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Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old boy says: ‘I thought I was dead’

“I just wanted to get my babies out of there”

Evening Standard

Ballotpedia determines trifecta status could change in four states in 2023 elections

Three states are holding gubernatorial elections in 2023, and four states are holding regularly scheduled legislative elections in eight of the country’s 99 state legislative chambers. As a result, five states’ trifecta status is at stake this year:

Ballotpedia

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.

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Man gets 4 years for attacking police at Jan. 6 Capitol riot

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

The Independent UK

Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death

Newly obtained surveillance video shows a group of sheriff’s deputies and other personnel at a Virginia mental hospital forcibly pinning a patient to the ground until he was motionless and limp

The Independent UK

Recovering teacher shot by 6-year-old: ‘It’s changed me’

A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student says it has changed her life and she has vivid memories and nightmares about that day

The Independent UK

Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student breaks her silence

Teacher suffered wounds to hand and chest

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Teacher shot by 6-year-old describes challenging recovery

A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student says she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery

The Independent UK

Police Officers Charged With Murder in 'Smothering' of Virginia Man

"What I saw today was heartbreaking," said the victim's mother. "It was disturbing, it was traumatic. My son was tortured."

Reason

Hacker who ran BreachForums could face 20 years in prison

The alleged administrator of leading online hacking community BreachForums has been arrested following a US police operation last week. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who goes by the online moniker of ‘Pompompurin’, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud, according to court documents filed in the US. SEE…

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Australia did not vow to help US defend Taiwan in submarine deal -minister

Australia "absolutely" did not promise to support the U.S. in any military conflict over Taiwan in return for a deal to acquire U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines, Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday.

Reuters

Prosecutor to release video of death of man in custody

Prosecutors plan next week to release the video that led authorities in Virginia to charge seven deputies and three state mental hospital employees with second-degree murder in the death of a handcuffed and shackled man

The Independent UK

Illicit guns and drugs are a problem in the Caribbean. This legislation is offering help

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Kaine of Virginia are putting their weight behind an initiative to reduce illicit arms trafficking and strengthen security and stability in the Caribbean basin, where an uptick in guns and migration trafficking are endangering small island communities and raising national security concerns…

Miami Herald

Mother: Irvo Otieno was 'brilliant and creative and bright'

The mother of a Black man who died in police custody at a Virginia mental hospital says her son was “brilliant, creative and bright.”

The Independent UK

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Ballotpedia’s trifecta vulnerability analysis for 2023

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Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes reacts to crazy Furman-Virginia March Madness finish

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes reacted on Twitter to the crazy Furman-Virginia March Madness finish. | from @EdEastonJr

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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.

WEKU

Tyson will close poultry plants in Virginia and Arkansas that employ more than 1,600

Tyson Foods said it plans to close its processing, broiler and hatching operations in Glen Allen, Va., and a plant in Van Buren, Ark., in an effort to streamline its U.S. poultry business.

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Virginia deputies charged in man's death at mental hospital

A Virginia prosecutor says seven sheriff’s office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state mental hospital last week

USA Today Sports Media Group

4 potential first-round upsets for the NCAA men’s tournament, including 1 in each region

Let's put a few teams on upset alert.

The Independent UK

Youngkin scores some legislative wins as he eyes White House

In two years as Virginia's governor, Republican Glenn Youngkin has gone from political newcomer to potential 2024 presidential candidate

The Guardian - AU

No clunkers: Australia buying ‘highest quality’ secondhand submarines from US, congressman says

Senior US lawmaker confident Virginia Class nuclear vessels can be delivered and concerns about joint crewing are ‘overhyped’

The Independent UK

WV House OKs transgender care ban mental health exemption

West Virginia’s Republican supermajority House of Delegates swiftly OK’d a proposal to add mental health exemptions to a bill that would ban certain health care for transgender youth

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Atwood: ‘It would be fun to talk to Simone de Beauvoir’

The author on being banned in Virginia, communicating with dead writers and her new short story collection, the first since the death of her partner

The Independent UK

West Virginia Senate passes modified transgender care ban

West Virginia’s Republican supermajority Senate passed a bill Friday that would ban certain health care for transgender youth

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