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A hunger strike at Red Onion State Prison and more Va. headlines [1]

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Date: 2024-01 

• Several inmates are using a hunger strike to protest for better conditions at Virginia’s high-security Red Onion State Prison.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• Federal prosecutors are moving to undo the guilty pleas of two men accused of “defrauding Amazon” as the company pursued real estate deals in Northern Virginia.—Washington Post

• “Democrats who control the Virginia Senate made clear Wednesday they plan to continue the practice of stacking General Assembly committees with their own members in a proportion greater than their razor-thin 21-19 majority.”—Associated Press

• A judge will decide the fate of roughly 100 animals seized from the Natural Bridge Zoo, which is up in the air after courtroom debate over giraffe hooves, “explosive” tortoise feces and other matters.—Roanoke Times

• A woman pretending to deliver bouquets of flowers to several Northern Virginia homes was actually scoping out houses for burglaries, authorities say.—NBCWashington

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