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(AP) A commission appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe has decided not to recommend re-establishing parole to Virginia’s criminal justice system any time soon. The group decided Wednesday that although the sweeping reforms that largely abolished parole in Virginia 20 years ...

(AP) Attorney General Mark Herring has announced an initiative to increase the number of minority police officers in Virginia. Herring said Wednesday that a $50,000 grant from his office will launch the project in Danville and Martinsville. Police departments there ...

(AP) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday that she nearly pulled out of the confirmation process, but a friend — noting the lack of Hispanics in national leadership — told her, “This isn’t about you.” She stuck with ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Defense attorneys for ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship rested their case Monday without calling any witnesses, a strategy in a criminal trial that experts say is rare, aggressive and risky. Blankenship is being tried on charges of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who want the court to reinstate a congressional map drawn by state lawmakers. The justices said Friday they will review a lower court ruling that ...

(AP)  Five Richmond-area residents now face charges in connection with what federal officials say were plans to attack synagogues and black churches. Robert C. Doyle and Ronald Beasley Chaney III tried to buy an automatic weapon, explosives and a pistol ...

(AP) Virginia has provided tens of millions of dollars in Medicaid benefits to ineligible patients because of inadequate reviews and processing delays and is at risk of providing even more, the state’s legislative watchdog agency said Monday. Virginia officials don’t ...

(AP) The fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the fraternity chapter and its members “the object of an ...

(AP) A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a Maryland man who photographed himself and a 7-year-old neighbor having sex. Anthony Palomino-Coronado was sentenced to 30 years after being convicted of persuading a child to engage in sexually ...

(AP) Virginia Republicans have maintained control of the state Senate after a bruising, expensive contest that featured heavy investment from national special interest groups. After both Republicans and Democrats spent millions of dollars, not a single seat flipped control in ...