by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 17. Also check out Saturday Night Live’s “cold open” last night, featuring the Brooklyn debate between Bernie Sanders (Larry David) and Hillary CLinton (Kate McKinnon).
- Pope Returns to Vatican With 12 Syrian Refugees After Trip to Greek Island
- Saudi Arabia could sell off billions in American assets if bill passes – NYT (Yet another reason for us to ditch our oil addiction, so we can tell Saudi Arabia where to shove it.)
- Powerful earthquake hits Ecuador, killing at least 77 and injuring over 570
- Criticizing Israel, Bernie Sanders Highlights Split Among Jewish Democrats
- Animal Cruelty or the Price of Dinner?
- Cruz wins Wyoming delegates in weekend convention rout
- Pope Francis Says Meeting With Sanders Was Just ‘Good Manners’
- Virginia Tech shootings, nine years later: “It doesn’t get any easier”
- Virginia County Blocks Mosque. Where Are Religious Liberty Advocates? (“This month, Virginia’s Culpeper County provided the latest instance of anti-Muslim ‘religious liberty’ hypocrisy.”)
- Editorial: Killing bills without a vote, the Virginia way? (Yep, and add in lots of “legalized corruption” as well. Seriously, anyone who touts the “Virginia way” is completely full of crap.)
- Schapiro: Cooch the Delegate Hunter stalks for Cruz – and himself (“Ken Cuccinelli is rounding up national convention delegates for Ted Cruz. Cuccinelli could also be refining his skills for 2017.”)
- Kennedy: Appalachian economic development and opportunity sought
- CRUZ WINS: 10th District Convention Live Blog (I disagree with The Bull Elephant on just about everything, but this is infinitely better reporting than you’ll get from the corporate media.)
- Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe: I’m “probably” the most-traveled governor in America
- Billions of cicadas will descend upon Virginia, other states as 17-year cycle concludes
- ATF investigators chase 30 guns stolen from Virginia gun store (“Store burglarized for the second time in less than a month.”)
- Amid lower gas prices, a budget crisis for transit systems in Northern Virginia (And of course our idiotic Republican-“led” legislature hasn’t dealt with this situation.)
- Editorial: For Norfolk mayor: Alexander (“WHEN Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim steps down, it will begin a significant shift in course for a storied American city.”)
- How Alexandria can cope with the state’s failure to expand Medicaid (“Medicaid expansion is the most effective thing a state can do to improve the health and well-being of its low-income, uninsured residents.”)
- State questions credentials of group building Virginia Beach wildlife center
- Norfolk Southern gets $2 million from state to help move jobs out of Roanoke
- Andy Protogyrou leading Kenny Alexander and Bob McCabe in fundraising for Norfolk mayor race
- A glorious Sunday closes out the weekend; we could hit 80 on Monday
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