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Smithfield Foods is working to fight hunger ahead of the Commonwealth Clash.

The Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals acted like kids again at the Major League Baseball Little League Classic.

Three lottery tickets purchased in Virginia won $10,000 in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, according to the Virginia Lottery.

Smithfield Foods says it will no longer slaughter animals in the Virginia town where it was founded.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declined a request by the pork industry to increase the speed at which pigs can be processed into meat.

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Sioux Falls residents cheered and held thank you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift on Wednesday May 20, 2020, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Smithfield employees have faced stigmatization and anxiety even after the plant temporarily shuttered. Sioux Falls. Two employees at the plant have died from COVID-19, along with more than 20 meat and poultry workers nationwide. Sioux Falls mayor Paul TenHaken also got behind the idea, saying he would show up to cheer during the day.