Woman stabbed to death outside hospital in Nassawadox

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 →

Henrico County woman charged in girlfriend’s slaying

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 →

Woman who has baby with mom’s womb: it’s “science fiction”

BERGSHAMRA, Sweden (AP) — Emelie Eriksson has a bond with her son that hardly seems possible: She and her son were born from the same womb. Eriksson was the first woman to have a baby after receiving a uterus from her mother, in a revolutionary operation that links three generations of their family. “It’s like … Continue reading →

Woman recovering after falling from waterfall in Virginia

SHAWSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A woman is recovering at home, two weeks after she fell down the side of a waterfall in Virginia and fractured three vertebrae. The Roanoke Times (http://bit.ly/2doVMiD ) reports that 22-year-old Kalea Duke of Christianburg was hiking with her friend along the side of the steep 40-foot Styles Falls near Shawsville … Continue reading →

Driver of van charged after woman falls off mattress, dies

HAYMARKET, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have charged the driver of a van after a woman fell to her death while riding atop a mattress the two women were trying to move. Local news organizations report that 41-year-old Norma Guadron Canales of Culpeper was driving the van Friday morning while 20-year-old Sindy Zelaya Gonzalez … Continue reading →

Coast Guard rescues woman, 3 grandchildren off Gwynn Island

GWYNN, Va. (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard members have rescued a woman and her three grandchildren off Gwynn Island in Mathews County. The U.S. Coast Guard says in a statement that the 58-year-old woman and the children became fatigued Sunday afternoon while swimming near their jet ski. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads launched … Continue reading →

Woman receives card from hospital that says she’s dead

CROZET, Va. (AP) — A Virginia hospital is apologizing after accidently sending a sympathy card to the family of a woman who’s still alive. WVIR-TV reports that (http://bit.ly/1YjPpOV ) Marilyn Mullins received a card from the chaplain Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital almost a month and a half after her three-day stay there. The card, which … Continue reading →

Woman lost in forest for 9 days credits survival course

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Ann Rodgers ate plants and a turtle and made a “help” sign large enough that a helicopter was able to find her after nine days in the Arizona wilderness. The 72-year-old Tucson woman, who was found in the White Mountains in eastern Arizona, says studying survival methods and taking a survival … Continue reading →

Lawyer: California woman weighing options after embryo loss

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California woman is evaluating her legal options after a judge ruled against her in her fight to keep five frozen embryos she created with her now ex-husband over his objections, her attorney said. Mimi Lee must abide by an agreement with her ex-husband to destroy the embryos if they got … Continue reading →

Arlington man charged in estranged wife’s stabbing death

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — An Arlington man has been arrested after a special investigative grand jury indicted him in connection with the stabbing death of his estranged wife. Arlington police say 46-year-old David Black was arrested Thursday and charged with murder in the death of 42-year-old Bonnie Black. David Black is also charged with one … Continue reading →

Houston hospital says woman has given birth to 5 girls

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital says a woman has given birth to five girls in what it believes is the first set of all-female quintuplets born in the U.S. The Woman’s Hospital of Texas says it took four minutes for mother Danielle Busby to deliver the babies by cesarean section Wednesday, April 8. Busby, … Continue reading →

Va. woman sentenced for cashing fraudulent tax refund checks

  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Norfolk woman who cashed more than $2 million in fraudulent income tax refund checks has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison. Thirty-four-year-old Tanya Evans was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Norfolk for her December plea to conspiring to defraud the government. Court documents show a check-cashing business noticed in … Continue reading →

Virginia Beach woman cited for bringing gun to airport

  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Beach woman has been cited for bringing a loaded handgun to Norfolk International Airport. The Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday that a TSA officer staffing the checkpoint’s X-ray machine detected a .38-caliber handgun in the woman’s purse on Tuesday. The gun was loaded with seven rounds, including one … Continue reading →