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  2. Shooting by 6-year-old boy raises complex cultural questions

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    Zwerner was shot and wounded by a 6-year-old student while teaching class on Friday, Jan. 6. (AP Photo/John C. Clark) More. He was 6, in his first-grade class in Newport News, Virginia. He pointed ...

  3. William Styron - Wikipedia

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    Styron was born in the Hilton Village historic district [2] of Newport News, Virginia, the son of Pauline Margaret (Abraham) and William Clark Styron. [3] — his birthplace less than a hundred miles from the site of Nat Turner's slave rebellion, the inspiration for Styron's most famous and controversial novel. Styron's mother was from the ...

  4. Newport News, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    1497043 [4] Website. www.nnva.gov. Newport News ( / ˌnuːpɔːrt -, - pərt -/) [6] is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. [5] Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city in the United States.

  5. Virginia's 3rd congressional district - Wikipedia

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    Virginia's 3rd congressional district from January 3, 2023. Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving the independent cities of Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth, and part of the independent city of Chesapeake. The district is represented by Democrat Bobby ...

  6. Virginia panel documents history of violence by 6-year-old ...

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    Steve Gorman. April 10, 2024 at 11:01 PM. By Steve Gorman. (Reuters) - A 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher last year in Virginia had a history of violent outbursts in school ...

  7. Race and video games - Wikipedia

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    Video games may influence the learning of young players about race and urban culture. The portrayal of race in some video games such as the Grand Theft Auto series, Custer's Revenge, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, and Def Jam: Fight for NY has been controversial. The 2002 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was criticized as promoting racist hate crimes.

  8. Demographics of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Population. As of the 2010 United States Census, Virginia has a reported population of 8,001,024, which is an increase of 288,933, or 3.6%, from a previous estimate in 2007 and an increase of 922,509, or 13.0%, since the year 2000. This includes an increase from net migration of 314,832 people into the Commonwealth from 2000 to 2007.

  9. Nathaniel Jarrett Webb - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (April 25, 1891 – July 18, 1943) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Newport News City Council, and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Newport News and Warwick County, Virginia from 1934 to 1936. He was known as Nat Webb. He was born in Prince George County, Virginia.