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Video shows man beaten, stripped and robbed by Baltimore crowd
A tourist was recently accosted by a crowd of people in Baltimore, Maryland after they spotted an expensive watch on his wrist, in an incident that was caught on tape and is now receiving national attention. The assault occurred the morning after St. Patrick’s Day, but the victim has not…
F-18 fighter jet crashes into apartment complex
On Friday afternoon, a Navy fighter jet crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia during a training mission. Fortunately, there have been no reported deaths due to the crash, which damaged at least 40 apartments. Navy officials said the F-18 fighter jet experienced a “catastrophic mechanical malfunction” shortly…
Jury finds VA Tech negligent in shooting deaths
A jury in Christiansberg, Virginia has ruled that officials at Virginia Tech were negligent on April 16, 2007, the day of the infamous shooting rampage that left 32 people dead and 25 injured, according to a report from ABC affiliate station WJLA. The jury of seven was given the case…
Riot gear police arrest 31 silent protesters in Virginia
Capitol hill police in Richmond, Virginia arrested 31 protesters Saturday afternoon during their silent demonstration against the state’s controversial ultrasound bill passing the General Assembly. Police were outfitted in riot gear to monitor the nearly 500 protesters and took those who would not leave the capital steps into custody. WATCH:…
Virginia repeals one-a-month limit on handgun purchases
PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) – Virginia repealed a one-per-month limit on handgun purchases on Tuesday, less than five years after a mentally-deranged student used handguns to massacre 32 people at Virginia Tech University in the worst single act of gun violence in U.S. history. Governor Bob McDonnell, who is high on…
Maddow: Forced vaginal probe ultrasound not just a Virginia story
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow noted that lawmakers in Virginia were not the only ones pushing for legislation that would require women to receive an ultrasound before terminating their pregnancy. Alabama, Pennsylvania and Arizona are also considering bills that would require a woman to receive a…
New PAC seeks to oust anti-choice legislators in Virginia
Former Virginia lawmakers announced on Monday the formation of the Women’s Strike Force, a new political action committee aimed at defeating state lawmakers who have pushed for legislation to prohibit or restriction a woman’s ability to terminate her pregnancy. “The steps that have been taken by lawmakers in Virginia and…
Anti-abortion ‘personhood’ bill advances in Virginia
PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) – Virginia lawmakers took a step toward outlawing abortion on Tuesday by approving “personhood” legislation that grants individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception. The Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted 66-32 in favor of defining the word person under state law to include unborn…
Heart-wrenching testimony kills Virginia abortion regulation
A so-called “fetal pain” bill was voted down by a Senate committee in Virginia on Thursday after a woman gave an emotionally gripping testimony about how she decided to terminate a pregnancy after the proposed 20-week cutoff date. Tara Schleifer, 42, told Virginia lawmakers that at week 17 of her…
Hinckley is a ‘danger’ if released: psychiatrist
John Hinckley’s tendency to lie and his isolation increase the risk that he presents a new danger to society after 30 years of confinement for shooting president Ronald Reagan, a psychiatrist told a federal judge. The judge is reviewing Hinckley’s case to decide whether to expand the conditional release rights…
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