During a push to accelerate the review of parole-eligible inmates because of the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia released dozens of violent offenders, including killers, rapists and kidnappers, blindsiding prosecutors and victims’ families who say they were not properly notified as required b…
NEW ORLEANS — From small-town Ohio kid to Louisiana legend, Joe Burrow capped his record-breaking, Heisman-winning season by bringing a national championship to LSU.
CHINCOTEAGUE — One person is dead following a house fire on the Eastern Shore, firefighters said.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The families of Richmond newlyweds who were badly injured during a volcanic eruption in New Zealand said Tuesday that the two are progressing as well as could be hoped for, given the extent of their injuries.
ALEXANDRIA — A Virginia judge has ordered the dismissal of decades-old charges against five African American men stemming from a 1939 sit-in at what was then a whites-only library.
BEDFORD — A Virginia school district says it recently reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education after the agency opened an investigation into allegations of a racially hostile environment at one of its high schools.
CINCINNATI — Ryan Braun added to his record total of homers at Great American Ball Park, and the Milwaukee Brewers moved a step closer to a wild card berth Tuesday night, beating the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 for their fifth win in a row.
Vikings bring back Treadwell, Sherels
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ji-Man Choi, Brandon Lowe and Willy Adames homered during Tampa Bay’s six-run fourth inning, and the Rays moved into sole possession of the second AL wild card by rallying for a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
The most uplifting day in the past several years for the New York Giants came with a downer of a cost.
The Los Angeles Rams receive plenty of accolades for their offense, but the defense has stood out the past two games.
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On Friday morning, more than 100 volunteers gathered on the hillside of the Virginia War Memorial to help place 12,000 American flags in the earth to symbolize the number of Virginians who gave their lives while protecting the U.S.
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Molly Ringwald, an actor, author and singer perhaps best known for her roles in 1980s films like “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles,” stepped into Virginia politics on Saturday, speaking at a Richmond fundraiser for state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield.
A Virginia State Police trooper was arrested Thursday on a charge of driving under the influence on Interstate 64 in New Kent County, according to a Friday release from the New Kent Sheriff’s Office.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is another flashpoint in Virginia’s most competitive congressional contests, joining inflation among the issues that will help determine control of the House of Representatives in November.
The Navy’s newest submarine will join the fleet Saturday after being commissioned as United States Ship Montana — a final step in a journey that began seven years ago at Newport News Shipbuilding.
An 18- and 14-year-old were pronounced dead by authorities who found them lying on railroad tracks in Hopewell Friday night with several gunshot wounds, police said Saturday.
Kristopher T. Jones, 37, was convicted in Petersburg Circuit Court after entering pleas to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of abduction, two counts of robbery and one count each of car jacking, grand larceny and eluding police for a series of violent events that unfolded on the morning of Jan. 18, 2017.
One of two serial robbers accused in a multistate armed robbery spree last year pleaded guilty Friday to holding up Victoria Jewelers in Henrico County and taking $136,245 in jewelry, gold bars, coins and cash at gunpoint.
Richmond police have identified the man shot to death in the Carver neighborhood last week.
Molly Ringwald, an actor, author and singer perhaps best known for her roles in 1980s films like “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles,” stepped into Virginia politics on Saturday, speaking at a Richmond fundraiser for state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is another flashpoint in Virginia’s most competitive congressional contests, joining inflation among the issues that will help determine control of the House of Representatives in November.
Friday's decision now sends the issue of abortion back to state legislatures. Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Friday that he will seek to ban most abortions after 15 weeks.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion won’t have any immediate impact in Virginia, where abortion remains legal during the first and second trimesters of a pregnancy or in the third trimester if doctors believe there is a health risk to the patient.
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