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Cooler Tuesday with chance of thunderstorms Wednesday
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A backdoor cold front will drop through the area tonight bringing a chance of showers to our region. Overnight it will be cloudy with lows back in the mid-40s. Tuesday, skies...
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Richmond stepmom who went missing with 2-year-old arrested in New York
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Andrea Watkins-Simmons, the Richmond woman who went missing in November with her two-year-old stepdaughter, has been arrested in New York. The 35-year-old Watkins-Simmons of the...
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Army captain father meets quadruplets for 1st time since deployment
(WRIC/ABC) — An Army captain on deployment from South Korea came home to meet his newborn quadruplets for the first time. Army Captain Anthony Burch arrived home Thursday to spend time with his wife,...
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Survey: More than half of Americans have less than $1,000 to their name
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – Michelle and her son Dean drove to Terre Haute, Indiana just to visit Deming Park, one of Dean’s favorites. “We have also all kinds of favorite parks. Knightsville, Forrest...
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Mom listens to son’s heart live on thanks to organ donation
(WISH) – A mom got to hear a sound that she thought she would never get to hear again after her 18-month-old son passed away. The Arizona mom recently got to meet the recipient of her son’s heart and...
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Washington D.C. bill would pay people stipends not to commit crimes
WASHINGTON (AP) — They say crime doesn’t pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders. The D.C....
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VCU Baseball returns to the Diamond with higher expectations
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The snow has melted at the Diamond and the VCU Rams baseball team can begin preparation for their opening game, February 19th against Kennesaw State. The Rams are coming off a...
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8News Daily Poll: Who will have the best showing in the upcoming Virginia...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a fiery conservative loathed by his own party’s leaders, swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses Monday, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and...
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SURVEY: City of Richmond wants your input on Boulevard development
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The City of Richmond wants public input on possibilities for developing land in the Boulevard area. Officials want residents to take a community input online survey. The survey...
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No shadow: Pennsylvania groundhog ‘predicts’ early spring
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — The handlers of Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, say the furry rodent has failed to see his shadow, meaning means he’s “predicted” an early spring....
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Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders’ strong challenge
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, outpacing a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for...
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Above & Beyond: Mom starts ‘Richmond Elite,’ city’s only professional...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Five years ago, Joyce Patterson said her son approached her with a dilemma. He said there was a pool of basketball talent in Richmond, but without a professional basketball...
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Father of missing 2-year-old girl shares tragic new details about her...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — 35-year-old Andrea Watkins-Simmons of Richmond is behind bars in New York on abduction charges. Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with 8News, her estranged husband is sharing...
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Attorney General targeting ‘patent trolls’
RICHMOND – Matthew Osenga, an attorney who specializes in intellectual property and patent prosecution, said that in all his years of practicing law, he has had only one case in which somebody came to...
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Richmond Police Chief Durham: Officer shot on duty Sunday released from hospital
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — At a press conference about body cameras on Tuesday, Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham said that an officer shot while on duty Sunday has been released from the hospital....
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Publix grocery store coming to Henrico County
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Publix Super Markets Inc. confirmed to 8News on Tuesday that it has signed a lease for a store in the greater Richmond area. The Glen Allen store is expected to be 49,000...
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Smoking truck sparks garage fire in Henrico County
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — No one was injured or will be displaced after a garage went up in flames in Henrico County Tuesday morning. The fire occurred at around 10:45 a.m. in the 8500 block of Mark...
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18-year-old injured in fatal Caroline Co. domestic dispute undergoes...
CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Caroline County Sheriff Tony Lippa released an update on the 18-year-old female and 7-year-old boy who were injured during a domestic dispute that left two dead in...
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Victim of Richmond-Henrico Turnpike shooting dies from injuries
RICHMOND, VA (WRIC) – The victim of a late-January shooting in the Brookland Park neighborhood has died, and the incident is now being investigated as a homicide. At approximately 10:12 p.m. on January...
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