Timothy Clancy News Today

Part of a vacant building collapsed in Whitman, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, leaving behind a crumbled mess of bricks.

The Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot contend the press and public should have access to the internal affairs documents — including the other officers' names and statements — that are already part of the court record.

A Seaford man convicted six years ago on charges of killing a man who was having an affair with his estranged wife is contending in federal court that he got an unfair trial.

Michael Covey, 39, who served for 16 years with Newport News police until his arrest last June, pleaded guilty in September to three of the eight charges against him.

The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press obtained a recently unsealed 31-page transcript of the 2021 hearing. The transcript for the first time publicly provides details about the incidents logged in the officer's personnel record and the arguments made about how that should factor into a bond determination.

Nosuk Pak Kim was sentenced to four years in prison last week for evading taxes owed by her husband’s Hampton importing business. She was ordered to pay $869,000 in back taxes to the IRS — as she agreed to do in a plea agreement — and fined her $200,000.

The Henrico County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, with five judges, became an all-women operation in July.

Hampton's General District Court is all women, and some local lawyers say that fact has had a tangible impact on the way the system operates.

Court documents say Porshea Tanika Evans walked into Riverside Regional Medical Center on the morning of Sept. 4 holding her “unconscious and unresponsive” child.

A mother and her boyfriend have been charged in the accidental death of an 11-month-old baby in their Newport News home.