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(AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has no legal right to see the instructions that were given to a grand jury that indicted him on corruption charges, federal prosecutors say in court papers. The filing in U.S. District Court ...

(AP) — Former Gov. Bob McDonnell and wife Maureen were given strict orders Monday not to discuss anything “substantive” about their upcoming trial on corruption charges with potential witnesses, including family and close friends. U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Novak ...

(AP) — Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates want to give lawmakers standing in lawsuits where the attorney general and governor have chosen not to participate. The House approved a bill Monday at the Capitol giving them that power. ...

HARRISONBURG (AP) — A federal judge on Friday certified a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriages as a class action. U.S. District Judge Michael F. Urbanski ruled in a lawsuit brought last summer by two couples against the state’s ...

(AP) — New filings with the IRS show that the legal defense fund set up for former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell raised more than $11,000 last year. The biggest donor was Stanley F. Baldwin, a Virginia Beach attorney who started ...

(AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers for former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are arguing over how much contact the couple can have with potential witnesses who are friends or relatives. The McDonnells’ lawyers filed a motion ...

(AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that they traded their influence for tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans, and both will be allowed to remain free ...

ROANOKE (AP) — The U.S. attorney for Virginia’s western district says the office collected more than $500 million in criminal and civil penalties in the last fiscal year. That’s the largest amount ever collected in the district. A big chunk ...

(AP) — Following a seismic political shift in Virginia’s top elected offices, the new attorney general has concluded that the state’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he will no longer defend it in federal lawsuits, his office said ...

CULPEPER, Va. (AP) — A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a police officer’s fatal shooting of a Culpeper woman. The Culpeper Star-Exponent reports the town of Culpeper’s insurance carrier will pay an undisclosed amount ...