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“My home life really wasn’t that great. That’s really common for a lot of homeless people,” said Alex, a 25-year-old student at George Mason U…

With no fanfare or firestorm, the board of the Mosby Heritage Area Association in mid-July changed its name to Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area…

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Gov. Ralph Northam acknowledged Tuesday he “was not prepared” when he agreed to take photos with well-wishers at Virginia Beach over the weekend despite having left his face mask in the car. But he wants the rest of Virginia to do better and announced a statewide face-covering rule starting Friday, May 29.

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Depending on various COVID-19 measures, Ralph Northam says the state still plans to reopen shuttered businesses and ease some pandemic restrictions by Friday, May 15. But the governor also said areas hit harder by the pandemic can keep certain limits in place if they decide their local numbers are still too high.