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Southwest Virginia flooding damages homes, prompts rescues

Authorities say flooding in a remote corner of southwest Virginia has damaged more than 100 homes but there are no confirmed deaths or injuries despite some 40 people being unaccounted for

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

A judge rejects Amber Heard's request to set aside the verdict for Johnny Depp

A Virginia judge on Wednesday rejected an effort by actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

WEKU · Jul 13, 2022

Rescuers catch a kitten as it falls from Virginia building

Firefighters and animal control officers used outstretched sheet to save little animal

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Heard Faces High Legal Hurdles Seeking to Reverse Depp Win

The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard libel trial, which generated intense interest for two months earlier this year as a livestreamed, no-holds-barred soap opera featuring one of Hollywood's biggest stars, is not fading away quietly. Earlier this month, Heard's lawyers filed a 51-page motion asking Judge Penney Azcarate to set aside the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 13, 2022

Heard faces high legal hurdles seeking to reverse Depp win

Legal experts are expressing skepticism that actress Amber Heard can persuade a Virginia judge to set aside a $10 million defamation verdict awarded to her ex-husband, Johnny Depp

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Why has Amber Heard asked for a new trial against Johnny Depp and what have lawyers said?

Heard’s team alleges that one of the seven jurors was not the person summoned for jury duty

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Man's incredible £210,000 lottery win - using numbers he saw in a dream

Alonzo Coleman from Virginia, US, couldn't believe it when he discovered the numbers he saw in a dream came up in the lottery draw, banking a cheque for $250,000 (£210,000) in the process

Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2022

'Heard slings an exceptional amount of mud': Depp's team scoffs at mistrial request

Johnny Depp's legal team says that his ex-wife Amber Heard "has identified no legitimate basis to set aside" a Virginia jury's verdict in their bombshell defamation trial and asked the court to reject Heard's post-trial motions requesting a mistrial.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 11, 2022

Depp's lawyers urge judge to leave jury verdict intact

Lawyers for Johnny Depp are urging a Virginia judge to leave his $10 million defamation judgment intact after attorneys for his ex-wife, Amber Heard, asked the judge to set aside the verdict

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022

No bond for 2 charged in connection with alleged July 4 plot

Two men charged in connection with what police have said was a thwarted Fourth of July mass shooting in Richmond, Virginia, have been ordered held without bond

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2022