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In the 24/7 news cycle, social media plays an important role. Now, the National Weather Service is attempting to bring that same mentality to its weather…
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The issue of fake news was one that was brought up many times during last year’s presidential election. Now, a student at the University of William & Mary…
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In the Internet age, some every day problems have made an easy leap to the virtual world. Take bullying. It can be bad enough in person, but online, it’s…
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In 1995, Virginia abolished parole -- a change that led to crowding of state prisons and longer stays behind bars. Now, small cracks have developed in the…
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As the Obama administration draws to a close, officials at the Justice Department are busy commuting sentences of people convicted for drug offenses,…
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It’s been more than 30 years since police arrested Jens Soering, an honors student from the University of Virginia, and charged him with the brutal murder…
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Thanks to a $500,000 state grant, central Virginia is getting its first and only shelter for victims of human trafficking. According to the National Human…
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Under pressure from Governor Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s parole board has doubled its release rate – freeing six percent of eligible inmates in 2016, up…
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Leaders in Arlington are settling a federal lawsuit against a jail for failing to offer services to a deaf inmate. As Michael Pope reports, the settlement…
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Virginia is already spending over a billion dollars a year on its department of corrections - a system responsible for more than 30,000 prisoners. To meet…