Author: Denise Lavoie
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Jury recommends life in prison for man who rammed crowd
James Alex Fields Jr. Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, leans on husband Kent in front of Charlottesville Circuit Court after a jury recommended life plus 419 years for James Alex Fields Jr. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. • A jury Tuesday called for a sentence of life in prison plus 419 years for the Hitler admirer who…
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Jury deciding sentence for man who rammed rally protesters
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— Several people who were severely injured when a man drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally last year described devastating physical and psychological effects to a jury tasked with making a sentencing recommendation Monday. Jurors on Friday convicted James Alex Fields Jr. of first-degree murder and other charges for ramming…
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Man who drove into crowd convicted of first-degree murder
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted Friday of first-degree murder, a verdict that local civil rights activists hope will help heal a community still scarred by the violence and the racial tensions it inflamed nationwide. A state jury rejected defense…
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Official: Mafia hit man suspected in Whitey Bulger’s slaying
BOSTON • A Mafia hit man who is said to hate “rats” is under suspicion in the slaying of former Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger, who was found dead hours after he was transferred to a West Virginia prison, an ex-investigator briefed on the case said Wednesday. The former official…
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Soldier steals armored vehicle from National Guard base, leads police on 60-mile chase
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A soldier accused of stealing an armored personnel carrier from a National Guard base and leading police on a more than 60-mile (100-kilometer) chase was driving under the influence of drugs,…
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Schools brace for massive student walkouts over gun violence
RICHMOND, Va. — As schools around the country brace for student walkouts following the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, principals and superintendents are scrambling to perform a delicate balancing act: How to let thousands of students exercise their First Amendment rights while not disrupting school and not pulling administrators into the raging debate over gun…
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MLK confidant and civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies
The Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr.,snd VP Joseph E. Lowery, and Wyatt Tee Walker, Executive Director of the SCLC meet at First African Baptist Church, Sept. 25, 1963 for the SCLC convention Carl Lynn The Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr.,snd VP Joseph E. Lowery, and Wyatt Tee Walker, Executive Director of the SCLC meet at First African…
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Woman to be sentenced in teen texting suicide case
TAUNTON, Mass. — A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter. Michelle Carter, now 20, was convicted in June by a judge who said…
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New drug kits save police dogs from opioid overdoses
Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in humans. Law enforcement officers have started carrying naloxone with them on drug raids,…
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1 of 2 doctors slain in penthouse texted friend: ‘Gunman in the house’
BOSTON — A desperate text message to a friend by Dr. Richard Field sent police rushing to his luxury penthouse condominium, where he lived with his fiancee, Dr. Lina Bolanos. Inside, police were confronted by a gunman who opened fire on them and was wounded when police fired back. They also found the bodies of…