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Authorities are continuing their search for Virginia and Tennessee inmates who escaped from a regional jail. The two escaped Thursday afternoon from the recreational yard.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — (AP) — The fallout from the shooting of a teacher by a 6-year-old student in Virginia has prompted a staff shakeup in the Newport News school district. In addition to the firing of Superintendent Gary Parker this week, the principal and assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School have left their jobs. A longtime principal in the school district has been named to lead the school as it prepares to reopen next week. Karen Lynch, who has worked as a principal in Newport News for 17 years, is now listed as the school's administrator. Emotional support services have been provided to students, families and staff by the district's student support specialists, school social workers, or licensed therapists.

"1619 Project" creator Nikole Hannah-Jones is set to receive over $35,000 just for one Virginia county library speaking engagement next month.

Virginia authorities released the surveillance videos after two people broke into a shooting range and stole 10 handguns.

FAIRFAX, Va. — Two Maryland men are accused of theft in a string of gaming machine robberies that targeted convenience stores in northern Virginia, authorities said Tuesday. NEW: @FairfaxCountyPD confirm they’ve now made arrests in a recent string of convenience store gaming machine thefts, after 7 stores were hit in the past month. The same store had been robbed by thieves targeting gaming machines on Jan. 16, according to the television station. An inspection of the vehicle revealed parts of a gaming machine inside the bed of the truck, WJLA reported. Police said that additional charges could be filed against Jones and Hardy as authorities review evidence in six previous gaming machine thefts throughout Fairfax County.

President Biden slammed critics on Thursday, who do not believe America can lead the world in manufacturing, after boasting the creation of 750,000 jobs during his first two years.

A Virginia man previously convicted of trying to help ISIS is accused of meeting with 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh.

As it heads into its first quarter of 2023, the airline carrier expects capacity to be 8% to 10% higher than the first quarter of 2022.

“The administrator downplayed the report from the teacher and the possibility of a gun, saying — and I quote — ‘Well, he has little pockets,’ " Toscano said. Shortly after 1 p.m., another teacher told an administrator that a different student who was “crying and fearful” said the boy showed him the gun during recess and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone. When another employee who had heard the boy might have a gun asked an administrator to search the boy, he was turned down, Toscano said. Parker's departure had been expected since a school board agenda was posted Tuesday showing that the panel was set to vote on his separation package. Police have said that school officials did not tell them about that tip before the shooting, which happened hours later.

The Virginia teacher shot by one of her first-grade students earlier this month plans to sue the school district that reportedly downplayed warnings before the incident took place.

“On that day, over the course of a few hours, three different times — three times — school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people. She said that around 12:30 p.m., one teacher told administrators that she had taken it upon herself to search the boy’s bookbag but warned that she thought he had the gun in his pocket. Toscano said that after 1 p.m., another boy told his teacher that the student had shown him the gun and threatened to shoot him, and that the teacher reported that to administrators. Another employee later asked for permission to search the boy after hearing about the gun but “was told to wait the situation out because the school day was almost over,” Toscano said. Zwerner had also told school administrators at around 11:15 a.m. that day that the boy had threatened to beat up another child.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student during class will sue the school district, the teacher’s attorney announced Wednesday. Police Chief Steve Drew has repeatedly characterized the shooting as “intentional,” saying the boy aimed at Zwerner and fired one round, striking her in the hand and chest. Zwerner was hospitalized for nearly two weeks but is now recovering at home, a hospital spokesperson said. Police have said school officials did not tell them about that tip before the shooting, which happened hours later. The Newport News School Board will hold a special meeting Wednesday evening to vote on a separation agreement and severance package for Parker, according to a posted agenda.

Concerned teachers and employees warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, “but the administration could not be bothered,” a lawyer for the teacher said Wednesday. Diane Toscano, an attorney for Abigail Zwerner, said during a news conference that she has notified the Newport News School Board that the 25-year-old teacher at Richneck Elementary School plans to sue the school district over the Jan. 6 shooting, which left Zwerner with serious injuries.

The mission was Rocket Lab's 33rd to date, but the first from U.S. soil. The company has been regularly launching from private launchpads in New Zealand.

Newport News Superintendent George Parker III could be fired on Wednesday, over shootings in the district over the past 18 months, the most recent involving a 6-year-old boy.

The small satellite launch company Rocket Lab aced its debut liftoff from American soil on Tuesday (Jan. 24)

The company, based in California, had previously launched rockets from its facility in New Zealand, but it hopes to fly more frequently from the United States.

After 32 launches from Rocket Lab's New Zealand facility, the company is now set for regular flights from Virginia's Eastern Shore.

