Virginia police search vehicle surveillance data 24/7. ‘Why?’ isn’t always clear. A VCIJ at WHRO analysis of Flock Safety data shows a startling variety of reasons – mandated by a new state law – for vehicle surveillance. Critics say the automatic license plate reader law has made ...

Excellent story. I wish the author had interviewed the Norfolk police chief about the searches.
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Chimes of Freedom - 3-31-2026 YouTube video by McMeade

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C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses

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“Leave her alone! What are you doing?!”

ICE snatching a mom from her daughter in San Francisco’s airport (not a normal TSA function)

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Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms

The deal is an extraordinary transfer of taxpayer dollars to a foreign company for the purposes of boosting the production of fossil fuels, a main driver of climate change, while throttling offshore wind power. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

Cost of Norfolk floodwall project balloons to $6 billion, completion slated for 2037 The city seeks funding help from Congress and the General Assembly

Sticker shock. My latest on Norfolk's storm risk plan. The cost has more than doubled.
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ODU shooter bought gun used in attack on ROTC classroom from Smithfield man, ATF says An Isle of Wight man was charged in federal court on Friday with selling Mohamed Jalloh the gun that was used in the attack at Old Dominion University.

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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

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DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells DHS sent talking points to Republican officials to promote migrant detention centers while communities complained about a lack of transparency.

The Department of Homeland Security has tried to quietly enlist local Republican leaders to promote the administration’s $38 billion plan to transform industrial warehouses in towns and cities across the country into migrant detention centers.

At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

Opinion | Data Centers Are a Distraction. The Real Fight Is Elsewhere.

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Army Corps plans to fast-track infrastructure priorities, including in Virginia • Virginia Mercury Plan’s initiatives include overhauling the regulatory process to eliminate delays in permitting projects, empowering commanders to “take informed risks” to advance key water resources programs and con...

Army Corps plans to fast-track infrastructure priorities, including in Virginia virginiamercury.com/2026/02/27/a...

An Uninsurable Country States must take action to fend off the looming home insurability crisis.

A sobering report on insurance. www.nrdc.org/resources/un...

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

Future Mayoral Candidate, Delinquent on Taxes for Years, Forgiven Rent as Mall Closes Tony Brothers closed his restaurant in December after the city forgave $236,000 in back rent and he paid more than two years of delinquent taxes.

Future Mayoral Candidate, Delinquent on Taxes for Years, Forgiven Rent as Mall Closes
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Alysa Liu Is Skating Again, Her Way This Time

Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...

omfg this guy

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From the Department After Sexual Assault Reports

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We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite

The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

Jim Morrison | Substack Freelance journalist. Click to read Jim Morrison, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.

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My first story for FOIA and Find Out is the tale of Brothers restaurant in Norfolk. In October, the City Council voted to forgive up to $236,000 in back rent for the restaurant, owned by well-known NBA referee and potential mayoral candidate Tony Brothers.

There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

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Q: What do you tell Americans who are concerned that repealing the endangerment finding comes at a host to public health and the environment based on science?

TRUMP: I tell them don't worry about it. This was all a scam. They'll have more money to spend for healthcare.

More money to spend from the diseases incubated in a warming climate and the respiratory ailments caused by air pollution.

You may find this map shocking. The crazy imbalance even surprised me!
It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/

Loss of green smelter highlights Kentucky’s need for clean electricity Century Aluminum chose Oklahoma, not Kentucky, for a new smelter. Some say it’s a "wake-up call" for the Bluegrass State to modernize – and decarbonize –…

A giant aluminum smelter recently decided to locate in Oklahoma rather than Kentucky. Why?

OK has cheap wind power. KY is stuck with increasingly expensive fossil power.