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A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on March 17 that Pope Francis had authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in ...

Prosecutors plan next week to release the video that led authorities in Virginia to charge seven deputies and three state mental hospital employees with second-degree murder in the death of a handcuffed and shackled man. The family of Irvo Otieno saw the ...

A 13-year-old in Virginia has been charged with murder after police said the teen admitted to suffocating a 4-year-old sibling last year. Authorities had been investigating the death since August, and the teen confessed to killing the child earlier this ...

Seven Virginia sheriff's office employees have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 28-year-old man at a state mental hospital last week, a local prosecutor said Tuesday.

Virginia's largest school system is removing a test question given to a college-level social studies class that equated liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender demographics.

A judge has rejected a request from Google to transfer a federal antitrust lawsuit against it from Virginia to New York.

A judge has rejected a request from Google to transfer a federal antitrust lawsuit against it from Virginia to New York. The ruling March 10 from U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, is a victory for the Justice ...

Frozen human embryos can legally be considered property, or “chattel,” a Virginia judge has ruled, basing his decision in part on a 19th century law governing the treatment of slaves. The preliminary opinion by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard ...

Authorities in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher will not seek criminal charges against the child, the local prosecutor told NBC News March 8, in a decision that was anticipated by legal experts. But Newport News Commonwealth's Attorney ...

Two more Virginia state legislators, one of them a former House speaker, announced plans March 7 to step down after their current terms end, bringing to at least 20 the number of lawmakers retiring rather than seeking re-election under new electoral ...