Getty Image The 2023 NCAA Tournament provides memorable moments each and every year. The first haymaker arrived quickly during Thursday’s first window of opening round games, and it happened in Orlando with a mid-major upsetting a major-conference program with a recent national championship. With 11 minutes remaining, the No. 13 seed Furman Paladins trailed the …
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Virginia Republicans work to ensure cops can still have access to your menstrual data
Legislation intended to keep law enforcement from obtaining menstrual data held by period-tracking apps has been shot down in Virginia this week. The bill, proposed by Sen. Barbara A. Favola (D), passed the Democratic-controlled Senate last week in a 31-9 vote. Known as S.B. 852, the legislation was supported by every Democrat and 18 Republicans, …
6-Year-Old Who Shot Virginia Teacher Used A “Secured” Gun, His Family Said
The 6-year-old accused of intentionally shooting his first-grade teacher in class used a gun that had been “secured” at home, his family said on Thursday. In their first public statement about the shooting, the family — who was not identified — said they were responsible gun owners and kept firearms out of children’s reach. “The …
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6-Year-Old Student Shoots Teacher In Virginia Classroom, Police Say
A 6-year-old shot his teacher in class during an “altercation,” leaving her with life-threatening injuries, police in Virginia said Friday. The teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News was transported to the hospital and has since made “some improvement,” Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters at a news conference. The shooting, he added, was …
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Statue of Henrietta Lacks to replace toppled Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia
Lee Plaza in Roanoke, Virginia, was named for Robert E. Lee, and up until 2020, it was home to a monument to the famed Confederate general. In the racial justice protests of 2020, however, the monument was toppled and then removed. And in 2021, the city council voted to split the renaming of the plaza, …
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Virginia Beach Agrees To Pay $3 Million After Police Killed Pharrell’s Cousin
Getty Image The city of Virginia Beach has agreed to pay $3 million to the family of Donovon Lynch after reaching a settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit. Lynch, a Virginia Beach native and Pharrell Williams‘ cousin, was shot and killed by the police last year, prompting his father Wayne Lynch to file a wrongful …
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Virginia Cop Austin Edwards Catfished Teen And Killed Family
A 28-year-old law enforcement officer who had catfished a teen girl traveled across the country to her home and killed her family before leading local police on a pursuit and being fatally shot himself. Austin Edwards, who had worked as a state trooper and for a sheriff’s office in Virginia, met the teenage girl online, …
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Chesapeake Virginia Walmart Employee Shoots 6 Dead
At least six people were killed and four others injured when a shooter opened fire at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, late Tuesday night. Police believe the shooter, an employee of the store, then took his own life. “The investigation is still ongoing so there’s no clear motive at this time,” Chesapeake Police Chief Mark …
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University Of Virginia Shooting: Suspect Charged With Murder
The University of Virginia student accused of killing three football players and injuring two more on Sunday appeared to target his victims and shot one of them while he was sleeping, prosecutors alleged. The suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., appeared in court via a video conference from jail on Wednesday, where he was formally charged …
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University Of Virginia Football Players Killed In Bus Shooting Mourned By Community
Sean Lampkin, a football coach at Newberry College, said Davis was his cousin and that the family was “devastated” by the loss. “God took one of his most kind, humble, loving soldiers off of the battlefield last night,” Lampkin tweeted. Chandler was a second-year student and a wide receiver and kickoff returner on the team. …
Three Virginia Football Players Were Shot And Killed By A Former Walk-On
Getty Image The University of Virginia suffered the latest shooting tragedy on a college campus late Sunday night, when a former walk-on football player, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., shot and killed three current football players and injured two other students. The shooting occurred on a school bus returning from an off-campus field trip to see …
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Report: The U.S. Attorney’s Office In Virginia Launched A Criminal Investigation Into The Commanders Finances
Getty Image The Washington Commanders have been in the news for a variety of bad reasons this year, including numerous allegations of sexual harassment and financial improprieties that has resulted in multiple investigations from the NFL and Congress into the franchise’s operations. At last month’s owners meeting, Colts owner Jim Irsay became the first to …