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  2. Virginia Tech shooting - Wikipedia

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    [18]: 2 The panel made more than seventy preventive recommendations, directed to colleges, universities, mental health providers, law enforcement officials, emergency service providers, law makers and other public officials in Virginia and elsewhere. While the panel did find errors in judgment and procedure, the ultimate conclusion was that Cho ...

  3. Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Virginia is the statutory law and consists of the codified legislation of the General Assembly. The largest law enforcement agency in Virginia is the Virginia State Police, with 3,035 sworn and civilian members as of 2019. [329] The Virginia Marine Police were founded as the "Oyster Navy" in 1864 in response to oyster bed poaching.

  4. Appomattox, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,733 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Appomattox County. [5] Appomattox is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

  5. Virginia Beach, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Virginia Beach, officially the City of Virginia Beach, is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Located on the southeastern coast of Virginia, it is the sixth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic and the 42nd-most populous city in the U.S .

  6. Orange, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Orange is a town and the county seat of Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,880 at the 2020 census , representing a 3.4% increase since the 2010 census . [ 5 ] Orange is 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Charlottesville , 88 miles (142 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. , and 4 miles (6 km) east of Founding Father and fourth ...

  7. Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    William Byrd II is considered the founder of Richmond. The Byrd family, which includes Harry F. Byrd, has been central to Virginia's history since its founding.. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation. [17]

  8. Climate of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Virginia is often struck with the remnants of systems which hit along the Gulf of Mexico coastline, which also bring torrential rain to the state. Hurricane Camille was an extreme example, bringing 27 inches (690 mm) of rainfall to portions of Nelson County in a matter of hours. [ 25 ]

  9. Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.