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VCU Hoops grad Briante Weber signs with the Miami Heat
MIAMI, Fla. (WRIC) — Former Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) basketball player Briante Weber signed with the Miami HEAT on Monday. The team also said that they’ve waived guard Corey Hawkins....
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Virginia unemployment figures, job levels down
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC/AP) — Governor McAuliffe announced Tuesday that Virginia’s unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in September, the lowest it’s been since 2008, even though the state lost a total of 200...
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Expect sunny skies and warmer temps today
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There’s yet again a substantial chill to the air when you step out the door this morning, but not AS COLD as where we were yesterday morning. The area of high pressure...
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American Cancer Society says start mammograms at 45, not 40
(WRIC) — Today, the American Cancer Society set out new breast screening guidelines for women with an average risk for developing breast cancer. Now, instead of 40-years-old, the guidelines advise...
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‘All clear’ given at Glen Allen High after threatening note found in bathroom
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The school’s been given the all clear and students have now gone home, but It was a tense afternoon at Glen Allen High School after someone found a bomb threat written on...
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VSU’s interim president will not renew contract
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State University’s interim president, Dr. Pamela V. Hammond, has announced she will not return to her interim role as president after December 31st. Dr. Hammond was...
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Petersburg police locate psychiatric patient who escaped for second time
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A Chesterfield man who escaped from Poplar Springs Hospital in Petersburg for the second time this month on Monday has been located. Petersburg police confirm that 27-year-old...
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Officials ID two killed in Spotsylvania house fire
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Two people died after a house fire in Spotsylvania early Tuesday morning. According to authorities, the Spotsylvania Emergency Communications Center received a phone...
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Martese Johnson files multi-million dollar lawsuit against ABC agents
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A University of Virginia student has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the state liquor agents involved in his bloody arrest. Martese Johnson filed the complaint Tuesday in U.S....
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Newborn arrives 16 weeks early to Dinwiddie couple behind viral baby...
DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — 8News has learned that Dana Griffin-Graves delivered her baby today at 24 weeks and one day. We are still awaiting word on the condition of both Dana and her newborn....
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Lawmakers discuss ways to tackle student-athlete concussions
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Lawmakers are again speaking about student-athlete concussions and how to stop them as the Virginia Commission on Youth met Tuesday morning. 16-year-old Cam’ron Matthews, a...
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Local minister organizes summit to curb teen violence
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A local minister who is fed up with teen violence is planning to do something about it. The minister is Vance Chisolm, but he is better known in the Richmond community as...
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Shooting investigation underway at local Family Dollar
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Police are on scene investigating a shooting at the Family Dollar in the 5600 block of Hull Street Road. Police tell us the shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m....
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Pumpkin carving artist creates spectacularly spooky masterpieces
(WRIC/WABC) — One of Halloween’s most cherished traditions? Jack-o’-lanterns! Anyone equipped with a pumpkin and a knife can carve a spooky creation. But this pumpkin carving artist is especially...
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Road rage shooter sought for killing 4-year-old girl in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed during a road rage incident on I-40 in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Tuesday afternoon. I-40 westbound was shut down at Coors...
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Halloween asteroid: How close it will pass by Earth?
(WRIC/ABC) — Talk about eerie timing. An asteroid that was just discovered on October 10 is set to whiz past Earth on Halloween. This will be the closes encounter our planet has had with one of the...
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Google engineer lives in box truck in company’s parking lot to pay off...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KRON) — It’s the latest creative and cozy way to save money in the absurd Bay Area, California housing environment. A 23-year-old Google engineer from Massachusetts, who wants to...
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Pilot killed after US F-18 jet crashes in England
LONDON (AP) — The pilot of a U.S. Marine Corps F-18 was killed Wednesday when the plane crashed after taking off from a British air base in eastern England, U.S. and British officials said. The U.S....
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Attorneys for transgender student ask for new judge
GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (AP) — A transgender student who sued after being barred from using the boys’ bathrooms at his Virginia high school is asking a federal appeals court to replace the judge who...
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Marijuana use in U.S. adults doubles in decade, surveys show
CHICAGO (AP) — Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys show. The trend reflects a...
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