Courts and Justice

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (79+ words) North Norfolk District Council is set to increase maximum penalties for littering and fly tipping. The current maximum penalty for littering is £80 but will rise to £500 – that’s an increase of over... 500% increase for litter fines in North Norfolk North Norfolk…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (175+ words) (The Center Square) – Child-safety measures for children and $353 million from a $17.1 billion settlement are coming to Virginia from Meta, owner of the Facebook and Instagram platforms. CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spared a spot on the stand to tell jurors his…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (121+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Law Foundation awarded grants totaling more than three-quarters of a million dollars to nearly 30 nonprofit organizations at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. CBS 6's Bill Fitzgerald helped emcee the Thursday luncheon, where each recipient…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (61+ words) The city and Police Chief Mark Talbot are named in a pair of related lawsuits over the hiring of a transgender police recruit. The lawsuits, totaling $20 million and filed last week and Monday in Circuit Court, were brought by a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (283+ words) A Louisiana-based plaintiffs firm has launched a wave of nearly 100 Federal Employers’ Liability Act lawsuits in Philadelphia alleging Norfolk Southern workers developed cancer and other serious illnesses after decades of exposure to hazardous substances on the job. A growing wave…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (203+ words) NORFOLK, Neb. (KCAU) — A man has been arrested in connection with two early morning dumpster fires in Norfolk. Norfolk police reported, at 12:22 a.m. on Wednesday, first responders were called to a dumpster fire near 220 W. Norfolk Avenue. The dumpster was…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (220+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — Authorities are investigating after a man died while in custody at the Norfolk City Jail over the weekend. According to the Norfolk Sheriff's Office, 32-year-old Dajonthony Lomax was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Saturday,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (87+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The measure was an unconstitutional attempt to regulate the federal government, said…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (501+ words) A Danville judge on Thursday sentenced Shotsie Buck-Hayes to up to 40 years in prison for setting City Councilman Lee Vogler on fire, calling the nearly year-old attack an example of extreme violence and attempted murder that would not be tolerated....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (698+ words) The improvement, she said, is the result of simply asking why things were being done the way they were. On top of a 56% drop in assaults between January and May compared with the same time last year, Spanberger said use-of-force…...