
Press Conference: Florida State after loss to UVA in ACC Tournament
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton and players Devon Bookert and Montay Brandon talk with reporters after the Seminoles’ 58-44 loss to UVA in the 2015 ACC Tournament.

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton and players Devon Bookert and Montay Brandon talk with reporters after the Seminoles’ 58-44 loss to UVA in the 2015 ACC Tournament.

Virginia advances to the ACC Tournament semifinals for the second consecutive year (22nd time overall).

Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams and player Christian Beyer talk with reporters after the Hokies’ 59-49 loss to Miami in the 2015 ACC Tournament.

Trailing by three goals with 22:44 to play, 15th-ranked James Madison women’s lacrosse finished the game on a 6-2 run to knock off No. 9 Penn State 13-12 on Wednesday afternoon at Penn State Lacrosse Field.

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton and players Xavier Rathan-Mayes and Montay Brandon talk with reporters after the ‘Noles defeated Clemson, 76-73, in the 2015 ACC Tournament.

Florida State led UVA by one with 10:33 to go when the two teams met in Charlottesville last month. Then the Seminoles went ice cold, scoring just four points in the final 10:33 in what turned into a 51-41 loss.

Palcohol, or powered alcohol, has been approved by the federal government, but the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation this session from Attorney General Mark Herring and Del. Alfonso Lopez to ban palcohol in Virginia because of the potential dangers for abuse and misuse.

Under a bill passed by the General Assembly in the 2015 session and signed by the Governor, the cost of electricity in Virginia will go down next month, and the base rate of electricity will be frozen for the next five years.

In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-sponsor of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, called for Congress to “pull back from the brink of irresponsible and partisan action” and seek a constructive path to engage on the Iran nuclear negotiations, criticizing a partisan letter sent to Iran’s leaders yesterday that was signed by 47 Senate Republicans.

On the eve of a Federal Emergency Management Agency meeting in Norfolk on flood risk management, a new report by the Sierra Club warns that sea level rise is accelerating and that greater precautions should be taken in planning for growth along the coast.
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