by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 3.
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and memory keeper of the Holocaust, dies at 87 (“’Elie Wiesel was one of the great moral voices of our time, and in many ways, the conscience of the world,’ President Obama said in a statement, describing Mr. Wiesel as ‘a dear friend.'”)
- Donald Trump Deletes Tweet Showing Hillary Clinton and Star of David Shape (On the same day that Elie Wiesel died, no less…)
- FBI interviews Clinton, signaling email probe could be nearing end (It’s long past time to put an end to this.)
- Sources: Hillary Clinton Not Expected to Face Charges in Federal Email Probe
- Trump Celebrates Independence Day Weekend With Anti-Semitic Attack On Hillary Clinton
- Iraq violence: IS bombing kills at least 79 in Baghdad
- Australian election cliff-hanger leaves nation in limbo
- The web poisoned our politics: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and America’s digital divide
- Reaction to court ruling shows conservatives’ hypocrisy
- Column: Transparency isn’t hallmark of McAuliffe administration
- Editorial: Va. takes step toward a healthier bay
- ‘Is everybody else wrong?’ In other states, coal ash being excavated to protect waterways (“Coal ash ponds in three other Southern states are being excavated. Why not in Virginia?”)
- Terry McAuliffe’s political cynicism (Nitpicking.)
- ‘Our worst nightmare’: New legal filings detail reporting of Rolling Stone’s U-Va. gang rape story
- Metro’s Silver Line jump-started the Tysons boom, but some say it’s too much too soon (“Traffic congestion, closed sidewalks top complaints as the suburb starts its transformation into a city.”)
- CNU student, a Republican Muslim, caught in the storm
- Virginia looks for a breakthrough on East Coast congestion (“The Atlantic Gateway program targets infamous choke points on roads and rails.”)
- Has Hampton Roads arrived? Ikea may have just confirmed it. (“Economists and retail experts tend to agree, at least on its magnitude: Landing an Ikea is a coup for a region, creating hundreds of jobs, bringing in visitors and having limited impact on mom-and-pop stores.”)
- Chance of showers early today; rain possible for the Fourth, but not necessarily a washout
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