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Apr 03

Teacher shot by 6-year-old student sues school officials for $40 million

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

The lawsuit filed Monday accuses school administrators of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.”…

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Mar 17

7 deputies face murder charges in death of Black Virginian Irvo Otieno

By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

Attorneys for the family of a Black Virginia man who died in law enforcement custody say video of the incident shows seven sheriff's deputies pushing down "every part of his body" with "absolute brutality."…

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Mar 09

Virginia judge rules human embryos are ‘chattel’ based on centuries-old slave laws

By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

The preliminary opinion by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner is being criticized by some for wrongly and unnecessarily delving into a time in Virginia history when it was legally permissible to own human beings.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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