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Virginia School Board Votes to Replace Embattled Superintendent After 6-Year-Old Boy Shoots Teacher
The move came hours after the teacher’s attorney revealed that school administrators “failed to act” despite warnings from multiple teachers hours before the shooting.
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Va. Teacher Shot By 6-Year-Old Set to Sue School District: ‘Administration Could Not Be Bothered'
The Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student at the Richneck Elementary on Jan. 6 will sue the school district following the school official’s failure to act.
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Virginia School Officials Were Warned Boy, 6, Had Gun Just Before He Shot Teacher, Lawyer Says
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, a lawyer said Wednesday.
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Virginia School Board to Vote on Superintendent Departure After Teacher Shot
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 first-grade teacher.
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Watch: Avalanche Caught on Camera, Student Helps Rescue Trapped Skiers
A Virginia college student who caught video of a huge avalanche while on winter break in Switzerland helped rescue skiers on the slopes.
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Gun Used by 6-Year-Old to Shoot Teacher Was ‘Secured,' Family Says
The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the gun he used had been “secured” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.
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Parents Say Virginia District Where 1st-Grader Shot Teacher Prioritized Attendance Over Safety
Parents and teachers in the Virginia city where a first-grader shot his teacher have lambasted school administrators for what they say is a misguided emphasis on attendance and other education statistics over the safety of children and staff.
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Reunited and It Feels So Good! Virginia Woman Tracks Down Long Lost Twin
Asha Rodney and her twin brother were adopted by separate families as kids.
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School Searched 1st-Grader's Backpack Before Teacher Shot
A school superintendent says 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 backpack.
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Virginia Bill Would Count a Fetus as a Car Passenger in HOV Lanes
Reproductive rights advocates warn that the bill is the latest attempt by anti-abortion Republicans to cut away at abortion rights by pushing “personhood” laws.
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Some Elementary Schools Consider Metal Detectors After Shooting of Virginia Teacher
The shooting of a first-grade teacher in Virginia by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence.
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Travelers Stuck for 36+ Hours on Amtrak Train From Virginia to Florida
Passengers spent over 36 hours on a train when a freight car derailment stopped Amtrak Auto Train 53 in North Carolina overnight.
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Background Check Missed Trooper's Red Flags Before Killing Teen's Family in California
A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper’s mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and killed three members of her family in California.
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Mayor: Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old ‘Red Flag for the Country'
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. Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones said Saturday that the teacher’s condition is “trending in a positive direction” as she remains hospitalized. Authorities say the boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-grade...
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Police: Virginia Teacher in Hospital After Being Shot by 6-Year-Old
Police in Newport News, Virginia, say the shooting was not accidental.
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Police: 6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher in Virginia Classroom
Police in the Virginia city of Newport News say a 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom. No students were injured during Friday’s shooting at Richneck Elementary School. Steve Drew, the city’s police chief, said this was not “a situation where someone was going around the school shooting.” One frightened...
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Llama on the Loose in Virginia
A llama was spotted running along the Fairfax County Parkway over the weekend when police were called into action.
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Virginia Capital Removes Its Last City-Owned Confederate Monument
The city of Richmond — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War — removed its last city-owned Confederate statue on Monday, more than two years after it began to purge itself of what many saw as painful symbols of racial oppression.
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4 Navy Sailors Assigned to Same Facility Die by Apparent Suicide Within Weeks, Amid Growing Concerns of Mental Health Crisis
It is the latest cluster of Navy suicides this year to spark concerns of a fleetwide mental health crisis.
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Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin Dies at 61 After Cancer Battle
McEachin, a Democrat who represented a district stretching from Richmond to the North Carolina line, was first elected to Congress in 2016.