A Richmond Police officer is recovering after being shot during a traffic stop Thursday. WRIC-TV reports that police were pulling over what they called a suspicious vehicle in the East End around 11:30p.m. Someone in that vehicle opened fire and hit the officer. The officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police say the suspect ran away and they are continuing to look for that person.
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Early voting is underway in Virginia for the November 5th election. It also includes absentee voting. Last month, Governor Youngkin issued an order making sure voters are protected and ensuring accurate counting. It's now considered a class 6 felony to intentionally vote more than once, a class 5 felony to prevent an election official from administering elections and a class 1 misdemeanor to wrongfully cast a vote or deposit a ballot. Requirements for voting are available online at elections-dot-virginia-dot-gov.
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A Virginia man is alive albeit seriously injured after his plane crashed in Fauquier County. Virginia State Police say the crash happened yesterday afternoon when the 79-year-old man attempted to make an emergency landing in a field. His single-engine Cessna hit several trees. The man was the only person on board. He sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries. No one on the ground was injured.
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A new study shows 1 in 10 Virginia college students have electronic devices that are infected with malware. Rebecca Hughes has more.Preview: ####