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1 day ago | starexponent.com | Eric Kolenich

Kings Dominion has named Jennifer Schofield its new leader, after its parent company, Six Flags Entertainment Corp., laid off a number of employees last week. Among those Six Flags let go was Bridgette Bywater, Kings Dominion’s vice president and general manager. She had been the Hanover County amusement park’s chief since 2021. Six Flags has reduced its workforce twice since it merged with Cedar Fair LP, Kings Dominion’s previous parent company, last summer.

2 days ago | starexponent.com | Eileen Ogintz

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids!A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager. His patron, George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, told Carter he was cutting off his funding after the season.

3 days ago | starexponent.com | Luca Powell

Last week, the federal government warned more than 500 cities and counties across the country: comply with the Trump administration’s immigration policies or lose federal dollars. This week, the webpage created to showcase so-called “sanctuary jurisdictions,” including Rappahannock County, Manassas and Fairfax is offline. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday morning. A news release announcing the list remains online.

5 days ago | starexponent.com | Isaac Brekken

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5 days ago | starexponent.com | Chris Pizzello

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