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(AP) A Virginia law hits the books this month that will make it easier for small companies to raise capital. According to the State Corporation Commission, the agency’s new regulations will allow companies to raise up to $2 million through crowdfunding. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) A day after charges were announced in the 40-year-old kidnapping and slayings of two sisters from Maryland, investigators are turning their attention to the suspect’s uncle and others they say were involved in the crime and subsequent cover-up. ...

(AP) A federal appeals court says an employer can’t evade anti-discrimination laws by hiring workers from a temporary employment agency. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reinstated a South Carolina woman’s sexual harassment ...

WHEATON, Md. (AP) The indictment of a suspect in the 40-year-old slaying of two sisters who were abducted from a suburban Maryland mall leaves prosecutors with a challenging task: proving that a man killed them when he says he didn’t ...

(AP) When a drone flies to a remote clinic in southwest Virginia on Friday, it will be delivering more than medical supplies. It will also be bringing hope to an impoverished coal mining region and a glimpse into the future ...

SWEET BRIAR (AP) Sweet Briar College says nearly 300 women are scheduled to enroll in the upcoming academic year. Sweet Briar President Phillip Stone calls the commitments from returning and new students a “starting point” to get the 114-year-old women’s ...

(AP) Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe has set a tentative date for a court-ordered special legislative session to redraw Virginia’s congressional boundaries. McAuliffe’s office said Tuesday the governor has informed leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly that he intends to call ...

(AP) Prior to the corruption scandal involving former Gov. Bob McDonnell, lobbyists spent nearly $20,000 at Morton’s Steakhouse during the 2013 legislative session. Two years later, that number fell to $3,200. A similar phenomenon occurred at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, where ...

(AP) A Fredericksburg man was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison for misappropriating millions of dollars from people who thought they were investing in an office park. Instead of putting money into the project and giving investors ...

(AP) A federal appeals panel upheld former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s public corruption convictions Friday, rejecting his claim that he only extended routine political courtesies to a wealthy businessman who showered him and his family with expensive gifts and five-figure loans. ...