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Boy, 6, Who Shot Teacher Bragged Afterward: Documents

Documents reveal statement of reading specialist who detained Virginia boy

(Newser) - Newly unsealed search warrants in the case of a Virginia elementary school teacher shot by a 6-year-old student reveal that the child allegedly told a reading specialist who restrained him after the incident, "I shot that b---- dead," WAVY reports. The documents also reveal that the first-grader told...

This Is the Most Patriotic State in America

Virginia is for lovers (of the US), per WalletHub, while Arkansas needs to muster up more affection

(Newser) - It's the biggest holiday of the American summer, and flags are waving. As Americans light their grills and prepare to watch the Fourth's fireworks, WalletHub susses out which states are the most patriotic. To figure out where citizens are most likely to be decked out in their red,...

Police: Mass Shooting After Graduation Ceremony Was 'Targeted'

Suspect Amari Pollard,was in an 'ongoing dispute' with one of the 2 people killed, police say

(Newser) - The mass shooting that killed two people and injured five others after a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia Tuesday was a targeted attack and the "result of an ongoing dispute," police say. Graduate Shawn Jackson, 18, and his 36-year-old father, Renzo Smith, were killed, CNN reports. The...

2 Killed, 5 Shot After Virginia High School Graduation

Suspect, 19, has been captured

(Newser) - Seven people were shot, two fatally, when gunfire rang out Tuesday outside a downtown theater where a high school graduation ceremony had just ended, causing hundreds of attendees to flee in panic, weep, and clutch their children, authorities and witnesses said. A 19-year-old suspect tried to escape on foot but...

Mother of Boy Who Shot Teacher Hit With More Charges

Deja Taylor now faces federal charges as well

(Newser) - The mother of the 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot his first-grade teacher has been charged in federal court with using a controlled substance while in possession of a handgun, a felony. The charge against Deja Nicole Taylor relates to pot, which is legal in Virginia but remains illegal under federal...

Military Scrambles F-16s as Plane Flies Over DC, Unresponsive
Wreckage Located
After Plane
Crash in Virginia
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Jun 5, 2023 5:55 AM CDT

Wreckage Located After Plane Crash in Virginia

Authorities say no survivors found after plane spurred military to scramble F-16 fighter jets

(Newser) - The wreckage of a private Cessna plane that crashed in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley on Sunday was located later that evening, and authorities say no survivors have been found, per CNN . The Virginia State Police say the identity of those on the plane, which prompted the military to scramble fighter...

Youngkin Out of 2024 Race? Not So Fast

Virginia's GOP governor is reportedly considering a run after all

(Newser) - Last month, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin left the distinct impression that he wouldn't be running for the GOP nomination. This month, a much different narrative has emerged. First, Youngkin's campaign dropped a video on social media of the governor speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library that looked...

Cop Narrowly Avoids Getting Crushed by Speeding Car

Crash in Fairfax County, Virginia, involved teen going 'well over 120mph," officials say

(Newser) - A Virginia police officer is shaken but lucky to be alive after narrowly escaping being crushed by a speeding car in Fairfax County. WUSA9 reports on the accident on the southbound Fairfax County Parkway, where the officer had made a traffic stop just after noon on Monday. A dashcam video...

Fort Lee Is Renamed
Fort Lee Is Renamed
Apr 28, 2023 7:28 AM CDT

Fort Lee Is Renamed

Names of two Black officers will replace that of a 'traitor' at US Army base

(Newser) - Fort Lee in Virginia, named for Confederate army Gen. Robert E. Lee, has been renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in honor of two Black officers who made "significant contributions" to the US Army. Over a 36-year career, Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg "rose from the rank of private to three-star general,...

YouTuber Shot While Filming Prank Video
YouTuber Shot While
Filming Prank Video
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Apr 8, 2023 4:25 PM CDT

YouTuber Shot While Filming Prank Video

Shooter 'didn't take it very well' says victim Tanner Cook

(Newser) - A YouTube creator was filming a prank video inside a Virginia shopping mall Sunday when a man pulled out a gun and shot him, police say. Tanner Cook, 21, was critically injured as a bullet pierced his stomach and liver just before noon, prompting the mall to close for the...

5th-Grader Corrects Science Textbook

Publisher thanks Virginia student

(Newser) - A career in geology—or editing—could be in store for a fifth-grader in Virginia who spotted an error in his science textbook soon after his first lesson on the rock cycle. Liam Squires, a student at HM Pearson Elementary School, received a thank-you letter from the publisher after noticing...

Irvo Otieno's Death Ruled a Homicide

Virginia medical examiner cites asphyxia in case of Irvo Otieno

(Newser) - The death of Irvo Otieno, who prosecutors say was smothered at a hospital, was a homicide, Virginia's chief medical examiner said Monday. The cause was found to be "positional and mechanical asphyxia with restraints," a statement by the office said, NBC News reports. Otieno, 28, died March...

Inmates Tunneled Out With Toothbrush, Went to IHOP

Virginia inmates made it 10 miles from jail

(Newser) - It wasn't quite The Shawshank Redemption, but two inmates managed to tunnel their way out of a jail in Virginia this week "utilizing primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object," the Newport News Sheriff's Office says. The sheriff's office says 37-year-old John Garza...

Disturbing Video Released in Irvo Otieno Case

10 people held Virginia man down until he stopped moving

(Newser) - Disturbing video showing the last moments of Virginia man Irvo Otieno was obtained by outlets including the New York Times and the Washington Post on Tuesday, the same day 10 people were indicted on second-degree murder charges. Prosecutors say the 28-year-old Black man was smothered to death as he was...

Teacher Shot by Child: 'I Thought I Had Died'

Abigail Zwerner describes classroom attack and her recovery struggles

(Newser) - There was a moment when Abigail Zwerner and a 6-year-old boy looked each other in the eye, just before the Virginia teacher was shot. "I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me," she said....

Prosecutors: 7 Deputies Fatally Smothered Man in Hospital

Deputies in Henrico County, Virginia, are now facing murder charges in death of Irvo Otieno

(Newser) - Seven Virginia sheriff's deputies are now facing murder charges after authorities say they fatally smothered a physically restrained man in their custody during the intake process at a local hospital. NBC News reports that 28-year-old Irvo Otieno "died of asphyxia due to being smothered to death, thanks to...

6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Won't Be Charged

He's too young to 'form the requisite criminal intent,' city prosecutor says

(Newser) - The 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school in January isn't going to face criminal charges, the city prosecutor says. Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney Howard Gwynn tells NBC that while it is theoretically possible for a child that age to be charged...

Virginia Execution Tapes Capture Convicts' Last Words

State won't release recordings despite open records request

(Newser) - On a 1989 audio recording crackling with static, an inmate is barely audible as he offers his last words before he is executed in Virginia's electric chair. "I would like to express that what is about to take place ... is a murder," Alton Waye—who was convicted...

Democrat Makes History With Special Election Win in Virginia

Democrat Jennifer McClellan will be first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress

(Newser) - Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an open seat in the US House of Representatives, where she will make history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, the AP reports. “We will make this commonwealth...

Mom Charged After Another Child Brings Gun to Va. School

This time, 6-year-old was at Norfolk's Little Creek Elementary, month after teacher was shot

(Newser) - Last month, an elementary school teacher in Newport News, Virginia, was shot and seriously injured by one of her students—a 6-year-old boy. Now, the mother of another 6-year-old in Virginia has been charged after her child brought a handgun to school. Per a release from the City of Norfolk,...

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