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22.07.2022 / 21:26

Man charged with attacking sister who awakened from 2-year coma dies in custody

Wanda Palmer and Daniel Palmer III (Credit: Jackson County Sheriff's Office) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia man charged with trying to kill his sister, who recently awakened from a two-year coma and identified him as her attacker, has died, authorities said Friday.Daniel J. Palmer III of Cottageville was pronounced dead Thursday at a Charleston hospital, a day after he was taken there following an evaluation by jail medical staff, the state Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Division of Corrections, said in a news release.The statement didn't indicate a cause of death and a spokeswoman for Department of Health and Human Resources, which oversees the state medical examiner's office, said state law only allows the agency to release autopsy information to relatives and law enforcement.Palmer, 55, was uncooperative while in custody and during booking procedures at the South Central Regional Jail, where he was taken July 15 after being charged with the attempted murder and malicious wounding of his sister, the statement said.His death likely brings a close to a highly unusual case in which the investigation was stalled for two years by a lack of evidence.His sister, Wanda Palmer, was in a coma in a nursing home for two years.

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Pennsylvania doctor sentenced in pain pill scheme

This illustration image shows tablets of opioid painkiller Oxycodone delivered on medical prescription taken on September 18, 2019 in Washington,DC. - Millions of Americans sank into addiction after using potent opioid painkillers that the companies CHARLESTON, W. Va - A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for his role in a pain pill prescription scheme.Dr.

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West Virginia could ban transgender care

Preparations for the inauguration of West Virginia governor Jim Justice at the West Va., statehouse. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A bill that would ban evidence-based health care for transgender minors in West Virginia, the state estimated to have more transgender youth per capita than any other in the nation, is headed to the desk of Gov.

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West Virginia governor signs new carry bill, allowing for guns on public college, university campuses

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's governor signed a bill Wednesday allowing people with concealed carry permits to take firearms onto public college and university campuses."Proud day for me," Republican Gov.

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West Virginia judge blocks state's ability to enforce 150-year-old abortion ban

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A judge in West Virginia’s capital blocked enforcement of the state’s 150-year-old abortion ban Monday, opening the door for abortions to resume in the state, at least for now.Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tera L.

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Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Teacher Jessica Salfia was putting up graduation balloons last month at her West Virginia high school when two of them popped, setting off panic in a crowded hallway between classes.One student dropped to the floor.

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Woman killed man who fired rifle into party crowd, police say

FILE-Generic police tape file picture (Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star via Getty Images) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman in West Virginia fatally shot a man who began firing an AR-15-style rifle into a crowd of people that had gathered for a party, authorities said.Dennis Butler, 37, was killed Wednesday night after he pulled out the rifle and began shooting at dozens of people attending the birthday-graduation party outside an apartment complex in the city of Charleston, police said in a statement.The woman, who was attending the party, drew a pistol and fired, killing Butler, the statement said. No one at the party was injured."Instead of running from the threat, she engaged with the threat and saved several lives last night," Chief of Detectives Tony Hazelett told news outlets Thursday.Butler was at the apartment complex earlier in the evening in a vehicle and had been warned to slow down because children were playing, police said.

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10,000 illicit pills hidden in cakes seized at Philadelphia port

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West Virginia governor gets antibody treatment after COVID-19 diagnosis

U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Jim Justice, governor of West Virginia, during a rally in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug.

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Manchin courtship: WVa senator joins Jill Biden at clinic

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The White House's courtship of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin continued Thursday as the moderate Democrat joined first lady Jill Biden on a visit to West Virginia, days after he met with President Joe Biden.

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West Virginia pins population growth hopes on income tax cut

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – With West Virginia about to lose another congressional seat because of steady population decline, Republican lawmakers are convinced a massive income tax cut is the key to reversing the trend. But figuring out how to do that without harming the state's most vulnerable or punching a massive hole in the budget has proven complicated.

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Man sentenced for trying to help wife fake death

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A West Virginia man accused of helping his wife try to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has been sentenced to eight months in prison.

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GOP attorneys general question stimulus barring tax cuts

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from using its funds to offset tax cuts.

