Denise Lavoie

FILE – Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9, 2023. Zwerner said Monday, March 20, that she has had four surgeries and has gone through a challenging recovery. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit

April 3, 2023 at 10:57 a.m.

A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross...

Jury sides with Johnny Depp in libel case, awards him $10M

June 1, 2022 at 8:30 p.m.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor more than $10 million...

FILE- Matthew Heimbach, center, voices his ...

Collecting $26M award vs. white nationalists may be tough

November 24, 2021 at 6:11 p.m.

鈥淭he thing that抖阴ap different about this case is you have a wide array of defendants. Some of them are currently locked up or destitute, but they might have assets, (insurance)...

Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence

November 23, 2021 at 3:55 p.m.

A jury ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay more than $26 million in damages Tuesday over the violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right...

Virginia State Police K-9 officer Tyler ...

Since the nose doesn鈥檛 know pot is now legal, K-9s retire

May 29, 2021 at 4:46 p.m.

Asking dogs to follow their noses won't work anymore in states that have legalized marijuana.

Nashville bomber to neighbor: The world is “never going to forget me”

December 28, 2020 at 3:46 p.m.

It seemed like a friendly chat between neighbors. Only after a bomb exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning could Rick Laude grasp the sinister meaning behind his neighbor鈥檚 smiling...

Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge

August 3, 2020 at 7:26 a.m.

Shannon Dunn has to report to her job this week as a cafeteria manager at an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but she has no idea what she will...

The Virginia state Capitol building is ...

Gun-rights activists gear up for show of force in Virginia

January 18, 2020 at 10:15 p.m.

RICHMOND, Va. 鈥� Police are scouring the internet for clues about plans for mayhem, workers are putting up chain link holding pens around Virginia's picturesque Capitol Square, and one lawmaker...

Man sentenced to life in prison plus 419 years in Charlottesville car attack

July 15, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life in prison plus 419 years Monday for deliberately driving his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a rally in Virginia,...

This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr.

Man who drove car into crowd, killing one at Charlottesville protest sentenced to life

June 28, 2019 at 10:08 p.m.

An avowed white supremacist who deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing a young woman and injuring dozens, apologized to his victims Friday before being sentenced to...

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