Virginia

Police said a group of people smashed windows and defaced property in several neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia.

Falwell, Jr. drew criticism for an Instagram post in which he appeared with his pants unzipped and his shirt raised.

"He's literally financing his campaign with a tactic that has been shown to exacerbate anti-Asian racism," the D.C. area director of the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium said.

Richmond, Virginia will "offer the monument or memorial for relocation and placement to any museum, historical society, government, or military battlefield" for a period of 30 days.

Mayor Levar Stoney faced "serious, credible" threats, police said, which has prompted the assignment of a security detail.

Agricultural departments in Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, Louisiana and Kansas have issued alert notices after residents received unsolicited packages containing seeds by mail. Residents of Utah, Ohio and Arizona have reportedly received packages as well.

"We will not be the people who sat by and watched our neighbors commit these atrocities," one protester said.

Protesters in Richmond, Virginia, clashed with police during a demonstration in support of protesters in Portland, Oregon.

The petition says that the age group should be eligible for stimulus payments and have started a petition that has been backed by Virginia delegate Marcia Price.

A new advisory group will review possible further actions to be taken regarding Confederate artifacts in the Capitol.

Mississippi saw the largest jump in the country over the last 14 days.

"Workers should not have to sacrifice their health and safety to earn a living, especially during an ongoing global pandemic," Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who proposed the rules, said in a statement.

Three different jurisdictions are investigating flyers linked to the Loyal White Knights group that have been distributed in neighborhoods.

A couple from Virginia has been arrested and charged in an alleged scheme to defraud more than $1.4 million in federal money approved by Congress to go to struggling businesses amid the pandemic.

Someone reportedly spray-painted "White Lives Matter" and "WLM" on various parts of the statue on Wednesday morning.

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said Tuesday he expected the Richmond Police Department to "be willing to come around the table with the community to reform and reimagine public safety."

A white Virginia man was charged with multiple misdemeanor counts of brandishing a firearm that he pointed at four black men on bikes who the suspect said were on "private property."

Officials said that the turtle was likely a pet that was released into the wild by its owner.

The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office also confirmed five individuals involved in the incident were arrested on assault, hate crime and trespassing charges late last week.

The man convulsed on the ground and lost "a great amount of blood" after being struck by the monument, according to a witness.

Four statues forming part of a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, around 80 miles outside Richmond, were also pulled down.

"I am personally committed to continuing the conversation on police reform with the community," said Richmond, Virginia Police Chief William Smith on Monday.

"We are investigating whether hate crimes charges are appropriate," said Virginia Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor in a Monday statement.

Protesters pulled the statue of Gen. Williams Carter Wickham from its pedestal in Monroe Park in Richmond using ropes.

Confederate monuments have been removed across the country in the wake of the racially-charged protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

Several cities, including Washington, D.C., Denver and Phoenix, have imposed curfews amid violent protests erupting across the country.

Several states have reported an increase in new cases over the past few weeks.

"I am taking this step because science shows the virus spreads less easily when people wear face coverings," Northam said Tuesday.

An additional 1,615 cases were reported in Virginia, the state's highest daily increase in new cases since the pandemic began.

The governor was seen without a mask a day after he announced the state is reviewing a mandate that would require all Virginia residents to wear a mask in public.