Mitchell G. Patton

Rep. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat recently elected to a fourth term in Congress, died Monday after nearly a decade with cancer. He was 61 years old.McEachin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2013, his chief of staff, Tara Rountree, said in a statement Monday.“We are all devastated by the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,” Rountree said. “Bravely, for years, we have watched him fight and triumph over the side effects of his 2013 colorectal cancer. Tonight, he lost that battle, and the people of Virginia's Fourth Congressional District lost a hero who always, always fought…

TOKYO — A Japanese filmmaker jailed for nearly four months in Myanmar described part of his detention there as “hell” and called on Tokyo to take a tougher stance against human rights abuses in the military-controlled country.The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the military toppled an elected government last year. The junta has arrested thousands, including politicians, students, journalists and foreigners, in its attempt to quash dissent."It was horrible. I understood the concept of hell," Toru Kubota told reporters in Tokyo, describing conditions in a police hold where he was first detained after being detained at a…

Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes and his wife Brittany welcomed their second child Monday night with the boy named after the quarterback.Patrick "Bronze" Lavon Mahomes III was born at 7 pounds, 8 ounces, the loving parents wrote on social media. The quarterback, who is named after his father, former baseball pitcher Pat Mahomes, posted a photo of the baby's feet dressed in overalls. The piece of jewelry under the baby's feet read: "Bronze."The two revealed that they were having a boy in June. Her second baby comes more than a year after Brittany gave birth to her daughter, Sterling…

The number of people injured in a shooting attack at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado has risen to four, police said Monday.The number of people killed and shot (five killed and 17 shot and wounded) in the November 19 shooting at Club Q remained unchanged in the last update.But police said the number of identified victims who were injured but not shot increased from one to five. Another twelve people are classified as victims without visible injuries. More people were at Club Q when the gunman, identified as 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, opened fire minutes before midnight, police…