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U.S. Navy engineer, wife charged with selling submarine secrets
Reuters - Sun Oct 10, 2021
WASHINGTON - A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with selling secret information about nuclear submarines to an undercover FBI agent who posed as an operative for a foreign country, the Justice Department said on Sunday. More»

FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed before Inauguration Day
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 11, 2021
The FBI is warning of possible armed protests at capitols in all 50 states in the days leading to Inauguration Day as cities around the country brace for violence in the wake of last week's deadly riots at the US Capitol. More»

More than 200 million eggs sold in nine US states are recalled over salmonella
Daily Mail - Sat Apr 14, 2018
More than 200 million eggs sold in nine US states are being recalled over salmonella fears. More»

Boy Scouts apologise for Trump's speech
BBC - Wed Jul 26, 2017
GLEN JEAN, West Virginia - The chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America has apologised for the remarks made by President Donald Trump at the group's national event this week. More»

From 'Fake Media' To Clinton, Trump Brings Political Attacks To The Scout Jamboree
Washington Post - Mon Jul 24, 2017
GLEN JEAN, West Virginia - Ahead of President Trump's appearance Monday at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, the troops were offered some advice on the gathering's official blog: Fully hydrate. More»

Epidemic of black lung disease in central Appalachia
NPR - Fri Jun 30, 2017
NPR's ongoing investigation of the advanced stage of the fatal lung disease that afflicts coal miners has identified an additional 1,000 cases in Appalachia. More»

'Urgent Attention' Needed On Spike In Earthquakes Possibly Related To Oil And Gas Activity
Raw Story - Mon Sep 28, 2015
A coalition of US states warned on Monday that a spike in earthquakes potentially tied to oil and gas activity in places not typically prone to them needs urgent attention from regulators and others to protect public safety. More»

Chemical-Related Hospital Admissions In West Virginia Have Doubled Since Water Deemed Safe
Think Progress - Sun Jan 19, 2014
It took nearly five days after a major chemical spill in West Virginia for residents to receive the go-ahead to start using their water again. More»

New Study Links Mountaintop Removal to 60,000 Additional Cancer Cases
AlterNet - Tue Jul 26, 2011
Among the 1.2 million American citizens living in mountaintop removal mining counties in central Appalachia, an additional 60,000 cases of cancer are directly linked to the federally sanctioned strip-mining practice. More»

Lettuce Recall due to E.Coli - FDA investigating
Associated Press - Thu May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON - A food company is recalling lettuce sold in 23 states and the District of Columbia because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people, three of them with life-threatening symptoms. More»

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight
Associated Press - Sat Dec 19, 2009
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia - It was the slap heard 'round the coalfields: Cordelia Ruth Tucker, wearing the fluorescent-striped shirt of a miner, strode past West Virginia state troopers and into a stream of marchers protesting mountaintop removal mining to deliver an audible smack. More»

Lynndie England: 'What happens in war happens'
The Guardian, UK - Fri Jan 2, 2009
In 2004, photographs of abuses at Abu Ghraib shocked the world: Seven people were charged, but the face of the scandal will always be Lynndie England, the 21-year-old private grinning at the camera. More»

Judge removes himself from Massey case
Associated Press - Thu Jan 17, 2008
CHARLESTON, West Virginia - The chief justice of the state Supreme Court agreed Friday to remove himself from a pending case involving Massey Energy Company, days after vacation photos surfaced showing him in Monaco with the coal producer's top executive. More»

Physicist key speaker for two-day UFO summit
Register-Herald - Sun Sep 2, 2007
Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman arrives in West Virginia's capital Friday with "overwhelming evidence" that aliens from beyond have been visiting planet Earth for a long time. More»

Home of Mothman
Roadside America - Sun Dec 18, 2005
Point Pleasant, West Virginia - West Virginia has played host to two famous monsters, both within a span of a dozen years. More»

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