A great number of Virginia residents are facing unmanageable medical bills. Even for those who have decent medical insurance policies, a sudden illness or injury can result in a substantial financial burden. Making matters worse, being ill or injured can result in...
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Month: May 2014
Television host faces dual child custody battles
Sherri Shepherd, host of the television show, “The View,” finds herself in a two-front conflict with an ex-husband and an estranged one. Her ex-husband is challenging her for custody of their 9-year-old son, and her estranged husband...
County in Virginia finds 45 percent of homicides domestic-related
A few weeks ago we posted an blog about a man who started a petition to get Virginia to pass a state law that would create a domestic violence registry, which would function much like the sexual predator registry. The man claims he lost four family members to a...
Sterling’s wife plans to file for divorce, seeks share of team
If Virginia residents watch television or read the news, then they have probably heard about the controversy surrounding the Clippers' owner Donald Sterling. Recently, the commissioner of the NBA banned Sterling from the league for life and issued a $2.5 million fine...
Virginia psychologist: intervention can defuse domestic violence
A Virginia psychologist has developed an innovative program to combat domestic violence, and it has been gaining national attention as well as inspiring the creation of programs based on its tenets of nonviolence, collective responsibility and recognition of the...
Man calls for tougher domestic violence laws in Virginia
After losing four of his relatives to a house fire recently, a Virginia man thinks he knows the cause. He blames a man who had been threatening a fifth resident of the house, who was not killed in the fire. The nighttime fire killed three women and one very young...