Haiyang Zhu listens to the judge explain procedures in a courtroom in Christiansburg, Va., on Monday. Zhu, 26, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the Jan. 21 death of Xin Yang, 22. Matt ...

Police say Virginia Tech victim Xin Yang was decapitated with a kitchen knife while having coffee with a Chinese doctoral student she knew.

Chinese New Year celebrations in St. John's have had a sombre tone, as friends and teachers recoil in shock over the gruesome slaying of a recent graduate. Xin Yang, 22, was decapitated at a ...

A graduate student from China was decapitated with a kitchen knife in a campus cafe at Virginia Tech by another graduate student who knew her, police said Thursday. Xin Yang, 22, was killed ...