12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond

@12OnYourSide

The official X account for 12 On Your Side, Central Virginia's No. 1 News TV Station serving #RVA and beyond!

Richmond, VA

Joined January 2009

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 8 m

A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion that killed 3 LA deputies #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/gre…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A grenade is missing from the scene of an explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility.

12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 39 m

About 50% of Americans are currently spending more than 30% of their income on housing. How much are you spending? investigatetv.com/2025/07/24/sur…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. About 50 percent of Americans are currently spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing, according to NerdWallet. Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa talks to them about why you should...

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 4 h

Monster truck tire flies off, bounces out of arena and crushes cars in parking lot #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/mon…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A high-flying monster truck lost its wheel, which went sailing into the arena's parking lot.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 4 h

Tea, an app for women to anonymously talk about men they date, has been breached, user IDs exposed #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/tea…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. About 72,000 images were leaked, including 13,000 selfies or photos featuring identification that users submitted.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 5 h

School preserves American gunsmithing traditions #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/sch…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. The long rifle was a muzzle-loaded weapon that was used as far back as the 1700s for hunting and warfare on the American frontier.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 5 h

Ford assembly worker’s lost wallet found 11 years later by mechanic working on car #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/for…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A Ford assembly worker's lost wallet has been found 11 years later by a mechanic working on a car.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 6 h

Teacher stabbed while on vacation in Italy returns to family in US: ‘It’s a miracle’ #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/tea…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A San Francisco-area teacher was stabbed while on vacation in Italy.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 7 h

Marine killed in crash and another is facing criminal charges, troopers say #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/mar…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune is facing charges in connection with a deadly crash that took place in North Carolina on Thursday.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 9 h

Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in third ruling since high court decision #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/jud…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 10 h

Megan Thee Stallion honors Chesterfield teen who created mental health resource boxes #12OnYourSide 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/meg…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A 14-year-old is recognized by Megan Thee Stallion for creating nearly 2K mental health boxes for girls 6-16.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 11 h

Deputies find nearly $140,000 hidden in vehicle during traffic stop #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/dep…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. Federal authorities are investigating after thousands of dollars in cash were found hidden in a vehicle.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 12 h

Justice Department completes interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/26/jus…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned former girlfriend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, finished interviewing with the U.S. Justice Department.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 13 h

UVA launches groundbreaking study using “Magic Mushrooms” to treat prolonged grief #12OnYourSide 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/uva…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. UVA researchers are testing a single, controlled dose of psilocybin, 25 milligrams to see if it can offer relief.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 14 h

London calling: Richmond airport leaders considering adding a nonstop flight to Heathrow #12OnYourSide 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/lon…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. The Capital Region Airport Commission is considering adding a direct flight from Richmond International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, but there are a few things that need to happen first.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 14 h

Southwest flight takes ‘dramatic plunge’ shortly after takeoff #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/sou…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. Passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet described an unsettling drop Friday.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 15 h

Inmate mistakenly released from jail months after 10 inmates escaped from same facility #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/inm…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. An inmate at the Orleans Parish Jail was mistakenly released this week.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 15 h

Husband accused of beating wife on boat, trying to abandon her in ocean 30 miles off Florida coast #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/hus…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A husband is accused of violently beating his wife while on a boat and then trying to abandon her in the Gulf more than 30 miles off the Florida coast.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 16 h

Zion’s Bone Marrow Journey: Big sister becomes his lifesaving donor #12OnYourSide 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/zio…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. Five-year-old Zion Ortiz has been waiting years for a life-saving bone marrow transplant, and now that long-awaited moment is finally here!

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 16 h

Golden Earring co-founder George Kooymans dies at 77 #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/gol…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. George Kooymans, the guitarist and co-founder of the Dutch band Golden Earring, has died.

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12 On Your Side WWBT Richmond@12OnYourSide · 17 h

‘I didn’t want him to get hurt’: Good Samaritan saves bus driver from knife attack #nationalnews 12onyourside.com/2025/07/25/i-d…

12OnYourSide's tweet card. A Texas man is being honored for his heroic actions in preventing a knife attack on a city bus.

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