Florida man's murder plot against wife backfires after he's left paralyzed

A Virginia judge on Wednesday denied bond to a Florida man whose alleged plot to murder his wife went awry earlier this month when he was shot and paralyzed.

Doctor facing life in prison for thousands of opioid doses

By the time drug enforcement agents swooped into his small medical office in Martinsville, Virginia, in 2017, Dr. Joel Smithers had prescribed about a half a million doses of highly addictive opioids in two years.

Virginia girl says classmates pinned her down, cut her dreadlocks on playground

EDITOR'S NOTE: A 12-year-old girl's claim that three boys held her down and cut her hair at a school in Virginia was a hoax, according to school officials. Please see the most up-to-date report here.

Boy caught on family's doorbell camera adorably reciting the Pledge of Allegiance

 A Virginia family installed a doorbell camera to catch an American flag vandal, but instead, they ended up with an adorable and now-viral video.

32 starving Great Danes, some 'near death,' rescued from Virginia home

Two people have been arrested on felony animal cruelty charges after authorities said 32 dogs were found in a Virginia home starving and some were near death.

'Demon' baby shocks parents in hilarious ultrasound pics

A 17-year-old woman in Virginia went into her ultrasound appointment hoping to learn the sex of her unborn baby, but was shocked when the technician caught her daughter seemingly staring back at them like a “demon.”

Women facing restrictions seek abortions out of state, AP reports

Thousands of women in the U.S. have crossed state lines for an abortion in recent years as states have passed ever stricter laws and the number of clinics has declined.

Man arrested after burning American flag outside Walmart

A Virginia man was arrested on the Fourth of July after taking an American flag out of his car and lighting it on fire in a Walmart parking lot, the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office said.

States sue over rule allowing clinicians to refuse abortions

Two dozen states and municipalities sued the federal government Tuesday to stop a new rule that lets health care clinicians decline to provide abortions and other services that conflict with their moral or religious beliefs.

Smiles for Veterans
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Patricia DeVore and Charles Medalis, veteran, join Good Day Chicago to talk about Smiles for Veterans, a program providing cost-free dental care to veterans who can't receive help from the VA.