Author: Alan Suderman
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Cut cable shuts down Virginia’s online voter registration
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An accidentally severed fiber optic cable shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election, authorities said. The Virginia Department of Elections said in statement on Twitter that a “fiber cut” was affecting connectivity for multiple agencies, including the department’s citizen portal…
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Clamor for ouster of top Democrats slows in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. • The clamor for the resignation of Virginia’s top two politicians seemed to die down Monday, with some black community leaders forgiving Gov. Ralph Northam over the blackface furor and calling for a fair hearing for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on the sexual assault allegations against him. Over the past several days, practically…
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Embattled Virginia governor: ‘I’m not going anywhere’
RICHMOND, Va. • Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam considered resigning amid a scandal that he once wore blackface, but the pediatric neurologist said Sunday that he’s “not going anywhere” because the state “needs someone that can heal” it. Northam said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that it’s been a difficult week since a racist photo…
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Crisis firm and tunnels: how Va. governor survives scandal
RICHMOND, Va. • He promised to start an honest conversation about race and how to heal the lingering wounds of Virginia’s painful past. Then he disappeared. For the past week, Gov. Ralph Northam has defied widespread calls for his resignation after a racist yearbook picture and a bungled response upended his career. The 59-year-old Democrat…
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Virginia governor clings to office, ignores calls to resign
RICHMOND, Va. • Gov. Ralph Northam clung to office Sunday amid nearly unanimous calls from his party to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, going silent after a bizarre 24 hours in which he first admitted he was in the picture, then denied it. The Democrat’s stunning about-face — at…
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Raising alarms: Floodwaters now threaten power plant
WILMINGTON, N.C. • As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina. Roads were still clogged with people trying to make it back to where the floods had creeped back, leaving silty mud…
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US Rep. says he’s battling alcoholism, drops re-election bid
RICHMOND, Va.— Republican Congressman Thomas Garrett of Virginia announced Monday that he will no longer seek re-election, saying he needs to work on recovering from alcoholism and renewing his commitment to his family. Garrett made the announcement in a video recorded at the state Capitol in Richmond. It was first reported by The Washington Post.…
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APNewsBreak: Mueller team questions Trump friend Tom Barrack
WASHINGTON — Investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller have interviewed one of President Donald Trump’s closest friends and confidants, California real estate investor Tom Barrack, The Associated Press has learned. Barrack was interviewed as part of the federal investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, according to…
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Virginia rejects ‘Trumpism’ as Dems score major victories
RICHMOND, Va. — Seizing his party’s first major Trump-era victory, Democrat Ralph Northam beat back a charge from Republican Ed Gillespie in the race for Virginia governor, a bruising election that tested the power of President Donald Trump’s fiery nationalism against the energy of the Trump resistance. In Virginia, as in several contests across America…
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Democrats sweep Virginia, New Jersey governor’s races
RICHMOND, Va. — Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump. In Virginia’s hard-fought contest, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie. In New Jersey, front-running Democrat Phil Murphy overcame Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno to…