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The Newport News Sheriff's Office says Garza and Nemo are back in custody, with escape-related charges pending.

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They escaped from jail using a toothbrush — then were captured at an IHOP

Virginia police say two men used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to tunnel out of a cell wall on Monday. They were arrested 10 miles away the next morning.

March 22, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Caroline Ouko holds a portrait of her son, Irvo Otieno, as attorney Ben Crump (left) and her older son, Leon Ochieng (right) look on at the Dinwiddie Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Va., on Thursday.

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A hospital surveillance video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to the floor before his death

The 28-year-old Black man died at a Virginia mental health facility earlier this month. A grand jury indicted 10 deputies and hospital workers on charges of second-degree murder.

March 21, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Charged with second-degree murder in the death of Irvo Noel Otieno were: <strong>(top row, from left)</strong> Henrico County Sheriff's Deputies Bradley Disse, Brandon Rodgers, Dwayne Bramble, Tabitha Levere, Jermaine Branch <strong>(bottom row, from left)</strong>, Kaiyell Sanders and Randy Boyer, Central State Hospital workers Darian Blackwell, Sadarius Williams and Wavie Jones.

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7 deputies and 3 others face murder charges in a Black man's death at mental hospital

Irvo Otieno was transferred from jail to a state mental health facility on March 6. Prosecutors say he was handcuffed during the intake process and "smothered" by seven deputies for some 12 minutes.

March 18, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
In this image taken from Windsor, Va., police body camera footage, Lt. Caron Nazario is helped by an EMT after he was pepper-sprayed by Windsor police during a traffic stop in Windsor, on Dec. 20, 2020.

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Army lieutenant pepper-sprayed in Virginia traffic stop receives $3,685 in damages

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.

January 19, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Students and police gather outside of Richneck Elementary School after a shooting on Friday, Jan. 6, in Newport News, Va. A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with "an individual" in custody Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.

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  • National

A 6-year-old shot a teacher in a Virginia classroom, police say

No students were injured in the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher — a woman in her 30s — suffered life-threatening injuries.

January 07, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan speaks in support for the Equal Rights Amendment at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 21, 2021. McClellan has won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress, party officials said.

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Jennifer McClellan is poised to become Virginia's first Black woman in Congress

The Virginia state senator has overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress.

December 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The administration of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is working to adopt new restrictions for transgender students in the Virginia public school system.

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Virginia has moved to restrict the rights of trans students in its public schools

The revamped rules explicitly state that students must only use bathrooms and locker rooms associated with the sex assigned to them at birth. Similar restrictions apply to sports and other activities.

September 18, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Montpelier Station railroad depot was built in 1910. The U.S. Postal Service has closed the small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside the depot, which also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

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A post office closes over an historic exhibit showing signs for 'White' and 'Colored'

The U.S. Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

August 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Damage from flooding is shown in the Whitewood community of Buchanan County, Va., on Wednesday.

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Virginia flooding damages more than 100 homes and leaves 40 people unaccounted for

There are no confirmed deaths or injuries in the remote pocket of southwest Virginia hit by flooding. It impacted several small communities in a county that borders West Virginia and Kentucky.

July 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Abortion-rights demonstrators march to the house of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Va. The governors of Virginia and Maryland are calling on the Justice Department to tighten security at the homes of the Supreme Court justices who live in their states, as abortion-rights supporters continue to protest.

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Maryland and Virginia governors urge DOJ to tighten security outside justices' homes

The Republican governors are asking for federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue.

May 13, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Last month, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin posed with school children and parents after signing a bill that bans mask mandates in public schools in Virginia.

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Virginia's law barring mask mandates does not apply to 12 children with disabilities

A federal judge said a new state law violates protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But the preliminary injunction only applies to those children whose parents challenged the law.

March 25, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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  • National

Judge halts Virginia governor's opt-out school mask order — for now

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order that sought to allow parents to opt out of classroom mask mandates was one of the first actions he took after his inauguration Jan. 15.

February 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Police conduct an investigation after a shooting at Bridgewater College in Virginia on Tuesday.

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Man accused of killing officers at private college was a former student, school says

Suspect's mother says "My son is mentally ill and he did something that I could not control and no one could come to help him."

February 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Police secure the scene of a shooting at Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Va., on Tuesday.

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2 officers killed at Bridgewater College in Virginia; a suspect is in custody

A police spokeswoman said officers responded to reports of a suspicious man on campus and after a brief interaction, the man opened fire on the officers and fled on foot.

February 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
After several months of temporarily housing, Kamila Noori, a prominent Afghan judge, stands on the balcony of the apartment where she will live with her husband and two of their daughters.

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  • World

From Kabul to Virginia: An Afghan family is starting over in America

In only a matter of days, the lives of an Afghan family changed forever. After the Taliban took control of Kabul, they were forced to start over in a foreign country.

January 25, 2022
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  • H.J. Mai
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