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  "path": "/story/387383/virginia-ends-centuries-old-law-criminalizing-suicide.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T11:05:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Virginia is set to erase a crime that's been on the books for hundreds of years: taking one's own life. Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed a bill ending suicide's status as a common-law crime in the state, with the change taking effect in July 2027, per WTOP . There has never...",
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