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    Authorities say two people were killed when a small plane headed to South Carolina crashed in Virginia. A Virginia State Police news release says the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a low-flying plane and an explosion around 9 a.m. Sunday in Palmyra and an aircraft was found on fire in a densely wooded area. The Federal Aviation Administration says the twin-engine plane departed Manassas Regional Airport in Virginia and was headed to Georgetown County Airport in South Carolina. Police say both occupants of the privately-owned aircraft were killed. The cause of the crash is under investigation. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.

      A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is going to trial. The trial starting Monday begins more than five years after the NAACP sued over the voter ID law enacted by the Republican-dominated General Assembly. The litigation and similar state lawsuits delayed implementation of the requirement until last fall. The plaintiffs say the law violates the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act and harms Black and Latino voters. Republican lawmakers defending the law say there are many more qualifying IDs compared with a 2013 voter ID law that was struck down. The trial could last several days, and no immediate ruling is expected.

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      About a week after legislators brushed off his amendments to bills ensuring the right to contraception and requiring insurance coverage, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he’s still thinking about what do.

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