Suspect wounded in shooting with Virginia State Police

By The Associated Press
April 23, 2020 | 8:55 AM

BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — A suspect shot and wounded by a trooper has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to Virginia State Police.

Police said 48-year-old Daniel Ira Newman refused to pull over during a traffic stop early Wednesday morning and hit two police vehicles. He then got out of his car and pointed a gun at a trooper, who fired his weapon and struck the suspect, according to authorities.

The agency’s Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting and the trooper has been placed on administrative leave pending the results.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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