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The widow of an elderly Filipino-American man has relived the devastating attack inside a Virginia Walmart which led to the death of her husband. Bert Atienza, 77, died a day after he was suddenly assaulted inside the store on June 7. Erika Mitchell, 42, and Travis White, 44, now face second-degree murder charges, according to court records seen by News 3. Both are being held without bond. A 17-year-old Walmart employee also faces charges for assault and battery, aggravated malicious wounding, and conspiracy to commit a felony, according to the outlet. Josephine Atienza, Bert's wife of 42 years, spoke about...

The migrant violence that is becoming a feature of daily life in Sweden, Germany, France and elsewhere in Europe is now coming to the United States. Did we think we would be immune? Maine’s Sun Journal reported last week that a “melee” broke out near Kennedy Park in Lewiston, Maine, initiated by “at least two dozen teenagers, preteens and adults.” This mob was made up of Somali Muslim migrants: News Center Maine reports: “[A]ccording to family members, the fight was between white and Somali members of the Lewiston community.” Our immigration chickens are, as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright would say,...

The parents of 17-year-old Liam Ashley, who was beaten to death en route to prison, say they were the ones who charged him with theft. Ashley was found badly beaten in the back of a Chubb Security van on Thursday night. Although he was revived by paramedics at the scene, he died on Friday. Ashley's family say his parents wanted to teach him a lesson about the consequences of breaking the law. He had taken his mother's car without permission so they had him charged him with theft. On Thursday Ashley appeared at the North Shore District Court. The judge...

Since her death, he's volunteered at women's center Padilla family photo Linda Padilla was 2 when she was sexually assaulted and beaten to death in August 2003. Life for Dr. Thomas Flowers has changed since he helped stabilize battered 2-year-old Linda Padilla before she eventually died from injuries at the hands of her father. Flowers, an emergency-room doctor at Christus St. John Hospital in Nassau Bay, was set to testify against Frank Padilla in his capital murder trial before the League City man pleaded guilty to capital murder and two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Since the...