Virginia first lady Suzanne Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares and resident Christine Wright have launched programs to address the fentanyl crisis the commonwealth is facing.
John Latham, 63, of Haymarket, Virginia, and Niiben Ayivorh, 73, of Burke, were killed when their small aircraft crashed in densely-forested section of Fluvanna County.
Marquis Jermayne Goodman has been sentenced to 80 years in prison after pleading guilty to 2 counts of second-degree murder in the fatal shootings of 2 West Virginia women.
A VA judge has approved a prosecutor's request to 'effectively drop for now' charges against 5 sheriff's deputies in connection with the death in 2023 of Irvo Otieno.
Five middle school girls who say they were benched from competition for objecting to a transgender competitor can race again, a West Virginia judge has ruled.
A three-judge panel ordered Wednesday that two West Virginia county commissioners be removed from office after they were arrested for deliberately skipping public meetings.
Riley Gaines, Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti, and West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey spoke at a press conference on Tuesday after six states filed a lawsuit over the Biden administration's new Title IX protections.
Archaeologists at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia recently dug up 18th-century bottles filled with a puzzling liquid. The liquid may be the remains of cherries.
Americans detained in Turks and Caicos are facing up to 12 years in prison for inadvertently having stray ammo in their bags in the Turks and Caicos airport.
Dr. Daniel Davidow, the former medical director at the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, was acquitted Friday of sexually abusing two teenage patients.
A judge ordered Friday that Marine Corps veteran Russell Vane of Vienna, Virginia remain jailed pending trial on charges that he attempted to make ricin.
Students at Liberty University in Virginia gathered together peacefully for a campus worship event, in contrast to anti-Israel protests at other campuses across the country.
Larry Webb, who was found to have murdered Susan and Natasha "Alex" Carter in 2000, died in prison hours before the victims' bodies were found, ending a cold case.
ICE arrested a 30-year-old Honduran illegal immigrant charged with sex crimes against a Virginia minor last week after local authorities released him twice.
In U.S. college towns, booking a hotel room for graduation day can be challenging. Prices skyrocket as demand surges, leaving parents feeling exploited.
President Biden cast the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the impetus for his 2020 White House run – but Biden now faces his own “Charlottesville moment."
A Virginia man is on trial under accusations of sexually abusing patients while he was the medical director of the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents.
A West Virginia health official emphasized the seriousness of measles after the state detected its first case since 2009. Measles cases have spiked nationwide this year.
President Biden said anyone who denies impacts of climate change is "condemning the American people to a very dangerous future," while speaking on Earth Day in Virginia.
Near the end of the Civil War, the two sides started executing enemy soldiers. That led to an actual death lottery. But instead of it continuing, good men found the humanity to stop it.
The FBI has been exonerated by a DOJ review that found no wrongdoing by the agency after a leaked memo from one of its Virginia field offices purportedly targeted traditional Catholics.
The City of Staunton Fire and Rescue received an interesting call from a Virginia residence after a Civil War-era projectile was found buried in the home's yard.
National parks and battlefields tell the sweeping history of the American Revolution. But the full story of independence includes these 5 unusual or forgotten sites.
A Boone County, West Virginia, woman has been charged in her 14-year-old daughter's death. The teenager was reportedly found "emaciated to a skeletal state."
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, vowed to keep fighting to keep biological males out of girls sports after a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday to overturn a state transgender sports ban.
Along a West Virginia trail, a camera caught on video the Allegheny woodrat, a rodent that is considered to be a "species of concern" in some American states.
Former detainees of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison are suing Virginia-based military contractor CACI for what they claim is its role in the torture they suffered while imprisoned.
Civil lawsuits alleging that Khalifa Hifter, a Libyan military commander and U.S. citizen, killed civilians in the Libyan civil war was tossed out of U.S. court.
A handful of House seats currently held by Democrats could flip in the 2024 elections, giving Republicans the ability to expand their slim majority in the chamber.
Five destinations around the U.S. offer explorations of the world of candy while making sweet family memories, from Jelly Belly in California to world's largest candy store in Ohio.
Prosecutors in Virginia say that a criminal investigation into staff members at a school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher will continue into the child's missing files.
A 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded a teacher at Virginia’s Richneck Elementary School last year should have been unenrolled after "many behavioral problems."
Seven reportedly elementary-age children were injured Wednesday morning in a West Virginia school bus crash. One of the students was seriously injured and will require surgery.
Ebony parker, a former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School, faces criminal charges in the case of a 6-year-old who brought a gun to school and shot teacher Abigail Zwerner.
The U.S. is expecting an invasion of noisy mating cicadas in the coming weeks, which will pose nuisance for some gardeners and an opportunity for others like anglers.
A fifth tornado touched down in West Virginia during severe storms last week, the National Weather Service confirmed on Monday; the state recorded an average of 2 tornados a year from 1993 to 2022.
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