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DOJ seeks $3.2M from West Virginia governor's coal companies

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking $3.2 million in penalties from Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice over claims they violated a settlement meant to prevent pollution.

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Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia's hopes

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia has long proclaimed itself “Almost Heaven,” a nod to a song and soaring mountaintop vistas. Now some joke the state name-checked in “Take Me Home, Country Roads” could take things up a notch as Democratic U.S. Sen Joe Manchin bargains his way through Congress.

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Judge sentences woman to another year in prison for faking her death

(Source: West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia woman who tried to fake her death to avoid being sentenced for health care fraud has received an additional year in prison.Julie M.

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West Virginia GOP fractured by political appointment feud

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On a beach vacation in South Carolina with his family, Jay Marcum was awaiting a call from the governor of West Virginia. He was a finalist for the vacant seat of a state legislator who resigned after being charged with illegally entering the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6 riot.

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West Virginia state lawmaker charged after storming US Capitol with pro-Trump mob

CHARLESTON, W.Va - A West Virginia state lawmaker has been charged with entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself with rioters, the Justice Department announced Friday.Ken Kohl, a top deputy federal prosecutor in Washington, announced the charge against Derrick Evans on a call in which he presented dozens of new charges against members of a mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.FILE - Security forces respond with tear gas after the US President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol security.

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Several state lawmakers joined, observed US Capitol turmoil

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A West Virginia lawmaker who filmed himself and supporters of President Donald Trump storming into the U.S. Capitol is being widely condemned as federal prosecutors step up their pursuit of violent perpetrators.State Del.

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Man accused of slitting throat of pregnant ex-girlfriend in Clinton Twp. arrested in West Virginia

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Tentative settlements in WVa veterans' hospital deaths

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Tentative settlements have been reached in several civil lawsuits filed on behalf of the families of veterans who died at a West Virginia hospital where a former nursing assistant admitted to intentionally killing seven people with fatal doses of insulin.The settlements were disclosed by U.S. Sen.

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Meet the candidates: Here’s who’s running for US House District 11

[2020 VOTER GUIDE: Everything you need to know ahead of the presidential election | Voting by mail? Here’s how to track your ballot]Use the interactive map below to see if your neighborhood is included in District 11.Daniel Webster (R)Congressman Webster was born in Charleston, West Virginia, on April 27, 1949. He is a graduate of Georgia Tech, where he earned his degree in electrical engineering in 1971.

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Former coal CEO Robert Murray files for black lung benefits

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Former coal CEO Robert E. Murray, who has fought federal regulations on the industry, has filed an application with the U.S.

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West Virginia: Kanye West short on ballot signatures

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s secretary of state says rapper Kanye West’s bid to get on the ballot for president came up short on qualified signatures.Secretary of State Mac Warner’s office told media outlets Friday that West needed 7,144 signatures from registered voters in West Virginia. West submitted 15,000 signatures, but only 13,865 were legible, and only 6,383 were confirmed West Virginia registered voters, according to Secretary of State spokesperson Mike Queen.State law requires the secretary of state to certify the ballot by Tuesday.Elsewhere, Wisconsin election officials on Thursday decided to keep West off the ballot because his nomination papers were turned in moments after the deadline.

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Teacher beats West Virginia Senate president after protests

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – CHARLESTON, W.Va.West Virginia teachers whose protests sparked a national wave of unrest took to chanting “Ditch Mitch” as they descended on the Capitol. Ditch him they did.

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'Comeback kid'? Governor gets unlikely boost from virus

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Before the coronavirus upended the world, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice was in trouble.

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W. Virginia gov's coal companies to appeal lawsuit rulings

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – An appeal is planned in rulings against coal companies owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in a lawsuit that accused them of defaulting on a mining contract, an attorney said.

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Virus cancels anniversary event for deadly mine explosion

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A planned public gathering was shelved on the 10th anniversary of the worst U.S. mining disaster in decades. Heartfelt speeches gave way Sunday to silent remembrances and individual prayers for the 29 men who died at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.

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Outside hard-hit nursing home, staffers find nervous public

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – They can't get taxis or child care. Two were refused service at a gas station. Another's trip to a pharmacy prompted a concerned call.

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