Emma Rose

SCOOP: Navy Sec. John Phelan will be in Norfolk tonight to answer questions from families about their loved ones' extended deployments. The town hall comes amid frustrations from sailors and families about long deployments and problems aboard the Ford. pilotonline.com/2026/03/19/nav…

“Justice is delayed and denied”: Richmond’s late jury lists are derailing criminal trials “It’s only until the last 72 hours that the case is yanked out from under you, and that's just devastating to victims and witnesses.” @CBS6 wtvr.com/news/local-new…

Spanberger to appoint criminal justice veterans and Henrico supervisor to parole board richmond.com/news/state-reg…

IRE calls for the immediate release of Estefany Rodríguez, a reporter for Nashville Noticias and Univision 42 Nashville, who was taken into custody while in a marked news vehicle, according to reports. Detaining journalists for doing their jobs is a direct threat to press freedom and the First Amendment. We stand with Rodríguez and all reporters working to hold power accountable. Read the rest of our statement: bit.ly/4sto4Mh

It was a harrowing experience that left him shaken and uncertain about his future. He's back home in Virginia Beach now, but his attorney has told him and his wife that he will probably be deported. Read his story, via gift link: pilotonline.com/2026/03/06/vir…

I spoke with an asylum seeker from Honduras about his month in immigration detention. He got out because the government couldn't justify holding him.

UPDATE: We are hearing that Estefany was transferred to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, a facility infamous for solitary confinement and sexual abuse by guards against detainees. This is a developing story.

Three years ago, Irvo Otieno died after Henrico County (VA) sheriff’s deputies pinned the 28-year-old to the floor during a mental health crisis. A crisis should be met with care, not force. We still demand accountability while lifting up his mother Caroline and brother Leon today. Rest In Power.

!!! (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East amid U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran. Americans were urged to depart using commercial means from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, according to Mora Namdar, the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs.

New: The strike yesterday in Kuwait that has now claimed the lives of six US service members was a direct hit on a makeshift operations center — in what was described as a triple wide trailer — at the port of Shuaiba, a source familiar said. The strike came so quickly there were no sirens or warning to allow troops to evacuate to a bunker ahead of time. Thinking of them and their loved ones. cnn.com/2026/03/02/pol…

New: @GovernorVA says she’s been briefed on the positions of the Virginia National Guard in the Middle East. Earlier today, I reported that about 150 VNG soldiers have been in the Middle East since July. In addition, the Virginia Air National Guard is supporting Operation Epic Fury.

The DOJ unsealed its indictment against the contractor on Feb. 20. It's a rare criminal prosecution of labor trafficking, which advocates say is often underreported and underinvestigated. The department did not respond to questions about what made this particular case stand out.

Workers described having passports confiscated, being served food that made them sick and having no heating or air conditioning or sheets on beds. One worker fled a worksite after being denied access to proper medical care.

NEW: Migrant workers who say they were trafficked to the Eastern Shore and NC began receiving funds last week from a settlement with the contractor who brought them to the U.S. pilotonline.com/2026/02/27/eas…

There's a continued repositioning of Navy warships in and around the Middle East as the U.S. openly deliberates an attack on Iran. On Monday, there are eight U.S. warships in the Arabian Sea: - The carrier USS Abraham Lincoln - The destroyers USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., USS Spruance, USS Delbert D. Black, USS McFaul, USS Pinckney - The littoral combat ships USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa Two more destroyers, USS Michael Murphy and USS Mitscher, are in the Gulf of Oman. A third LCS, USS Canberra, remains in the Persian Gulf. Delbert D. Black relocated in the last few days from the Red Sea. Pinckney arrived last week from the Pacific region. The destroyers USS Bulkeley and USS Roosevelt remain in the Mediterranean Sea. They are joined by the USS Gerald R. Ford, a second aircraft carrier, and its escort ships. Pentagon officials are now declining to comment on the location of the Ford group, but ship-tracking data place it in/around Souda Bay, Greece. Would not be a surprise to see at least some of the Ford group move to or through the Red Sea in coming days.

My latest, with @propublica + @NYTmag: An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of domestic violence survivors who fought back -- women who are serving long sentences for killing their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison? propublica.org/article/oklaho…

One sailor missed the death of his great-grandfather. Another is thinking about leaving the Navy after almost a year away from her toddler daughter. Two more said the ship had sewage problems. Life on the USS Ford, w @milanczerny wsj.com/us-news/missed…

Two dead after 9 people are shot in Shockoe Bottom early Saturday richmond.com/news/local/cri…

“I think it’s not being taken serious. They’re waiting for us to go away,” said Castle. “But we’re not done yet. We need Congress to act.”

Angelina Resendiz's mom, Esme Castle, held a press conference at Naval Station Norfolk's Gate 5 yesterday to demand an independent investigation into her daughter's disappearance and death in May 2025. pilotonline.com/2026/02/20/res…