RICHMOND, Va. — (AP) — A Virginia school board is scheduled to vote this week on the departure of its superintendent after a 6-year-old student shot and wounded his teacher. Six days after the shooting, Parker revealed that at least one administrator had been told the day of the shooting that the boy may have had a weapon. Police say Abigail Zwerner, 25, was shot by a student in her class as she was teaching at Richneck Elementary School. Police say Zwerner, 25, was shot by a student in her class as she was teaching at Richneck Elementary School. Six days after the shooting, Parker revealed that at least one administrator had been told the day of the shooting that the boy may have had a weapon.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition. The DOJ's suit accuses Google of unlawfully monopolizing the way ads are served online by excluding competitors. This is the latest legal action taken against Google by either the Justice Department or local state governments. In October 2020, for instance, the Trump administration and eleven state attorneys general sued Google for violating antitrust laws, alleging anticompetitive practices in the search and search advertising markets. The lawsuit in essence aligns the Biden administration and new states with the 35 states and District of Colombia that sued Google in December 2020 over the exact same issues.

A new era of rocket launches from NASA’s facility on Wallops Island in Virginia began tonight with the much-anticipated launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron small-lift launch vehicle.

The remains of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill were moved to his hometown in Virginia. His statue, which was also removed, was Richmond’s last standing Confederate monument.

The remains of a Confederate general unearthed from beneath a monument at the center of a Virginia intersection have been reinterred at a cemetery in his hometown.

The remains of a Confederate general unearthed from beneath a monument at the center of a Virginia intersection have been reinterred at a cemetery in his hometown. Last month, Richmond, which served as the Confederacy’s capital for most of the Civil War, removed the statue of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill and the general's remains buried beneath after a court battle. On Saturday, hundreds of people, including Confederate reenactors, gathered to pay their respects to the general at a ceremony in Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper, Hill’s hometown, The Free Lance-Star reported.

The governor of Virginia is blocking a potential Ford battery factory that would have provided thousands of jobs in an impoverished area—based on fearmongering about China.

Bad weather has pushed Rocket Lab's first-ever launch from U.S. soil back a day, to Tuesday (Jan. 24).

The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia that aired Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, on "Face the Nation."

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears calls out "rogue educators" and teachers unions over the merit awards scandal, criticizing the push for woke ideology in schools on "Cavuto Live."

Officials at the Newport News elementary school in Virginia reportedly downplayed concerns voiced by the first-grade teacher before she was shot by her six-year-old student.

A retired Virginia man knows exactly want he wants to buy after winning $100,000 in a lottery game. >> Read more trending news“I guess I can buy me some eggs now,” Jerry Camp joked in a statement to Virginia Lottery officials after winning a Cash 5 with EZ Match game. Camp had two winning tickets. According to lottery officials, the EZ Match game features a rolling jackpot that starts at $100,000. In addition to buying more eggs, Camp said he also plans to buy a new car with his winnings.

A female middle school student was allegedly sexually assaulted in her school bathroom earlier this month. Police are investigating the incident.

A Virginia jury did not believe a woman who claim police officers protected a prostitution ring that threatened her if she stopped working.

A jury on Friday rejected a woman's allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her. The eight-person civil jury found that the woman, identified in court only as Jane Doe, was not a victim of trafficking but was instead a willing sex worker. Once the jury reached that conclusion, it did not have to consider the question of the officers' alleged involvement in protecting the prostitution ring.

Kaine stepped into the national spotlight when he ran for vice president with Democrat Hillary Clinton on a ticket that lost to Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

Around 10,000 flights were delayed because of the outage of a pilot-alerting system.

NORFOLK, Va. — (AP) — The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the child suffered from "an acute disability" and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred. Also on Thursday, the hospital that had been treating the teacher said that she was released earlier this week and is continuing outpatient care. An accommodation for students with behavioral disabilities could mean seating them close to the teacher. Kennedy, a former special education teacher, said he’s never heard of parents serving a similar role in the classroom. The 25-year-old teacher hustled her students out of the classroom before being rushed to the hospital.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia elementary school teacher allegedly shot by a 6-year-old nearly two weeks ago was released from an area hospital earlier this week, a spokesperson for the facility confirmed on Thursday. Police have not identified the first-grade student they said was responsible, CNN reported. Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner has been released from Riverside Regional Medical Center, a hospital spokesperson has confirmed. The Zwerner family respectfully asks for privacy during this time.”Officials originally said the shooting was not accidental, according to WVEC-TV. The family of the boy accused of shooting Zwermer released a statement on Thursday, according to CNN.

Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison neglected to record evidence during an execution gone wrong.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — (AP) — A jury has convicted a Navy reservist from Virginia accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 on separate charges that he illegally possessed silencers disguised to look like innocuous cleaning supplies. The case against Speed in Virginia hinged on three devices he bought in March 2021 that the government argued were unregistered silencers. Speed contended the devices are “solvent traps” to collect excess liquid that spills out when a gun is cleaned. The devices bought by Speed are made of titanium and contain baffles that would be found on silencers. Speed's lawyers, though, contended that the devices were indeed solvent traps, not silencers.

“Our family has always been committed to responsible gun ownership and keeping firearms out of the reach of children,” the statement said. The shooting occurred Jan. 6 as teacher Abigail Zwerner taught her first grade class at Richneck Elementary in Newport News. The 25-year-old teacher hustled her students out of the classroom before being rushed to the hospital. Newport News police had said that the 6-year-old’s mother legally purchased the gun but that it was unclear how her son gained access to it. A Virginia law prohibits leaving a loaded gun where it is accessible to a child under 14, a misdemeanor crime punishable with a maximum one-year prison sentence and $2,500 fine.

A jury has convicted a Navy reservist from Virginia accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 on separate charges that he illegally possessed silencers disguised to look like innocuous cleaning supplies. The conviction Wednesday night against Hatchet Speed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria comes a month after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his first trial, resulting in a mistrial.

Caron Nazario filed a lawsuit in 2021 saying he was pepper-sprayed, struck and had his car illegally searched by two officers with the Windsor Police Department in Virginia.

Fairfax County, Va. mom Asra Nomani called out her son's merit notification delay and voiced her concerns about the agenda of 'equity warriors' on 'The Story.'

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — (AP) — When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia's coast, the community reacted with collective shock. There was no warning and no struggle before the 6-year-old pointed the gun at his teacher and fired one round, police said. “Gun violence has become a constant for our students,” William Fenker, an eighth-grade science teacher, told the board. “Our students do not wonder if there will be another school shooting,” Fenker told the board. “So you just prevented a school shooting but you just caused a 7-Eleven shooting,” he said.

Democratic Virginia lawmakers introduced a bill that would grant minors access to medical and health care without requiring parental consent.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — (AP) — When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia's coast, the community reacted with collective shock. They said the shooting of Abigail Zwerner could have been prevented if not for a toxic environment in which teachers' concerns are systemically ignored. “Every day in every one of our schools, teachers, students and other staff members are being hurt,” high school librarian Nicole Cooke told the board. There was no warning and no struggle before the 6-year-old pointed the gun at his teacher and fired one round, police said. The 25-year-old hustled her students out of the classroom before being rushed to the hospital.

When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast, the community reacted with collective shock. During a three-hour school board meeting dedicated solely to public comment, Newport News teachers and parents said students who assaulted classmates and staff were routinely allowed to stay in the classroom with few consequences. “Every day in every one of our schools, teachers, students and other staff members are being hurt,” high school librarian Nicole Cooke told the board.

This is a country full of people who know exactly what they think about everything, and say so. We have a sort of script for these things,” said Talarico, who has studied how people remember indirectly experienced events. In an interview last week, Busch said he’s been surprised by the repeated use of “intentional” by Newport News police. He was a baby, pretty much.”Busch remembers being dumbfounded when notified of the 2000 shooting. “’Never Forget’," she says, "hasn’t effectively translated to ‘Never Again.’”___Associated Press writer Denise Lavoie in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.

“However, this is exactly what our community is grappling with today.” “I never thought elementary students being the shooter was a possibility we would ever see,” says Kendra Newton, a first-grade teacher in Florida. Jennifer Talarico, a psychology professor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, believes the case hits differently in part because it violates society’s expectations for both school shootings (of which there were two others elsewhere in the country that day) and childhood itself.

'The Five' co-host Greg Gutfeld shared his take on why it is important to notice the difference between equality and equity.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares expanding his human rights investigation outside Fairfax County after it's revealed at least 14 schools withheld merit awards from students.

A Virginia police chief says a 6-year-old student fired the handgun that wounded a Virginia first-grade teacher while she was teaching class.

The Colonial Pipeline says a diesel fuel leak in Virginia has shut down part of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline, but it is expected to restart Saturday.

Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan has overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A.

Jarace Walker scored 17 points and No. 5 Houston used runs in each half and the nation’s best scoring defense to beat No. 2 Virginia 69-61.

