Luca Powell

American Convicted of Murder Is Freed by Trump From Venezuela Prison nytimes.com/2025/07/23/wor…

A federal investigation found repeated safety problems with organ transplantation, including patients showing signs of life as they were prepped to have their organs taken. The RVA-based UNOS has been the transplantation network's contractor for 40 years. richmond.com/news/local/bus…

Insane. The government says 28 patients "may not have been deceased" at the time organ procurement was initiated. hhs.gov/press-room/hrs…

After one of her deputies was stretchered out of the jail with serious medical trauma, Richmond's sheriff says....nothing. richmond.com/news/local/cri…

Today we published our 2nd story investigating the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to Salvadoran. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum propublica.org/article/venezu…

Public housing CEO says he doesn't want to evict over small debts. Court records show it's still happening richmond.com/news/local/gov…

Virginia Corrections Ombudsman says 269 of the over 500 statewide complaints her office has received stem from Red Onion State Prison. virginiamercury.com/2025/07/16/a-y…

Jorge Rivera is put into a paddy wagon by two masked immigration enforcement officers today. He shouted his name to a group of court watchers. h/t: Eric Vento

Kyrsten Sinema (no longer a senator) spent nearly $400,000 in campaign funds over the past three months, including: -$86k on airfare and in-flight services -$86k on security detail (including $600 on ski tickets) -$7k on meals