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(AP) A former state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal government by misusing a program that awards contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities. Former Del. Ron Villanueva, R-Virginia Beach, entered a guilty plea in federal court ...

WASHINGTON (AP)  Rep. Devin Nunes, R-California, is suing Twitter and several of its users for more than $250 million, accusing them of defamation and negligence. The defendants include two anonymous parody accounts, “Devin Nunes’ Mom” and “Devin Nunes’ Cow.” The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court on March 18 agreed to consider Virginia’s plea to reinstate the life-without-parole sentence of a man who, as a teenager, participated in sniper shootings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., region in 2002. The justices ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. Supreme Court seemed to struggle March 18 with how to resolve a case that could help flip control of the Virginia House of Delegates to Democrats. The justices heard arguments in a case about the map ...

PORTSMOUTH (AP) A Portsmouth judge says a reporter can attend the manslaughter trial of a 14-year-old boy who’s charged in the death of a 12-year-old. Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Bryan Meals  made his decision March 14 at the request of an ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) Federal prosecutors say a Fairfax businessman has been sentenced to prison for a $1.3 million investment scheme that caused losses for 40 victims. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia announced March 15 that Amrit Jaswant ...

(AP) Gov. Ralph Northam has signed legislation to create a pilot program aimed at reducing eviction rates in Virginia. The legislation is part of a push that began last year after a research group at Princeton University found that five ...

NORFOLK (AP) A former congressional candidate has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding the federal government through a summer meal program for children. Shaun Brown, 59, was sentenced March 13 on federal fraud charges, news outlets reported. ...

NORTH PRINCE GEORGE (AP) A Chesterfield County general district judge has sharply criticized administrators at a regional jail for their treatment of an inmate who needed psychiatric care. Judge Pamela O’Berry told two top administrators at the Riverside Regional Jail ...

FALLS CHURCH (AP) Virginia’s largest school district is defending itself against three separate federal lawsuits filed by students who say the school system botched sexual misconduct investigations. Two involve boys who say Fairfax County Public Schools wrongly punished them based ...