<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: West Virginia (US State) Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:12:30 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA['Tragic' murder case explored in 'heartbreaking' new docuseries coming soon]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/285x214/2174042_1.jpg"/><br><br>True crime docuseries Friends Like These explores the tragic murder of 16-year-old Skylar Neese in West Virginia.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:34:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Lucas Hill-Paul]]></author><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:keywords>Disney Plus, True crime, West Virginia (US State), Skylar Neese, true crime docuseries, friendship betrayal, West Virginia murder, best true crime shows, best true crime series, new true crime, friends like these release date, </media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/590x/2174042_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Tragic' murder explored in 'heartbreaking' docuseries coming soon]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[HULU]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/20/237x141/2174042_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Tragic' murder explored in 'heartbreaking' docuseries coming soon]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[HULU]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heartbroken dad slams 'godless demons' who 'murdered' his teen son]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2144217_1.jpg"/><br><br>Sextortionists targeted Bryce Tate, 17, who took his own life after scammers hounded him for hundreds of dollars.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Jon King]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>Scams, West Virginia (US State), USA, Sextortion, </media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2144217_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bryce Tate took his own life after he was targeted by sextortionists]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Adam Tate]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2144217_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Bryce Tate took his own life after he was targeted by sextortionists]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Adam Tate]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truck driver found himself dangling 100 feet from bridge in horror crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/285x214/2142028_1.jpg"/><br><br>A truck driver was trapped for nearly five hours after his vehicle crashed off a West Virginia bridge, with photos showing the cab dangling <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:21:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Athena Dawson,Michael D. Carroll]]></author><category>US</category><media:keywords>West Virginia (US State), Winter driving advice, Truck driver rescue, West Virginia bridge crash, Emergency services response, Winter motorway accidents</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/590x/2142028_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Social media footage captured the harrowing moment a truck driver was saved from the vehicle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Hurricane Fire & Rescue]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/237x141/2142028_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Social media footage captured the harrowing moment a truck driver was saved from the vehicle]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Hurricane Fire & Rescue]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA['I found America's most inbred family and was haunted by one thing']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2089592_1.jpg"/><br><br>WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Mark Laita has filmed videos about the Whittaker family in Odd, West Virginia<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Ella Kipling]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>West Virginia (US State), YouTube, Whittaker family, inbreeding, Mark Laita, Soft White Underbelly</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2089592_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[WARNING YOUTUBE Screengrab'Deliverance inbred family' make 'beautiful' transformation after allowing outsider inThe Whittaker family live in a squalid shack in the aptly named Odd in West Virginia. Poverty-stricken and beset with health problems, they are guarded by neighbours who don't take kindly to outsidersLike the simple mountain folk depicted in the film, the Whittakers are thought to be inbred. They too are uneducated and live in squalor, cut off from civilisation in their backcountry shack.But there is no evidence to suggest they possess the same violent, sadistic tendencies.The Whittakers' story came to light after Laita was granted access to their weird world.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRY41kF_0Oc&t=146s]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Soft White Underbelly /Youtube]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2089592_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[WARNING YOUTUBE Screengrab'Deliverance inbred family' make 'beautiful' transformation after allowing outsider inThe Whittaker family live in a squalid shack in the aptly named Odd in West Virginia. Poverty-stricken and beset with health problems, they are guarded by neighbours who don't take kindly to outsidersLike the simple mountain folk depicted in the film, the Whittakers are thought to be inbred. They too are uneducated and live in squalor, cut off from civilisation in their backcountry shack.But there is no evidence to suggest they possess the same violent, sadistic tendencies.The Whittakers' story came to light after Laita was granted access to their weird world.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRY41kF_0Oc&t=146s]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Soft White Underbelly /Youtube]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIA headquarters 'on lockdown' as man armed with shotgun 'opens fire']]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/285x214/2029558_1.jpg"/><br><br>The CIA headquarters in Fairfax County, Virginia is now on 'lockdown' after a man allegedly began shooting a shotgun into the air.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Alice Scarsi,Lauran O'Toole]]></author><category>World</category><media:keywords>cia news, cia headquarters lockdown, usa news, , CIA headquarters lockdown, SWAT team, Fairfax County, armed suspect</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/590x/2029558_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The CIA headquarters are reportedly on lockdown]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/78/237x141/2029558_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The CIA headquarters are reportedly on lockdown]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge £6.1bn plan for pipeline to ship gas across US gets green light]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/285x214/1910271_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Mountain Valley Pipelines was granted approval on Tuesday for Equitrans Midstream Corp. to begin operations, marking the end of a long legal battle.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:27:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Chris Samuel]]></author><category>US</category><media:keywords>energy, pipeline, greenlight, us, ferc, environment, controversial, approval, natural gas, activists, opposed by, </media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/590x/1910271_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The FERC says the pipeline project meets meets the various requirements needed for approval.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/237x141/1910271_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The FERC says the pipeline project meets meets the various requirements needed for approval.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA['Like a scene from Deliverance': Filmmaker lifts lid on America's most inbred family]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/285x214/1855133_1.jpg"/><br><br>The Whittakers, who are known as America's most inbred family, have no education and live in squalor in an isolated shack in the backcountry, which is cut off from civilisation <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Matthew Dooley]]></author><category>US</category><media:keywords>Whittakers, inbred, America, family, Deliverance</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/590x/1855133_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Whittaker family]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Soft White Underbelly /Youtube]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/237x141/1855133_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[The Whittaker family]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Soft White Underbelly /Youtube]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missing dad found dead in woods after mysteriously vanishing from LIV golf tournament]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/285x214/1800437_1.jpg"/><br><br>Dad-of-two Jarred Schultz disappeared on Saturday night after attending the LIV Golf event in White Sulphur Springs. Police confirmed on Monday that his body has now been found. <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:56:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Emily Braeger]]></author><category>US</category><media:keywords>usa, us news, missing dad, missing people, crime, dead, woods, woodland, vanished, mystery, LIV golf tournament, Jarred Schultz, West Virginia</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/590x/1800437_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Missing dad]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Facebook/Jarred Schultz]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/237x141/1800437_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Missing dad]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Facebook/Jarred Schultz]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Incredible’ supermarket praised by shoppers for BANNING self-service check outs]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/285x214/1789753_1.jpg"/><br><br>A supermarket chain has earned praise for banning self-checkouts at their stores claiming they take jobs away from real people.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:41:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Matthew Dooley]]></author><category>US</category><media:keywords>supermarkets, supermarket self-checkout, Self-checkout, self service checkout, self checkout ban, </media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/590x/1789753_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A supermarket chain has earned praise for banning self-service checkouts. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/198/237x141/1789753_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[A supermarket chain has earned praise for banning self-service checkouts. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[GETTY]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item><item><title><![CDATA[Customers praise 'awesome' supermarket after it BANS self-serve checkouts]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/130/285x214/1789534_1.jpg"/><br><br>An American supermarket has defiantly refused to install self-checkout machines in their stores, stating the new technology is "limiting human interaction." <br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:09:00 +0100</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Katherine McPhillips]]></author><category>Life</category><media:keywords>Sparkle Markets, self-checkout machines, should self-checkout machines be banned, do self-checkout machines cause unemployment, cashiers, modern technology cashiers, american store praised self-checkouts, </media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/130/590x/1789534_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[‘Appreciate our cashiers!’ Supermarket praised for banning self-checkout machines ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/130/237x141/1789534_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="237" height="141"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[‘Appreciate our cashiers!’ Supermarket praised for banning self-checkout machines ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:thumbnail></item></channel></rss>