Mar 03 Communities struggle over abortion clinics crossing state borders in post-Roe era By Kimberlee Kruesi, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Residents in southwestern Virginia have battled for months over whether abortion clinics limited by strict laws in other states should be allowed to hop over the border and operate there. Continue reading
Feb 28 WATCH: Biden warns of Republicans putting affordable health care at risk during visit to Virginia Beach By Colleen Long, Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Tuesday said GOP lawmakers could put millions of people's health care at risk, honing his message ahead of the release of his budget plan next week as Republicans push for him to negotiate over spending levels. Continue reading
Jan 30 Virginia school reopens with new security weeks after young student shot teacher By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The school reopened after being closed for more than three weeks following the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have said the boy brought a handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, as she was teaching her first-grade class. Continue reading
Jan 13 School official learned 6-year-old might have weapon before shooting, superintendent says By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press Administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought despite searching his bag,… Continue reading
Jan 09 WATCH: Police chief describes 6-year-old student’s shooting of teacher in class By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The 6-year-old Virginia student who shot and wounded his teacher pulled the handgun from a backpack and shot her while she was teaching his first-grade class, a police chief said. Continue reading
Jan 07 Local mayor says shooting of teacher by 6-year-old ‘a red flag for the country’ By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school… Continue reading
Jan 07 6-year-old student shoots teacher in Virginia classroom, police say By Ben Finley, Matthew Barakat, Associated Press A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. Continue reading
Nov 29 Survivor of Walmart mass shooting files $50 million lawsuit By Ben Finley, Associated Press A Walmart employee who survived last week's mass shooting at a store in Virginia has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the company for allegedly continuing to employ the shooter — a store supervisor — “who had known propensities for… Continue reading
Nov 25 Walmart shooter bought gun morning of shooting, left ‘death note’ on his phone By Ben Finley, Matthew Barakat, Associated Press The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia left behind what he called a “death note” on his phone that apologized for what he was about to do while simultaneously blaming others for mocking him. Continue reading
Nov 24 Walmart shooter appeared to target certain people, witness says By Ben Finley, Associated Press A witness says that the Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six coworkers in Virginia seemed to target people and shot some victims after they were already hit and appeared to be dead. Continue reading