The names of the victims onboard during the deadly plane crash in Washington D.C. are being released including some from Virginia.Preview: Sentencing for a man who pled guilty to killing three University of Virginia students is being delayed until the end of this year. The sentencing hearing for Darnell Jones, Junior will now be held in November. Jones was arrested after the 2022 shooting that killed three members of the UVA football team and wounded two other people.
VCU Health and Children's Hospital of Richmond are no longer providing a controversial treatment. The hospital recently announced it has suspended gender-affirming medication and surgical procedures for those under 19-years-old. President Trump issued an executive order to stop using federal funds to pay for the treatments.
In day two of his confirmation hearings, Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was questioned about past statements that Black people have better immune systems than white people. In response, Kennedy cited what he referred to as a "series of studies," supporting the concept of Blacks having a stronger reaction to certain antigens. Atlanta Black Star dot com reported in 2020 on two studies published in the Journal Cell showing people of African ancestry have a stronger immune response to infection than do people of European ancestry.