Facing massive pandemic learning loss, the superintendent in Richmond, Virginia, tried to remake one of the most untouchable aspects of school – the academic calendar.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden helped pack presents for children and encouraged holiday cheer as the White House marked the 75th anniversary of Toys for Tots at an event hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

The city of Richmond _ the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War _ has removed its last city-owned Confederate statue.

Since CarePortal launched in Central Virginia in 2020, they’ve served served more than 3,000 children with an economic impact of $1.3 million.

An official says work to remove the final city-owned Confederate monument from Richmond, Virginia, should start this week.

Authorities say a Virginia sheriff’s deputy who they believe traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm.

With the passage of the the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects same-sex and interracial marriages, The Associated Press is republishing its 1967 story by reporter Karl R.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin swept into office as a Republican revelation with a fresh formula for victory as the GOP contemplated its future beyond Donald Trump.

A 76-year-old man accused of performing lewd acts and touching a 21-year-old woman’s leg without her consent on a Boston-bound flight earlier this year has pleaded guilty.

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Hundreds gathered in Chesapeake, Virginia, to honor six people killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart.

Five days have passed since Lorenzo Gamble was killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Authorities investigating the fatal shootings of six people at a Walmart said that the shooter bought the gun just hours before and left a note on his phone listing grievances against coworkers.

The mass shooting Wednesday at a Walmart in Virginia is only the latest example of a workplace shooting perpetrated by an employee.

Police and witnesses say a manager at a Virginia Walmart pulled out a handgun before a routine employee meeting and began firing wildly in the break room, killing six people and injuring at least six others.

Virginia climbed 11 spots to No. 5 in this week's AP Top 25 following a difficult week.

Reece Beekman and No. 16 Virginia capped an emotional week by going on a late 13-point run to defeat No. 19 Illinois 70-61 to win the Continental Tire Main Event.

Thousands of people have joined Virginia’s football team, coaches and staff in honoring three players who were shot dead as they returned from a field trip last weekend.

Armaan Franklin scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 16 Virginia used a big second-half run to knock off No. 5 Baylor 86-79 in the team’s first game since three Cavaliers football players were killed in a campus shooting.

Virginia’s basketball players wore sweatshirts in warmups Friday that honored three Cavaliers football players who were fatally shot nearly a week ago.

Students hid inside laboratory closets and dorm rooms across the University of Virginia after getting warnings of an active shooter.

Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting were remembered Monday by head football coach Tony Elliott as “all good kids.”.

Authorities said a University of Virginia student and former member of the school’s football team fatally shot three current players as they returned from a field trip.

Pittsburgh got off to as fast a start as a defense can at Virginia.

It’s taken 60 years and billions of dollars, but mass transit is finally coming to Dulles International Airport outside the nation’s capital.

Under gray clouds and pouring rain at Arlington National Cemetery, Vice President Kamala Harris has told the nation’s veterans their work makes America stronger.

The District of Columbia attorney general’s office has filed a civil consumer protection lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, owner Dan Snyder, the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell.

A newly launched cargo capsule has run into trouble with a solar panel after liftoff.

Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is spending the closing days of her reelection campaign in the new parts of her Virginia district to gain the support of Black residents whose votes could well determine if she gets a third term.

A collection from the estate of General Colin Powell of nearly 400 items stretching from the momentous to the mundane is currently up for auction.

A Virginia man was arrested in August after taking his child into Disney’s Magic Kingdom without paying, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office is searching for a missing Deltona woman and her 2-year-old daughter.

Why a focus on Virginia’s most in demand industries could be the answer to less student debt.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is promoting Biden administration policies as the key to advancing the nation’s “long-term economic well being” in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

Tyler Van Dyke threw for 351 yards and two touchdowns to lead Miami to a 20-14 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday.

The news that 70 million people will see an 8.7% boost in their Social Security checks next year came just weeks before Election Day, but it's unlikely to give Democrats the edge they're desperately seeking at the polls.

The office of Virginia's attorney general has handed off jurisdiction in a long-running investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and other abuses at a hospital that serves vulnerable children.

A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room.

Virginia has denied parole to convicted Washington, D.

School districts around the country are working to beef up security measures. This school year, safety of students is top of mind more than ever. That's why school systems like Roanoke City are having to rethink the way they do things.

A judge in Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors by booksellers and libraries.

Advocates for transgender people say a federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could hurt conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care.

The Humane Society said its animal rescue team began removing roughly 4,000 beagles from a mass breeding facility in Virginia, which received multiple violations for issues like inadequate veterinary care and insufficient food on July 21.

A Virginia man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison on federal bank robbery charges in a case that tested the constitutionality of broad search warrants that use Google location history to identify people near the scene of a crime.

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