murderer in whom Jack and Saskia had seen hope", in the Daily Mail , "made it all the more agonising to witness".
The Guardian devotes much of its Front Cover to an article by Mr Merritt's father, David, who have jumped on The Attack to reinforce the World View his son fought against.
"Jack would be seething at his death being used to perpetuate an agenda of hate," he says. "Focus on rehabilitation, not Revenge . "
Jack Merritt was a co-ordinator of the Learning Together programme and Saskia Jones a volunteer"Andrew's new TV humiliation" is the headline in the Daily Mail , which says after a BBC Panorama special on Monday night.
In the programme, his American accuser Virginia Giuffre recounted allegations that she was brought to the UK by the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein when she was 17 to have sex with Prince Andrew.
The Mail says there was "no Smoking Gun " in her account, but that Ms Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, did enough to "reignite the whole sordid scandal".
The Guardian agrees that The Prince is under "fresh pressure", while The Sun implores him to to be questioned by the FBI.
"Assuming Andrew is innocent," it says, "he should have no difficulty rebutting any claims. " The Prince has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Virginia Giuffre appeared on the BBC's Panorama for her first UK television interview on MondayThe Daily Telegraph says about The Source of classified documents it released last week, which The Party said proved the NHS was "on the table" in a post-Brexit trade deal with the US.
A report by independent researchers suggests the files were published online using methods similar to a Russian disinformation campaign earlier this year.
The Paper says Labour has not revealed how it obtained the dossier, but The Party insists that neither The British nor The American governments have denied its authenticity.
The EU's new Financial Services chief tells the Financial Times that the to the European market after Brexit - if the UK waters down regulations around banking and consumer protections.
The FT suggests the comments reflect a desire in Brussels to make sure that any post-Brexit trade deal creates a "level playing field that prevents either side chopping away at regulations to gain a competitive advantage".
Several papers including The Daily Telegraph report on series of children's books.
In a recent release - Mr Men in Scotland - Mr Clever explains how the Forth Bridge got its name, prompting Little Miss Curious to ask what happened to The First , second and third bridges.
Mr Clever then sighs as the narrator suggests it's "going to be a very long day".
An academic at the University of Glasgow, Shelby Judge, said the quip was evidence of "mansplaining" and reinforced "ridiculous antiquated gender roles".
The publishers have played down her concerns, insisting the characters are simply getting up to their "usual antics".
Finally, the i reports that a Danish artist has won a legal battle to stop one of his paintings being cut into small pieces.
The Owners of a designer watch company bought the artwork Paris Chic for £70,000 earlier this year, without revealing to decorate some of their timepieces.
The Artist Tal R described it as a "disrespectful" attempt to "make a product" out of his creation. A court in Copenhagen agreed that The Project was in breach of copyright Law .
Source of news: bbc.com
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