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(AP) Former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell’s legal team said in court filings Monday that her convictions on several public corruption charges are based on an overly broad definition of bribery and that she did not receive a fair trial ...

AMHERST (AP) Another legal complaint has been filed seeking to halt the closure of Sweet Briar College. The complaint alleges breach of contract against the private women’s college and President James Jones. The complaint also alleges interference by Jones. A ...

(AP) A Virginia alcohol-law enforcement agency that has sparked public outrage over two high-profile arrests has investigated three complaints of excessive use of force by its officers in the last five years, according to data obtained by The Associated Press ...

(AP) Virginia lawmakers passed new gift limits Friday that will make it much more difficult for them to be wined and dined by deep-pocketed lobbyists. Part of a wide-ranging ethics reform legislation passed includes a $100-a-year cap on gifts, including ...

(AP) One of four ex-sailors who claim they falsely confessed to a 1997 rape and murder quickly became the prime suspect when police learned that he was romantically obsessed with the victim, a former Norfolk detective said Friday. Maureen Evans ...

(AP) The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday that local approval is required for a key element of a proposed high-rise electrical transmission line over a historic section of the James River. Opponents celebrated the decision, but stopped short of ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) Deaf inmates should be given regular access to sign language interpreters when needed, lawyers argued Thursday in a lawsuit over one inmate’s six-week stay at a county jail. Ethiopian immigrant Abreham Zemedagegehu sued the Arlington County sheriff and ...

(AP) Virginia lawmakers delayed a vote on ethics reform legislation Wednesday over concerns the measure could be interpreted as putting a $100 lifetime limit on gifts to public officials from lobbyists and others who have financial interests with the state. ...

BEDFORD (AP) A judge refused to block the closing of Sweet Briar College on Wednesday, but issued an injunction to limit the small women’s college from spending any charitable contributions for that purpose. While Bedford Circuit Judge James W. Updike Jr. ...

NORFOLK (AP) A special grand jury will investigate the fatal shooting of a man by Norfolk police in 2014. Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney Greg Underwood’s office said a judge on Wednesday granted Underwood’s motion to impanel a special grand jury to ...