HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Henrico County announced Tuesday that it will officially expand its regional effort to help support the homeless population in Richmond. The decision was made following a vote by the county board of supervisors Tuesday night that approved funding for the new effort. The board unanimously voted to allocate over $800,000 from the balance of their general fund to two regional homeless service providers. $565,933 will go toward the Salvation Army and $238,535 will go towards Home Again, according to the county's resolution. This comes after Richmond asked both Chesterfield a ..read more

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their party nominations in Pennsylvania's primary election Tuesday after all major rivals dropped out. Both men made campaign trips to swing state Pennsylvania in recent days, and voters can expect to see plenty of them, their TV ads and their surrogates campaigning over the next six months in a state that swung from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020. Of note, however, could be the number of "uncommitted " write-in votes cast in the Democratic primary to protest President Bidens handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, Democratic Sen ..read more

Amid ruthlessly violent, armed-to-the-teeth rival gangs marauding throughout 90% of their country, Haitis 3 million children face acute risks from starvation. The United Nations Security Council is sounding the alarm about a spiraling situation that has made the country too unsafe for the world bodys own humanitarian organizations, like UNICEF, to come to the rescue. "The insecurity in Port-au-Prince has made it virtually impossible for health and nutrition supplies to reach at least 58,000 children suffering from severe wasting in the metropolitan area, said Catherine Mary Russell, UNICEFS ex ..read more

Tuesday marks 200 days since Hamas Oct. 7 terrorist attack against Israel. In the nearly seven months since then, tensions have boiled over in U.S. cities nationwide and on college campuses. Last week, more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after camping out on Columbia Universitys upper Manhattan campus, and on Tuesday, that turned into a larger movement as students across the country have set up encampments, occupied buildings and ignored demands to leave. Amid unrest, members of both the Muslim and Jewish communities are coming together in some parts of the country to men ..read more

The United Nations called Tuesday for "a clear, transparent and credible investigation" of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops. Credible investigators must have access to the sites, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters, and added that more journalists need to be able to work safely in Gaza to report on the facts. Earlier Tuesday, U.N. human rights chief Volker Trk said he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Shifa medical center in Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis as well as the report ..read more

Testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found new genetic evidence of H5N1 avian influenza in the country's milk supply. But the agency said Tuesday its tests cannot tell if the contamination was from a live virus or fragments that had already been destroyed by pasteurization. "Based on available information, pasteurization is likely to inactivate the virus, however the process is not expected to remove the presence of viral particles," the FDA wrote in its latest update on Tuesday. "Therefore, some of the samples collected have indicated the presence of HPAI using quantitative po ..read more

A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of "Sex and the City" was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court on charges of smuggling python and caiman handbags from her native Colombia. Nancy Gonzalez was arrested in 2022 in Cali, Colombia, and later extradited to the U.S. for running a sprawling multiyear conspiracy that involved recruiting couriers to transport her handbags on commercial flights to high-end showrooms and New York fashion events all in violation of U.S. wildlife laws. "It's ..read more

NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. -- More than a dozen witnesses testified in defense of a prominent pediatrician during the second day of his sex crimes trial in New Kent County Tuesday. All were current or former colleagues of Dr. Daniel Davidow, the former medical director at the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents. The first witness was Dr. Valerie Mutchler-Fornili, who presented as an expert in family practice and pediatric and adolescent medicine. She worked as an attending physician at Cumberland from 2001 to 2020. She testified that she would also check the femoral pulse of patients du ..read more

RICHMOND, Va. -- Federal officials visited Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) Tuesday for a roundtable discussion. Included among the topics of conversation were RRHA's recent eviction freeze and efforts to rectify possible rent miscalculations. Shaquanna Becoat, a former RRHA resident and current employee in the housing authority's communications office, shared stories of the challenges she faced while living in Fairfield Court. It's a very depressing place to be. I'm not going to make this like it's like a walk in the park. It was hard," Becoat said. She recalled gunshots er ..read more

RICHMOND, Va. -- Six-time Virginia Sportscaster of the Year Lane Casadonte celebrates 30 years at WTVR CBS 6 in Richmond, Virginia this month. As part of the celebration, the station surprised Casedonte live on CBS 6 News at 6 with his highlight reel. A native of Central New York's Mohawk Valley, Casadonte worked at a television station in Utica, New York following his graduation from Plattsburgh State University. In 1994, Casadonte arrived at WTVR as a photojournalist. He became the weekend sports anchor the following year. In 1998, Casadonte was promoted to Sports Director. Click here to con ..read more