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Cleo E. Powell elected first African-American woman chief justice of Virginia Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Virginia has elected Justice Cleo E. Powell as its next chief justice, the Virginia State Bar announced on Tuesday. Powell becomes the first African American woman to hold the post in the court’s history and will succeed Chief Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn, who is set to retire effective January 1, 2026. …
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Plane forced to make emergency landing after psychiatric patient said his laptop was a bomb
A packed flight out of Florida was forced to have its plane make an emergency landing after...
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Police say a high school athlete was shot dead after a TikTok door-knock prank went wrong in Virginia
Police have revealed that a high school athlete was allegedly shot dead by a Virginia homeowner...
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Judge rules in favor of mom whose child was suspended by Virginia school for not quickly reporting classmate with a bullet
A Virginia Judge has ruled in favor of a sixth-grader’s mom who filed a lawsuit against...
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Virginia parents charged after their third-grade son unintentionally fired a gun he brought to school
Authorities in Virginia have brought charges against the parents of a third-grade student after a gun the minor found and took to school accidentally fired while he was in class. Per the New York Post,...
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Cops find father and son dead in Virginia river hours after they went fishing
Police have revealed that a father named Danny Summer and his six-year-old son Donovan tragically died only moments after the boy caught a fish from a Virginia river. Around 5 pm on March 22, 37-year-old...
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Police say Virginia man dressed in a Spider-Man costume stole $10K worth of anime trading cards
Police have revealed that a man who wore a Spider-Man costume allegedly stole close to $10,000 worth of trading cards related to popular anime from a shop he staked out in Virginia in early March. 20-year-old...
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White couple gets maximum sentence for enslaving adopted Black children on their farm
A white couple from West Virginia has been sentenced to a combined 375 years in prison for enslaving their five adopted Black children, forcing them into grueling labor while subjecting them to racial...
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Brazen baton attack in high-school race leaves spectators in shock
A brazen attack at the indoor track championships in Virginia saw a female runner use her baton in her relay race to strike her opponent many times, leaving spectators shocked. The unexpected attack unfolded...
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Fractured leg of Black newborn at Virginia hospital triggers child abuse investigation
Noah Hackey, a premature African American newborn from Henrico County, Virginia, suffered a fractured tibia while in the NICU at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in September 2023. His parents, Tori and...
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Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears launches historic bid for Virginia governor
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is poised to make history as the first Black woman to serve as governor of any U.S. state. This potential achievement follows her official campaign launch for the governorship...
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John Lewis statue replaces Confederate monument which stood in town square for over 110 years
A 12-foot bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday in a town square where a Confederate monument stood for over 110 years before its removal...
