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Hampton police: 2 shot in home invasion

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia are investigating a home invasion that left two people with gunshot wounds.

The Hampton Police Department said three men wearing all black clothing entered a home in Hampton and demanded money Saturday evening.

Police said two of the home’s occupants were shot during the incident. A man received life-threatening injuries and a woman suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

Police said they are working to identify the three suspects.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies.  With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track.  As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates.  The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH. 
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