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Virginia Dad Killed In Motorcycle On Way To Work While Saving For Family’s Dream Home Virginia Dad Killed In Motorcycle On Way To Work While Saving For Family’s Dream Home
Virginia Dad Killed In Motorcycle On Way To Work While Saving For Family’s Dream Home A 28-year-old Virginia father of two who was working to save for his family’s first home was killed in a tragic motorcycle crash while heading to his second job, prompting an outpouring of support from loved ones and coworkers. Steven Wine, a husband, father, mentor, and shop manager, was on his way to work around 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 1, when he was involved in the fatal crash.  The Spotsylvania native had just celebrated his birthday and was working around the clock to give his young family a better future, his loved ones say. "Steven and his wife had been saving tirelessly for …

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Rosie O'Donnell Flees US Over 'What's Happening Politically,' Urges Fans To 'Protect Sanity' Rosie O'Donnell Flees US Over 'What's Happening Politically,' Urges Fans To 'Protect Sanity'
Rosie O'Donnell Flees US Over 'What's Happening Politically,' Urges Fans To 'Protect Sanity' Actress and New York native Rosie O’Donnell has packed her bags and left the country. In a TikTok video posted Tuesday, March 11, the 62-year-old comedian revealed that she officially moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old daughter, Dakota, in January on the heels of President Donald Trump's re-election. In the nearly nine-minute clip, O’Donnell said she never imagined leaving the United States but ultimately felt it was the right decision for her and her daughter. “It’s been pretty wonderful, I have to say,” she said of her new life in Dublin. “The people are so loving and so kind, so welc…

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
Virginia Skating Sisters, Parents Die In DC Air Disaster: Virginia Skating Sisters, Parents Die In DC Air Disaster:
Virginia Skating Sisters, Parents Die In DC Air Disaster: An Ashburn figure-skating family with grand ambitions to represent Team USA was among those killed in a devastating mid-air collision over the Potomac River. Everly and Alydia died alongside their parents. https://www.instagram.com/ice_skating_sisters / Facebook photos Everly Livingston, 14, and her sister Alydia, 11—known as the "Ice Skating Sisters"—died alongside their parents, Donna and Peter, when an American Airlines flight crashed into an Army helicopter en route to Reagan National Airport. The family had been returning to the DMV from Kansas after the US Figure Skating Champio…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Virginia Mother Killed In Motorcycle Crash Was Days From Getting Married, Starting New Job Virginia Mother Killed In Motorcycle Crash Was Days From Getting Married, Starting New Job
Virginia Mother Killed In Motorcycle Crash Was Days From Getting Married, Starting New Job Melanie Ruby Morales was "a light to everyone she met," before she lost her life in a Prince William County motorcycle crash, just as her life was coming together. Morales, 23, a mother of two, died last week after she was riding her motorcycle and struck a Mack truck after losing control, leaving friends and family reeling. "Melanie had a strong future ahead of her, standing tough through all of the hardships life threw her way," Jared Morales said. "Not for herself, but for the family she had created."  The Woodbridge resident leaves behind a husband she was planning to get married …

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Fight Clubs Complete With Brackets, Betting Organized By VA Middle Schoolers: Principal Fight Clubs Complete With Brackets, Betting Organized By VA Middle Schoolers: Principal
Fight Clubs Complete With Brackets, Betting Organized By VA Middle Schoolers: Principal Fight clubs hosted and filmed by students at one Loudoun County middle school have become the center of an investigation. Students at Lunsford Middle School in Chantilly have formed elaborate fight clubs some with brackets, betting, and challenges, Principal Carrie Simms said in a letter to parents. Further troubling is that some parents seem to be aware and are hosting the fights in their garages and basements, the principal said. "Violent behavior, fighting, and its promotion on social media have no place in our school community," Simms said. "We cannot tell you how to parent,…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police 'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police
'Bloody Welts' On Child Whipped By Mom With Video Game Console Controller Cord In PA: Police "I beat the shit out of her," a mother told the police after her barefoot 14-year-old girl was found with bleeding welts on the back of her legs after running away from her mom, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.   38-year-old Shanon Marie Warren admitted to the brutal assault to the Chambersburg police on Nov. 19 around 9:30 p.m., according to a release by the police and confirmed in court documents. The police had first been called to a report of a girl seen running without shoes on and then refusing to go home with her mom when she found her at a fri…

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by Jillian Pikora