Demonstrations broke out Friday and continued into the weekend in response to the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginian-Pilot

The ruling becomes another flashpoint in Virginias most competitive congressional contests, joining inflation among the issues that will help determine control of the House of Representatives in November.Richmond Times-Dispatch

Yesli Vega, the Republican nominee for Virginias 7th Congressional District, downplayed the possibility of becoming pregnant as a result of rape at a campaign event last month. Ive actually heard that its harder for a woman to get pregnant if shes been raped.Axios

Lynchburg police are investigating vandalism at a pregnancy center that discourages women from having an abortion. If abortion aint safe, you aint safe was spray-painted on the building and several windows were broken. Fairfax police are also investigating arson and graffiti related to the Roe decision at a Catholic church in Reston.Associated Press, InsideNoVa

Seven members and associates of the MS-13 street gang have been convicted of sex trafficking in federal court after taking in a 13-year-old runaway and coercing her into commercial sex acts in Maryland and Virginia.Associated Press

Attorneys for the Washington Commanders worked to keep a former team executive from testifying about a phone call where he reported a sexual harassment allegation to Dan Snyder and Snyder appeared to brush it aside.Richmond Times-Dispatch

The statewide median sales price for a home surpassed $400,000 for the first time in May.Virginia Business

Nearly a third of people living in the Washington region, including Northern Virginia, struggled to access food last year, according to an analysis by the Capital Area Food Bank.Washington Post

Roanoke Times columnist Dan Casey asked readers for their impressions of the Jan. 6 hearings and was blitzed with responses. Most commonly, readers who responded sounded aghast by what happened, he wrote.Roanoke Times

A federal appeals court denied a request from Mountain Valley Pipeline to have a new panel of judges reconsider permits that have been struck down repeatedly.Associated Press

Loudoun Countys elected chief prosecutor has filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Virginia asking it to overturn an order from a local judge disqualifying the entire Loudoun Commonwealths Attorneys Office from a serial burglary case.Washington Post

A lawsuit is seeking to block a Charlottesville museum from melting down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has already been cut into pieces.Washington Post

Floyd Countys Board of Supervisors voted not to join the New River Valley Passenger Rail Authority, a body formed by a 2021 law to oversee the return of passenger rail to the New River Valley.SWVA Today

A proposed mural to honor local figures in Black history has caused discord, including a walkout of three members, among a Leesburg public art council.Loudoun Times-Mirror

A Virginia Beach couple for whom the Coast Guard had been searching notified officials they were safe and on course for Hampton. The pair had originally been sailing from Hampton to the Azores when their boat was struck by lightning.Associated Press

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