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‘Way too premature’ to say if missing Pitt student Sudiksha Konanki drowned in Dominican Republic

PUNTA CANA —The hometown sheriff of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki says it’s “way too premature” to assume she drowned in the Dominican Republic — while raising concerns over the…

John McCarthy March 11, 2025

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Mega Millions player just misses $233 million jackpot — but still wins big in Washington

SEATTLE — A Mega Millions ticket sold in Washington just missed the $233 million jackpot but won $1 million, lottery officials said. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not…

John McCarthy March 9, 2025

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Isaac Gregory Encarnacion flown to Virginia to face child sodomy charges

MATTHEWS, Virginia — A St. Croix man was taken this weekend to Virginia to face sexual-assault-of-a-minor charges, authorities said, Isaac Gregory Encarnacion, 28, was extradited from St. Croix to Virginia…

John McCarthy March 3, 2025

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Isaac Encarnacion charged with sodomizing ‘child under 13’ in Virginia

KINGSHILL — Isaac Encarnacion, 28, faces charges related to sodomizing a child under age 13 and being a fugitive from justice in Virginia, Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea…

John McCarthy February 19, 2025

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Babies choked on a Gerber product recalled in Puerto Rico, 45 states. Publix and all Walmarts involved

ROSSLYN, Virginia — Choking children, at least one of whom wound up in the emergency room, caused Gerber to issue a sweeping recall of Soothe N Chew Teething Sticks. How…

John McCarthy February 2, 2025

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Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge voter rolls ahead of the election

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Republican officials in Virginia to revive a plan aimed at removing noncitizen voters from the rolls ahead of next week’s election. The justices blocked…

John McCarthy November 1, 2024

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Virginia’s conservative Black female lieutenant governor wants the top job

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the first Black woman to hold statewide office in Virginia’s long history, has officially set her sights on the state’s top political office.…

John McCarthy September 10, 2024

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3 Grenadian inmates suspected of killing missing American couple on blood-soaked yacht and tossing their remains overboard are led into court shackled and in chains as family desperately pleads for answers

ST. GEORGE'S — The three Grenadian inmates suspected of killing a Virginia couple on their yacht and tossing their bodies overboard appeared in court as the family has desperately pleaded for answers. Ralph…

John McCarthy February 26, 2024

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They opened a Haitian food truck. Then they were told, ‘Go back to your own country,’ lawsuit says

PARKSLEY (AP) — A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and…

John McCarthy February 13, 2024