NASSAWADOX, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a woman was stabbed to death outside a hospital in Northampton County. Media outlets report Northampton County Sheriff David L. Doughty Jr. says 42-year-old Shelli L. Crockett of Keller, Virginia, died after being attacked Monday morning during a domestic dispute in a parking lot outside Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital … Continue reading
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man accused of dragging a woman out of her car after their vehicles collided in northern Virginia last week and sexually assaulting her. The Stafford County Sherriff’s Office said in a statement Friday that 26-year-old Roberto Carlos Flores Sibrian was arrested Thursday at a construction site in … Continue reading
HIGHLAND SPRINGS, Va. (AP) — A woman has been charged with killing her girlfriend in their Highland Springs townhouse in Henrico County. Local news outlets report that Richmond police say 33-year-old Sheena Yolonda Wilson is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Ava Latae Tucker. Police say Wilson walked into their police department … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Clarke County is getting a new solar project that will generate enough power for thousands of homes. Gov. Terry McAuliffe says the Clarke Solar Farm will house 20 megawatts of generating capacity. It’s being developed by Hecate Energy LCC, a Tennessee-based company that owns and operates projects across the country. Preston … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A divided federal appeals court says county commissioners in North Carolina can open their meetings with Christian prayers. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared the Rowan County commissioner’s prayer practice constitutional on Monday. The appeals court decision reverses a lower court ruling that said the … Continue reading
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Arlington officials say tourism in the county set a record in 2015, breaking the $3 billion mark. The county, citing data from the U.S. Travel Association, said visitors spent $3.06 billion in Arlington in 2015. That’s a 3 percent increase from the previous year and the highest total in Virginia. Fairfax … Continue reading
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Chesterfield County police are looking for a man who they say attempted to abduct a 7-year-old girl. Police say in a statement that at about 7:10 p.m. Monday, the girl was walking in the Stone Harbor neighborhood when a vehicle stopped on the street next to her. A man exited the … Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has long preached the gospel of personal responsibility to fellow blacks, irritating those who fault racism for holding the community back. But now lawyers for the 79-year-old comedian have suggested for the first time that racial bias is to blame as Cosby faces the prospect of 13 women testifying in … Continue reading
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The probable mastermind in the brazen escape of three inmates from a California jail had help from a woman whose English classes he was taking while locked up, authorities allege. Escapee Hussein Nayeri, 37, came to know Nooshafarin Ravaghi, 44, during an English as a second language course inside the … Continue reading
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