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Sexual assault victims in West Virginia could find it easier to find health care providers to conduct forensics and collect rape kits if a bill passed by the Senate on Monday becomes law. Currently, some victims of sexual assault must…

Wilbert Lee Evans (left) and Alton Waye were executed in 1990 and 1989. NPR obtained tapes that recorded their deaths. You can hear them below.…

In this image taken from Windsor, Va., police body camera footage, Lt. Caron Nazario is helped by an EMT after…

A Virginia teacher who was seriously injured when a 6-year-old student was shot in Newport News is showing signs of recovery as authorities struggle to understand how such a young child could be involved in a school shooting, he…

Crime A teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News has "life-threatening injuries" after being shot by one of her students, authorities said. By Livia…

Students and police gather outside Richneck Elementary School after a shooting Friday, Jan. 6, in Newport News,…