By Chelsea Cirruzzo (USN ) – Increases in a county’s jail incarceration rate are associated with upticks in premature deaths caused by issues like infectious disease, substance use and suicide among a county’s broader population, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday by The Lancet Public Health, comes as prison reform advocates such […]
Read MoreBy Susan Milligan (USN) – Donald Trump electrified the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2011, turning what initially appeared to be a publicity stunt into the start of a successful political journey. In 2016, then-presidential candidate Trump pulled out of the annual meeting of movement conservatives, annoying organizers. This year, Trump is […]
Read MoreIn response to the recent inclement weather, which left many families without electricity, Mt. Gilead Full Gospel International Ministries is hosting an outreach event in Blackstone, Va. this weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Nottoway County High School (5267 Old Nottoway Rd, Crewe, VA 23930), Mt. Gilead’s “Operation Thunder” […]
Read MoreAbout half of workers who were employed just prior to the pandemic are earning the same amount. The latest labor market estimates for the week of Feb. 7-13 show a slowdown in the labor market recovery among working-age adults, according to a report by economists from Virginia Commonwealth University and Arizona State University. Employment held […]
Read MoreBy MORGAN TOLAN AND ELLIE WATSON (CNS) – From 2015 to 2019, there were more than 23,000 Virginians arrested for simple possession of marijuana, averaging about 5,000 residents a year. “All my life I’ve heard justice delayed is justice denied,” Sen. L. Louise Lucas, D-Emporia City, said in the Senate session. Lucas is a co-patron, […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA) – Black Americans have lost three years in life expectancy over the last two years according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The decline is the largest since World War II. The life expectancy gap by race is now the widest since 1998 and at a […]
Read MoreTwo teenagers were arrested in Newport News on Feb. 23 and charged with multiple offenses, among them, possession of stolen firearm and eluding police. The incident started when a state police supervisor attempted to pull over a vehicle for reckless driving by speed that resulted in a short pursuit, accident, arrest, and the recovery of […]
Read MorePro-golfer Tiger Woods has been hospitalized following a bad single-car accident in L.A. County on Tuesday morning — with officials requiring the jaws of life to free him from the vehicle. “On February 23, 2021, at approximately 7:12 AM, LASD responded to a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision on the border of Rolling Hills Estates […]
Read MoreBy Kate Masters (VM) – When Virginia senators passed a bill requiring local school divisions to provide in-person instruction by the summer, some anticipated the legislation would face an uphill battle in the House. Nearly a month later, though, the same legislation is now on the verge of passing both chambers after several rounds of revisions […]
Read MoreFive confirmed cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19 have been identified in the Chickahominy, Chesterfield, and Richmond/Henrico health districts. Three of these cases were identified by health district staff, prompting a review between October 2020 and Feb. 18, 2021, for any cases that had not been directly reported by clinicians […]
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