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The World Health Organization chief lambasted drugmakers' profits and vaccine inequalities.

Virus cases surging among the young, endangering the elderly

(HENRICO COUNTY, Va.) -- Henrico Police responded to a hit-and-run incident that occurred on East Laburnum Avenue near Bolling Road Friday morning. First responders arrived on the scene and found an elderly woman, identified later as 89 year old Rosa Brown, dead beyond the sidewalk along the 3800...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Virginia man with a prior hate crime conviction has been sentenced to almost 30 years in prison for the fatal beating of an 80-year-old black man in a wheelchair. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports 44-year-old Michael Kevin McReynolds received his murder sentence Tuesday for...

UPDATE: Henrico Police say a woman who had been reported missing since late Sunday afternoon has been located and is safe. *********************************************************************************************************** Henrico, VA _ The Henrico County Police Division is requesting the...

By GRETCHEN EHLKE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 17-year-old told investigators that he fatally shot an elderly couple and was planning to cause harm at his high school in eastern Wisconsin, police said Monday. Police officers responding to a 911 call for assistance found the bodies of the man...

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ANDREW TAYLOR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare will run out of money sooner than expected, and Social Security's financial problems can't be ignored either, the government said Tuesday in a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class. The...

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare recipients filled fewer prescriptions for pricey brand-name drugs — but spent more on such meds anyway, says a government report released Monday. It blames rising manufacturer prices for squeezing older people and taxpayers...