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DINWIDDIE (AP) The retirement of Virginia 11th Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Pamela S. Baskervill at the end of the year will leave the circuit with one full-time judge. The General Assembly has not filled an existing vacancy in the circuit ...

(AP) Virginia state senators quietly met with FBI officials for a private briefing on how not to run afoul of federal corruption laws shortly after a jury found former Gov. Bob McDonnell guilty of selling the influence of his office, ...

(AP) A Fredericksburg man is charged with misappropriating millions of dollars from investors in a proposed office park. An eight-count federal grand jury indictment made public Wednesday charges 42-year-old James Ashby Moncure with wire fraud, mail fraud and illegal monetary ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) A former Virginia woman accused of fleeing the country with her daughter during a custody dispute with her ex-partner has been indicted on new charges along with a Virginia businessman and a Mennonite missionary who prosecutors say ...

(AP) Virginia legislators packed too many black voters into one congressional district in order to make adjacent districts safer for Republican incumbents, a federal court ruled Tuesday. The 2-1 ruling by a panel of judges left the state’s congressional districts ...

RICHMOND (AP) Gay and lesbian couples are getting legally married in the South for the first time, crossing a threshold into a conservative region that long stood united against same-sex marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday to turn away ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) A federal judge has ruled that nearly 4,000 homeowners who say Chinese drywall ruined their homes are eligible to share any further damages he may award in lawsuits against Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd., a government-owned manufacturer that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way Monday for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States and may have signaled that it’s only a matter of time before same-sex couples can marry in all 50 ...

McLEAN (AP) Police have revealed next to nothing about the evidence they have against Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., and they won’t have to for months to come. But his name is already familiar in Virginia, and linked by authorities to ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Parts of North Carolina’s new voting law, considered one of the toughest in the nation, were set aside for next month’s elections because they were likely to disenfranchise black voters, a federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday. ...