IN THE NEWS
FBI: Va. man threatened Harris, others online
AWinchester, Virginia, man who authorities said made thousands of posts and replies in online forums threatening various public officials had his initial court hearing in U.S. District Court in Roanoke on Monday.
Frank Lucio Carrillo, 66,is charged with one count of making threats against the vice president of the United States. Federal prosecutors said in a statement that investigators found 4,359 posts and replies made by Carillo using the name joemadarats1 thattargeted President Joseph Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and FBI Director Christopher Wray, among others.
NAME:A Fredericksburg grade school will be named after a woman who played a crucial role in the development of the Global Positioning System.
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Gladys West, 91, of King George County, was hired in 1956 by the U.S. Navy as amathematician on computer programming and coding at theNaval Proving Ground in Dahlgren. Among her projects was anastronomical study that proved the regularity of Pluto's motion relative to Neptune and the creation ofalgorithms that formed the basis for GPS.
"I think that Dr. West is another one of those hidden figures in our military that play a critical role in the advancements that not only affected our ability to fire missiles accurately but also enable everyday life when you pick up your phone and you're trying to find something," said retired Navy Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris during an awards ceremony for West in 2023.
Gladys West Elementary School will be the new name of the current Walker-Grant Middle School. That name will transfer to a new middle school expected to open next year.
THEY SAID IT
"If the interest rates go down, the entire industry starts turning a little bit more and people get to move into the homes they need and move out of the homes they don’t need anymore."
—Anne Burroughs, president of the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors, on data that suggests the area's tight housing market may be cooling down.
"Suzanne and I are praying for the residents of North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina and Georgia as they endure the impacts of this tropical storm.”
— Gov. Glenn Youngkin, referring to first lady Suzanne Youngkin, about Tropical Storm Debby as it moved northward last week.
BY THE NUMBERS
$33.3 billion
Amount that Virginia's tourism industry generated in 2023, according to data released by the governor's office on Monday. The figure is 10% higher than what was spent in 2022.
$85 million
Amount Virginia will get from the U.S. Department of Energy foremploying clean electricity and backup power at data centers. The agency is providing$2.2 billion for eight projects in 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather.
ODDS AND ENDS
LAKE: For the 38th year, students fromFerrum College are spending the summer collecting data on the water quality ofSmith Mountain Lake. Students work with teaching staff to test samples and conduct an annual checkup on the lake. The program began as a partnership between the college and the Smith Mountain Lake Association in 1986.
WIN:ABlacksburg resident stole the show in what could be thebiggest upset of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, beating favorites Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr for the title in the men's 1,500 meters. Cole Hockerbeat his personal best by nearly 3 seconds to win in an Olympic record 3 minutes, 27.65 seconds.“If you’ve been following my season, you knew I was capable of it,” Hocker said. “But still, things had to go my way today.”
IN THE NEWS
George Mason board member under fire
Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he will not remove an author of the controversial Project 2025 plan from theGeorge Mason University Board of Visitors.
Lindsey Burke of Fairfax, director of theCenter for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, co-authored the education chapter of the 920-page plan, which was written as a blueprint for governing if former President Donald Trump wins election in November.Among the recommendations is shuttering theU.S. Education Department, privatizing student loans andoverhauling diversity, inclusion and equity programs.
Speaker of the HouseDon Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth, asked Youngkin to take Burke off the George Mason board.“We need champions that believe in good governance to serve on our public institution boards, not extremist idealogues,” Scott wrote to Youngkin.
Youngkin, who appointed Burke to the 16-member boardin June 2022, said there's no basis for that. "Removing her would not only do a tremendous disservice to George Mason University, but it would also undermine the spirit of Virginians from all walks of life coming together to improve their community and their Commonwealth," he said.
BAN:Attorney GeneralJason Miyares is leading a21-state coalition supporting a national ban on TikTok.The group wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to uphold congressional legislation that would require the social media app to divest from its Chinese parent company or be banned in the U.S.
"We cannot allow a foreign government to exploit our personal information or influence our younger generation with dangerous content,"Miyares said.
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