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- Pat Robertson dies at 93; founded Christian Broadcasting Network, Christian Coalition
- Barbara Rose Johns led a history-making walkout at a segregated school in Farmville. Now a panel has recommended replacing Virginia's Robert E. Lee statue at the U.S. Capitol with one of Johns.
- John Sullivan, a Utah activist who filmed the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, was arrested. roanoke.com/news/national/…
- Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke went to campaign where it’s believed a presidential candidate has never gone before. bit.ly/2ZF3niH
- Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke will make campaign stops in Virginia this week, including in Blacksburg and Bland County, making him the first 2020 presidential candidate to visit Southwest Virginia. bit.ly/2MJulnl
- A Florida man died when his vape pen, distributed by Smok-E Mountain, exploded, sending projectiles into his head and causing a small fire in his house. This is believed to be one of the first deaths from an e-cigarette explosion in the U.S. bit.ly/2KsjrNy
- Gov. Ralph Northam will recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in coming weeks to take up a package of gun-control legislation he said is urgently needed to prevent killings like Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach. bit.ly/3183kOj
- Seven Republicans joined all 19 Senate Democrats to pass a resolution for Virginia to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment. The resolution now goes to the House of Delegates. bit.ly/2RvvFNz
- The homespun approach of @MartySmithESPN shines, as it will on his new TV show on ESPN2, writes @aaronmcfarling
- Virginia Tech unveiled an ambitious master plan that includes a 2.1-mile pathway that would allow students and employees to walk around the entire campus almost unobstructed bit.ly/2Lv6kMK
- Bobby Goodlatte, the son of U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, announced on Twitter that he gave the maximum allowed donation to Jennifer Lewis, the Democrat running for his father's seat, and encouraged donations to Lewis' campaign bit.ly/2KOARni via @AJFriedenberger
- Virginia Tech is offering some incoming students money to not attend the university for up to a year - a move that comes in the wake of an over-enrollment crunch. bit.ly/2Z19VbH
- Snow battle waged once again on Tech Drillfield bit.ly/2p8Yv5m
