Virginia mental health investigator resigns
An investigator in charge of a probe into the death of the son of Virginia Sen. Creigh Deeds has resigned, citing interference in his work from the state inspector general. G. Douglas Bevelacqua,...
View ArticleMENTAL HEALTH Deeds case investigator resigns
A cloud hangs over a state inspector general’s investigation that is supposed to give a long-awaited public...
View ArticleVirginia looks into treatment of state senator’s son
Hot Springs, Va. • As police studied evidence into what led to the attack on state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Virginia health official said his office opened an investigation into why the legislator’s son...
View ArticleFeedback for Sunday, Aug. 18: Oyster Point, JRB, shipyard and more
Not reality at Oyster Point •Bill, Gloucester: Looking at the artist's rendering of the proposed tech center at Oyster Point in Newport News, it must have been meant to show the traffic at about 2...
View ArticleMcDonnell orders "comprehensive review" of Deeds incident
The stabbing of state Sen. Creigh Deeds and the suicide of his only son have prompted two high-level state investigations of the events leading up to the Tuesday incident in Bath County. But state and...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 7/26: Union dispute, NNPD fugitive sweep, McDonnell...
Shipyard union dispute A dispute simmering for months within Newport News Shipbuilding 's largest union bubbled to the surface Wednesday as a panel of members heard allegations of embezzlement against...
View ArticleVirginia health office looks for link between son's treatment, senator's...
HOT SPRINGS, Va. — As police studied evidence into what led to the attack on state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Virginia health official said his office opened an investigation into why the legislator's son...
View ArticleProbe Delays Release of Va. Senator Attack Report
A state police investigation has delayed the public release of a report on an attack on a Virginia state senator by his son. The Office of the Inspector General investigated what happened to Austin...
View ArticleRussian troops have surrounded a military base on the Crimean Peninsula
Russian armored vehicles have surrounded a naval base in the tourist resort of Feodosiya in the Crimea peninsula. Vimeo Photo : Russian sailors stand in line at a navy base in the Ukrainian Black Sea...
View ArticleReader feedback June 18: Newport News marathon, Deeds analyzes Medicaid,...
City announces marathon Officials announced the inaugural Newport News One City Marathon on Monday at the Marriott City Center in Newport News. The first full marathon on the Peninsula is scheduled for...
View ArticleSen. Creigh Deeds spoke today at National Press Club in D.C. about son,...
After listening to state Sen. Creigh Deeds speak about the death of his son,...
View ArticleReader feedback April 30: Daily Press to relocate, oyster farmer in court
Daily Press to relocate The Daily Press Media Group will move its publishing and media headquarters to Newport News' City Center at Oyster Point by this fall. The move will bring more than 150 of the...
View ArticleCrimean Leader Appeals to Putin for Help
SIMFEROPOL, March 1 (RIA Novosti) – The new Crimean prime minister made a personal appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin for assistance Saturday amid widespread reports of Russian troop movements...
View ArticleVa. inspector general report issued in Deeds case
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State investigators found no evidence that a mental health official tried to contact two facilities that had room to admit state Sen. Creigh Deeds' mentally ill son hours before he...
View ArticleFriends Saw Creigh Deeds' Son Struggle With Bipolar Disorder Before Killing
Before stabbing his politician father and taking his own life outside of his home, Gus Deeds, 24, struggled with a bipolar disorder that had utterly changed his life a few years ago, his friends told...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 11/22: Virus decimates dolphins, transitional...
Virus hurts dolphin stocks The deadliest morbillivirus epidemic on record, which decimated stocks of bottlenose dolphins off Virginia all summer, has reached Florida as herds migrate south. Billy...
View ArticleCreigh Deeds: Son reportedly stabs Va. State Sen. Creigh Deeds, kills himself
Creigh Deeds, who is a longtime Virginia state legislator, was reportedly stabbed in his home on Tuesday by his 24-year-old son, Gus Deeds. Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds is in critical condition....
View ArticleCreigh Deeds vows to keep working on Virginia’s mental health system
Referring to newly passed reforms as “modest,” state Sen. Creigh Deeds said Monday that he plans to keep the pressure on his colleagues to fix Virginia’s long-troubled mental health system. “My scars...
