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Walmart has faced calls to ban gun sales for years. Will Chesapeake change that?

By nature of its enormous size, with thousands of stores across the US, the nation’s largest retailer is at the centre of debate over retail gun sales and a familiar place for American violence, Alex Woodward reports

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Walmart employee who survived Virginia mass shooting files $50m lawsuit

Mass shooter allegedly harassed Walmart co-worker Donya Prioleau for being poor, short, and old prior to 22 November rampage

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Survivor of Virginia Walmart mass shooting files $50M suit

A Walmart employee who survived the mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company

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Virginia congressman Donald McEachin dies weeks after reelection

Special session will be called to fill his now-vacant seat in Virginia’s Fourth Congressional District

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‘Tireless fighter’ for social justice Rep. Donald McEachin dies at 61

Since coming to Congress in 2017, one of McEachin’s main priorities was to reduce the impact of climate change on marginalized communities.

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Commentary: More guns lead to more shootings. Let’s challenge what gun ownership means

The mass shootings in Virginia and Colorado again call attention to the nation’s gun problem, but how deeply guns are embedded in everyday life can be seen from other random news reports:

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US Rep. Donald McEachin, reelected this month to Congress in Virginia’s 4th District, dies at 61

Rep. Donald McEachin, a Richmond Democrat who represented Virginia’s 4th Congressional District, died Monday of the secondary effects of colorectal cancer, according to a statement released by his office. He was 61.

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Virginia Rep. McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle

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Robert Kraft arranged for Virginia to attend slain players’ services via Patriots plane

Robert Kraft with a great gesture to the University of Virginia after 3 football players were slain

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The first mass extinction event was from a lack of oxygen, researchers find

Scientists have speculated for years that the world is coming up on its sixth mass extinction, when a majority of the Earth’s creatures become extinct. But a couple of Virginia Tech researchers are studying what happened in the first extinction in hopes of avoiding another.

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Pusha T on Kanye West, perfecting coke rap and the Grammys and hip-hop

The most vicious, masterful street-rap album of the year was written by a 45-year-old Virginia dad who can't wait to get home to his family after work.

Los Angeles Times

New England Patriots' classy gesture to Virginia University students after shooting

Funerals are taking place for the three University of Virginia football stars that were killed in a shooting, and the New England Patriots have let their plane be used as transport

Daily Mirror

California police: Virginia man killed family, took teenager

The suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police is believed to have driven across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family

The Independent UK

Workplace killers: people kill their colleagues for different reasons than other shooters

At 10.12pm on November 23, an overnight team leader at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, opened fire on colleagues in the crew room. The 31-year-old perpetrator killed six and injured at least six more before killing himself.

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Nansemond Indian Nation now owns part of their ancestral lands in Virginia

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — For the first time in centuries, the Nansemond Indian Nation owns a portion of the land where their ancestors once thrived.

Daily Mirror

Man wakes up from motorbike accident thinking it's 1993 and asks wife to marry him again

Andrew and Kirsty Mackenzie were hurled more than 50ft across the street in Virginia after a car skipped a red light and crashed into their motorcycle, leaving them with horror injuries

The Independent UK

City to hold vigil honoring those killed in Walmart shooting

The city of Chesapeake, Virginia, has scheduled a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the mass shooting at a Walmart store

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Black pastors group holds vigil for Walmart shooting victims

Five days have passed since Lorenzo Gamble was killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia

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Walmart shooting claims teen, young woman, father, mother

Six families are mourning loved ones who were killed in the mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia

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Taylor Heinicke pays tribute to University of Virginia with cool shoes

Taylor Heinicke pays tribute to the University of Virginia and its slain players

The Independent UK

Walmart shooting – latest: Andre Bing claims he was called Dahmer and teased by coworkers in ‘manifesto’

Follow live updates about the mass shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia

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Everything we know about the victims of the Virginia Walmart shooting

Community members gathered outside the store on Thanksgiving to pay their respects to the lost victims.

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Biden calls for assault weapons ban as support for stricter gun laws decreases

Following back-to-back mass shootings in Colorado and Virginia, President Joe Biden spoke in favor of an assault weapons ban, a perennially proposed piece of legislation.

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Suspect in Walmart mass shooting left ‘death note’, US police say

US President Joe Biden pushes assault weapon ban in wake of Virginia massacre that left six people dead this week.

The Guardian - US

Walmart shooter purchased handgun legally the same day, authorities say

Gunman bought firearm at a local store, police say, and took it to the Virginia branch where he had worked since 2010

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