by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 11.
- Global Warming Seen as Lit Match in Northern Fires
- Spurning Unity, Trump Claims ‘Mandate’ to Be Provocative
- Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California (“Meet William Johnson, head of the American Freedom Party.”)
- Sanders wins in West Virginia, extending race against Clinton
- The growing stress on the world’s water (“The World Bank warns that limiting emissions will not be enough.”
- Friedman: Trump’s Miss Universe Foreign Policy
- Meet The Men And Women Behind Donald Trump (Perhaps even worse and more disturbing than Trump himself are the loony-tunes, bigots and thugs around him.)
- Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Zombie Accusations: Private Servers & Emails
- Against Trump, Clinton should resist the temptation of triangulation (“Instead of tacking to the center, she should win on a bold platform — and move the center to the left.”)
- Paul Ryan is stuck in a Trump trap (“Lining up with Trump is a major risk to Ryan’s brand — but not endorsing the presumptive nominee could alienate the grassroots.”)
- Clinton wins Nebraska Democratic primary
- Herring issues opinion on discrimination
- Editorial: Susquehanna aside, good news about bay (Good, but still a long way to go, and we ALL bear a responsibility with the choices we make.)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: One city’s gain is another’s loss
- Schapiro: A voting-rights initiative even GOP can back – and did
- Cuccinelli says Trump must become a consistent conservative to unite GOP (There’s no way he can do that, after years of taking every position on every issue.)
- As the courts consider lawsuits over transgender bathroom use, schools take a cautious approach
- Metro’s dangerous complicity (“Officials reacted to an explosion last Thursday by doing nothing — for hours.”)
- Dominion Faces Shareholder Vote Today on Financial Risks of “Most Expensive Nuclear Reactor in US”
- Fairfax County may put meals tax on November ballot(“Board of Supervisors will vote in June on whether to propose a 4 percent additional tax on restaurant meals.”)
- Peter Chang’s restaurant will fire the master chef’s daughter, three others after servers delivered insults to customers (Seems a bit harsh for this incident we first reported here on Sunday)
- Shenandoah National Park cleanup continues after fire
- Roanoke County supervisors ask last-minute broadband questions
- Portsmouth, Virginia Beach only Hampton Roads cities left to agree to deal with regional trash authority
- Will Richmond’s Donald Trump prevail? (“We won’t name any names, but the leading contender’s name starts with M and rhymes with gorrissey.”)
- Short ballots, confusing lines for June 14 primaries on Peninsula
- Lawsuit: Inmates saw guards abusing Jamycheal Mitchell, denying him food (Utterly unacceptable.)
- Misery repeats: Capitals eliminated by Penguins in overtime, 4-3 (“Washington forced an extra period with a stunning three-goal comeback, but Pittsburgh’s Nick Bonino punched in a loose puck in overtime — bringing the Capitals’ Stanley Cup hopes to a familiar end.” Sigh.)
- Forecast: 15 straight days of measurable rain and counting
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