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Headlines from wtvrKatie Thyne Funeral: Hundreds gather to honor slain Newport News officer: ‘She was loved’
Feb 02, 2020 10:58 PM EDT
“It is a heartfelt loss from the East Coast to across this country,” Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said. “She always had a big smile and she was loved.”
Mahomes leads Chiefs’ rally past 49ers in Super Bowl, 31-20
Feb 02, 2020 10:20 PM EDT
The Chiefs trailed 20-10 and faced a third and 15 when Mahomes threw to Tyreek Hill for 44 yards.
Teen wanted for murder after body found in burning warehouse arrested
Feb 02, 2020 09:56 PM EDT
Richmond Police, with the aid of the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force, arrested 18-year-old Johntae D. Sauls, of Maury Street, without incident Friday evening.
Trump speech to project optimism at time of bitter division
Feb 02, 2020 09:05 PM EDT
President Trump has become just the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, but he's expected to be acquitted in his Senate trial on Wednesday.
Sunday is the first global palindrome date in 909 years
Feb 02, 2020 08:57 PM EDT
Did you know Sunday is the first global palindrome date in 909 years?
Man wearing fake bomb stabs 2 in London and is shot to death
Feb 02, 2020 08:50 PM EDT
Police in London say a man who strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a London street before being shot to death by police was recently released from prison, where he was serving for terrorism offenses.
Super Bowl ad #MakeSpaceForWomen makes waves on social media
Feb 02, 2020 07:57 PM EDT
Olay released its Super Bowl commercial during the first quarter of Sunday's game promising donations to Women Who Code, an organization that promotes technical careers for women.
Demi Lovato kicks off Super Bowl with Star Spangled Banner
Feb 02, 2020 07:55 PM EDT
Pop star Demi Lovato was the star of the Super Bowl pregame with her rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner moments before the start of the game.
Family of toddler killed in Richmond asks for prayers
Feb 02, 2020 06:49 PM EDT
An advocate for the family of the three-year-old boy killed in a Richmond neighborhood Saturday afternoon has released a photo of the toddler.
South Carolina’s Confederate Relic Room ponders name change
Feb 02, 2020 03:30 PM EDT
Any change with have to be approved by the Legislature, where leaders have vowed no changes for Civil War statues or names.
Do masks offer protection from new virus? It depends
Feb 02, 2020 02:30 PM EDT
Face masks are in short supply in parts of the world as people try to stop the spread of a new virus from China.
US evacuees ‘relieved’ about quarantine on military base
Feb 02, 2020 01:30 PM EDT
The evacuees were initially asked to stay for three days but were placed under quarantine on Friday.
Prince George pursuit ends in Hopewell, police cars damaged
Feb 02, 2020 12:55 PM EDT
No one was injured, police said.
Feb 02, 2020 12:43 PM EDT
Authorties are searching for a hit-and-run driver after a man was killed on a busy Southside road early Sunday morning.
London police shoot man over ‘terrorism-related’ stabbings
Feb 02, 2020 11:48 AM EDT
Police warned people to stay out of the south London neighborhood.
Chicago’s former top cop consulting local cannabis company
Feb 02, 2020 11:05 AM EDT
Garry McCarthy was fired as police superintendent in 2015 amid the furor over the delayed release of a video of a white police officer shoot a black teenager 16 times.
US states join global push to ban animal-tested cosmetics
Feb 02, 2020 09:45 AM EDT
A growing number of U.S. states are considering banning the sale or import of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
☀️Temps will soar before cold front brings rain this week
Feb 02, 2020 09:09 AM EDT
Highs will be over 20° above normal.
Man hit crossing I-95 hopped jersey wall, troopers say
Feb 02, 2020 08:58 AM EDT
A man is hospitalized after being hit while crossing I-95 in Petersburg.
Opera singer charged in Mar-a-Lago chase refuses to appear in court
Feb 02, 2020 08:08 AM EDT
The 30-year-old singer is charged with two state counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer after Friday's wild chase through Palm Beach and past Mar-a-Lago.