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Hannukah menorah lighting and antisemitism illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Virginia festival organizer rejects menorah lighting to avoid ‘choosing a side’ in Israel-Hamas war

By Mary Vought

FILE- Historical interpreter Robert Watson, center, works a field as a group of visitors watches on the Great Hopes Plantation at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va., on May 19, 2005. Colonial Williamsburg is an immersive living-history museum where costumed interpreters of history reenact scenes and portray figures from that period. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Colonial Williamsburg wakes up to wokeness

By Robert Knight

FILE- Historical interpreter Robert Watson, center, works a field as a group of visitors watches on the Great Hopes Plantation at Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va., on May 19, 2005. Colonial Williamsburg is an immersive living-history museum where costumed interpreters of history reenact scenes and portray figures from that period. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Many history interpreters of color carry weight of racism

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO - Associated Press

In this Nov. 18, 2003, file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at the U.S. District Court in Washington. Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan by shooting him outside a Washington hotel in 1981. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Restrictions may be loosened even further for John Hinckley

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

Fewer tourists more than an inconvenience in Williamsburg

By DAVE RESS and Daily Press - Associated Press

Virginia man pleads guilty to lying about trip to Jordan

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Tom Power, owner of Virginia cheese shop, dies in Bermuda

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Kentucky woman charged with killing husband, 2 daughters

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15 more South Carolina counties eligible for Matthew help

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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. The man who shot President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago will leave a psychiatric hospital to live full-time in Virginia on September 10. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

John Hinckley to live full-time in Virginia beginning Sept. 10

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Illustration on the release of John Hinckley, Jr. by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

John Hinckley’s freedom requires continued oversight

By Paul Kamenar

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. A judge says Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan will be allowed to leave a Washington mental hospital and live full-time in Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

John Hinckley, Reagan shooter, can leave hospital to live in Virginia: Judge

By Andrea Noble and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Leisurely walks along manicured lawns are a commonpast time. (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)

Kingsmill Resort: A perfect day alongside the James River

By Jacquie Kubin – Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, historical interpreter Edwin Cooke III, of Williamsburg, left, gives a colonial writing lesson to visitors at the Randolph house in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Va. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is launching a new appeal to attract more African-American visitors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Colonial Williamsburg, black church to ring in new era

By Steve Szkotak - Associated Press

FILE-In this Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Hinckley Jr. is currently awaiting a decision from a federal judge in Washington about whether he will be allowed to live full-time outside a mental hospital where he has been since being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981 shooting that wounded Reagan and three others. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

John Hinckley monitoring at issue as judge weighs full release

By Carleton Bryant - The Washington Times

This Wednesday May 14, 2014 photo provided by Mandana Marsh shows the exterior of Carter’s Grove, a centuries-old plantation house along the James River near Williamsburg, Va. The house, 400 acres and other buildings are up for auction. A dot-com entrepreneur purchased the property in 2007 but never lived there. Halsey Minor filed for bankruptcy in 2013 and a judge ordered the plantation sold. The asking price is $14.9 million. (AP Photo/Mandana Marsh)

Historic Va. plantation heading to auction

By STEVE SZKOTAK - Associated Press

Fife, drum units celebrating military music in Va.

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