January 8, 2024 Virginia husband accused of killing wife, charged with felony murder: police Woodbridge, Virginia suspect Daniel Okoe Lawson was charged with murder after police accused him of shooting his 24-year-old wife, Desire Alexandria Buggs.
January 8, 2024 Louisville sued by local paper over police records The Louisville Courier Journal is suing its namesake city after its police department allegedly failed to procure records in a timely manner in accordance with Kentucky law.
January 8, 2024 Virginia Legislature to take up proposed Wizards, Capitals stadium move in 2024 session Virginia's Legislature is set to begin its lengthy consideration of a plan to develop a new sports arena complex in Alexandria, rehoming both the Washington Wizards and Capitals.
January 8, 2024 Trump lawyers affirm executive privilege of former DOJ official fighting to keep DC Bar license The legal team of former President Trump is instructing former DOJ official Jeffery Clark to maintain executive privilege amid the fight to strip is bar license.
January 8, 2024 Georgia lawmakers will turn attention to antisemitism, elections as 2024 regular session begins Georgia's representatives and senators will want to please their constituents in an election year. The state has a full slate of issues that require attention.
January 8, 2024 Biden interrupted by 'cease-fire now chants,' vows he's working to get Israel 'out of Gaza' Pro-Palestine protesters chanted "cease-fire now" amid the Israel-Hamas war over President Biden's speech at the site of a 2015 South Carolina church shooting.
January 8, 2024 West Virginia house fire kills 5 people, 4 of them children One 28-year-old man and four young children died in a house fire near Mathias, WV. The children ranged from 1 to 5 years of age.
January 8, 2024 Nebraska Senator introduces bill to make nitrogen asphyxiation a legal method of execution State Sen. Loren Lippincott of NE seeks to legalize asphyxiation by nitrogen when carrying out the death penalty, even as the first execution by nitrogen is blocked in Alabama courts
January 8, 2024 West Virginia legislators look ahead to fentanyl crackdown and education funding WV lawmakers discuss funding for higher education, upgrading fentanyl distribution to a felony, pay raises for teachers, accessible child care, and more at an annual conference
January 8, 2024 Former Alabama priest who left country, married teen officially defrocked Former 30-year-old priest from AL, Alex Crow requested his own removal from the Catholic clergy after leaving the country with an 18-year old student over the summer.