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These states may decide on abortion laws in 2026

Abortion laws in many states have been in limbo since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Axios · Dec 31, 2025

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says Texas may get a moonship, not space shuttle Discovery

NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home in a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.

Space · Dec 31, 2025

Why This Top 100 Stock to Buy Is Getting Cheaper Even as It Soars Higher

Virginia-based Indivior, a developer of opioid addiction treatments, continues to hold down a place in Barchart’s Top 100 Stocks to Buy. Up 192% in 2025, its P/E is declining despite the stock’s gains over the past year. Here’s why.

Barchart · Dec 30, 2025

Paul Freeman: The Consultant Who Brings Order to Complexity

Over the years, Freeman has advised C-suite executives and boards, supported nonprofit governance and board development, and held public office himself. His experience includes serving on a school board in Virginia and twice as mayor of Laguna Beach, California.

International Business Times · Dec 22, 2025

‘Unrelenting itchy feeling’: Family ambushed by bed bugs aboard transatlantic flight sues over ruined trip

Exclusive: Ophthalmologist Romulo Albuquerque, his wife and their two kids say the bites across their necks, torsos, legs, lower backs and legs turned their vacation into a nightmare

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025

America's data center growth hot spots, mapped

Virginia and Texas lead the way, but they're becoming a major political fight.

Axios · Dec 18, 2025

Capitol Lens | Johns in bronze - Roll Call

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who led a protest against segregation at her Virginia school in 1951, is unveiled in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

Barbara Rose Johns: The Teen Protester Turned Civil Rights Icon Honoured With a US Capitol Statue

Barbara Rose Johns, who led a student strike at 16 that challenged school segregation, is honoured with a statue in the US Capitol building history.

International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2025

‘One of America’s true trailblazers’: Capitol unveils statue replacing Robert E Lee

Johns is known for protesting poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025