View ArticleVirginia Inspector in Senator's Stabbing Quits Over Report 'Revisions'
Share ABC Entertainment News | ABC Business News Copy A Virginia inspector general has abruptly resigned citing "revisions" of his report on the stabbing of state Sen. Creigh Deeds and the subsequent...
View ArticleStudy: Mental health reforms that could have aided Deeds’s son not in place...
When Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds sought emergency psychiatric treatment for his adult son in the fall, Virginia’s mental health administration had failed to implement reforms recommended almost...
View ArticleSatisfied with report on son’s death, Deeds presses for mental health reform
Facebook Follow @washtimes Will John Kerry's talks in Paris bring the Ukraine crisis any closer to an end? Login to Vote View results Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds vowed Monday to press forward...
View ArticleVirginia investigator quits over probe of death of senator's son
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - A senior Virginia state investigator has resigned his post, citing changes that officials made to his report on a November incident in which the mentally ill adult son of...
View ArticleState inspector general investigates why Deeds’s son was released before attack
Virginia’s inspector general began an investigation Wednesday into why the son of state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds was released from psychiatric care the day before he apparently stabbed his father and then...
View ArticleLawmakers have yet to see report on Deeds attack
More than two weeks ago, Doug Bevelacqua resigned from his position in charge of "The Bath County Critical Incident Report" for Virginia's Office of the State Inspector General claiming that his work...
View ArticleReport on Deeds attack details flaws in crisis response
Three hours into an emergency custody order, it took just five minutes for a mental health evaluator from the Rockbridge Area Community Services Board to determine that Austin "Gus" Deeds needed...
View ArticleCreigh Deeds' stabbing raises difficult questions
HOT SPRINGS, Va. -- As police studied evidence in what led to the attack on state Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Virginia health official said his office opened an investigation into why the legislator's son was...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 3/24: Crimean conflict; Deeds report; Oyster Point...
Crimean conflict Russian troops smashed their way into a Ukrainian air base in Crimea with armored vehicles, automatic fire and stun grenades Saturday, while Ukrainian forces abandoned a naval base...
View ArticleVa. state senator: 'Some wounds won't heal'
A Virginia state senator and onetime gubernatorial candidate stabbed by his son said Friday that he is "alive so must live," his first public statement since the assault and his son's suicide shortly...
View ArticleStabbed US state senator: 'Some wounds won't heal'
A Virginia state senator and onetime candidate for governor stabbed by his son said Friday that he is "alive so must live," his first public statement since the assault and his son's suicide shortly...
View ArticleVirginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds Stabbed, Son Shot to Death
Creigh Deeds, a former Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, is in critical condition at a Virginia hospital this morning after he was stabbed multiple times in his home. His son, Gus Deeds, 24,...
View ArticleStandoff between Russian, Ukrainian soldiers causes tense impasse in small...
Published March 03, 2014Associated Press Local residents gather outside the Ukrainian naval base headquarters in the town of Novo-Ozerne, some 90 km west of the Crimean capital Simferopol, Ukraine, on...
View ArticleUkrainian commander ‘abducted’ by pro-Russia forces
KIEV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, and the acting president called for his release Sunday. Col. Yuliy Mamchur is...
View ArticleCrimeans overwhelmingly vote for secession
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Fireworks exploded and Russian flags fluttered above jubilant crowds Sunday after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. The United...
View ArticleCrimeans overwhelmingly vote to secede from Ukraine, join Russia; US rejects...
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) -- Fireworks exploded and Russian flags fluttered above jubilant crowds Sunday after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. The United...
View ArticleRussian troops seize Crimea airbase as Moscow consolidates control
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska BELBEK AIRBASE, Crimea (Reuters) - Russian troops used armored vehicles, automatic gunfire and stun grenades on Saturday to seize a Ukrainian airbase in...
View ArticleCrimean Authorities Confirm Takeover of Military Units
SIMFEROPOL, March 2 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s autonomous region of Crimea confirmed Sunday that the majority of Ukrainian military units stationed on the Crimean peninsula have expressed their support...
View ArticleCrimean Tatars deported by Stalin rally against Russia
SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — "Where are the separatists?" demanded the Crimean Tatar protester as he stamped his wooden stick on the ground after bursting into the region's parliament. As calls from the...
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