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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 ...

Democrat Jennifer McClellan will be sworn in to the U.S. House late Tuesday, making her the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.

On a 1989 audio recording crackling with static, an inmate is barely audible as he offers his last words before he is executed in Virginia’s electric chair. “I would like to express that what is about to take place … ...

A Republican legislator who represents part of central Virginia in the House of Delegates has been charged after state police say he struck and injured a pedestrian while driving an SUV and left the scene. A Chevrolet Tahoe driven by ...

The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star, his 13-year-old daughter and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, attorneys and court filings said Tuesday.

Jillian Balow, Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's superintendent of public instruction, announced her resignation Wednesday in a letter to the governor that did not offer a specific reason for her departure.

After multiple postponements, including most recently because her entire defense team quit, Baltimore’s former top prosecutor is scheduled to stand trial on federal perjury and mortgage fraud counts in November. Marilyn Mosby’s trial is now slated for Nov. 2 in ...

 Janet Howell, the veteran Democratic Virginia state senator who co-chairs her chamber's finance committee, announced Tuesday she will not seek re-election.

Janet Howell, the veteran Democratic Virginia state senator who co-chairs her chamber’s finance committee, announced Feb. 28 she will not seek re-election. “After serving 32 years and accomplishing most of my legislative goals, I am stepping aside. I will not ...

More than a dozen Virginia legislators, including the long-serving Senate Republican Leader Tommy Norment, have recently ruled out seeking re-election this year under maps overhauled during the latest redistricting cycle.