• ‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but Virginia critics question the need

    ‘Smash-and-grab’ robberies fuel new laws, but Virginia critics question the need
    Even before Virginia lawmakers passed a tough new law against organized retail crime earlier this year, Bradley Haywood, a public defender in Arlington, Virginia, challenged the rationale. The idea that retailers in the state had lost billions to organized theft was a myth manufactured by retailers themselves, Haywood argued.
    Now the outspoken lawyer has fresh ammunition for his effort to repeal the law: The National Retail Federation earlier this month retracted its April assertion that nearly
  • Judge reverses earlier decision and allows removal of Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery

    Judge reverses earlier decision and allows removal of Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery
    Workers prepare a Confederate Memorial for removal in Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 in Arlington, Va. The Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)(AP/Kevin Wolf)Workers prepare a Confederate Memorial for removal in Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 in Arlington,

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