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(AP) The family of a man killed in an unlikely auto mishap has settled a wrongful death claim against the driver for $1.4 million. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the insurance company for 80-year-old David Limbrick, the driver, has agreed to ...

COLONIAL HEIGHTS (AP) A judge went above sentencing guidelines and gave a man two life terms for the 2011 bludgeoning deaths of an elderly Colonial Heights couple. Multiple media outlets report that Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharrett called the slayings ...

The bids of Dana J. Boente and John P. Fishwick Jr. for U.S. attorney positions in Virginia moved ahead Thursday with approval of each by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Both nominations were approved on voice votes by the committee ...

(AP) Virginia Republicans are signaling their intent to remove Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s pick for the state’s highest court, potentially setting up another rancorous fight between the governor and the GOP-led General Assembly. House Republicans have not invited Virginia Supreme ...

(AP) Federal prosecutors filed papers Tuesday opposing former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court review his public corruption convictions. In its response to McDonnell’s petition, Justice Department lawyers disputed the former Republican governor’s claim that ...

NORFOLK (AP) Low-income veterans who need a hand with estate planning services soon can find help. Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced on Monday that a series of Veterans Legal Services Clinics will be held in March. Volunteer attorneys from ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) A mental health expert will evaluate a man charged with killing two college students in Virginia, according to a court order approved Monday. William Stejskal will be paid $350 per hour to examine Jesse Matthew Jr. before his ...

NORFOLK (AP) Veterans who need a hand with legal services could soon find it. Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has scheduled two news conferences Monday to announce an initiative to provide low-income veterans with pro bono, or free of charge, ...

(AP) The Virginia State Crime Commission has refused to endorse legislation prohibiting authorities from seizing ill-gotten assets until a defendant has been convicted and appeals have been completed. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the panel voted 9-3 against supporting the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted Thursday of a misdemeanor count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted of more serious charges. A federal jury in West Virginia convicted Blankenship of conspiring to ...