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Loudoun County man sentenced to 42 years for killing estranged wife with hammer
A Loudoun County, Virginia, man who beat his estranged wife to death with a hammer in 2021 was sentenced Thursday to spend the next 42 years in prison.
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Bodycam video released in Alexandria police shooting
Body camera video shows the fatal shooting of a man by Alexandria police, which the commonwealth’s attorney determined was justified.
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Va. constitutional amendment would provide more support for Gold Star families
Traci Voelke was a 37-year-old mom to two young boys when her husband, Maj. Paul Voelke, died in Afghanistan, struck by a military vehicle during his fifth deployment. “I knew as soon as I opened the door and saw the green suiters. You just know what’s happened, but it’s hard to accept,” said Voelke. The Department of Defense gave...
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Anti-Kamala Harris sign rigged with trip wires, alarms in Leesburg
“I don’t care about the sign – I care about the booby trap.” Some feared a large political sign in Leesburg, Virginia, was connected to explosives
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Race for open 10th congressional district in the spotlight in Virginia
The candidates for Virginia’s open 10th congressional district seat have stark differences, including on hot button topics like abortion and immigration.
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Fairfax County first graders mentored by high schoolers in special field trip
Fairfax County first graders visited West Springfield High School students at their football field for an interactive learning experience.
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Caregiver accused of keeping boy, 9, locked up, beating him repeatedly
A 9-year-old boy told police he was locked in a room, forced to urinate in a bottle and repeatedly beaten in a Reston, Virginia, apartment by a woman who was supposed to be caring for him, court documents say.
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‘It was 100% intentional': Killer's confession to 1994 murder of Virginia mom
“I’d probably be a serial killer,” Stephan Smerk recently said after the brutal 1994 killing of Robin Lawrence in West Springfield.
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Spotsylvania deputy cleared in shooting of Marine veteran
A Virginia deputy who shot and killed a man who authorities say pointed a gun at a woman has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
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Search warrant details jail conversations of au pair accused in Herndon double-murder
A Northern Virginia man accused of having an affair with his family’s au pair, and then working with her to kill his wife and another man has been denied bond.