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(AP) A federal appeals court has upheld the fraud and conspiracy convictions of an investment adviser who used his background as an FBI agent to win clients’ trust and then stole about $1.3 million from them. A three-judge panel of ...

(AP) The Virginia Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. George W. Huguely V of Chevy Chase, Maryland, is serving a 23-year prison term in Virginia ...

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NORFOLK (AP) A Virginia Beach company has been awarded nearly $35 million in a patent dispute over technology it owns. A federal court jury on Tuesday awarded the money to LifeNet Health following a 10-day trial with a rival company accused ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The National ...

(AP) A man on Virginia’s death row for the 2005 shooting death of a Norfolk police officer is appealing his conviction and sentence. Attorneys for Thomas Porter filed a notice of appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

(AP) — The Virginia Farm Bureau and a Richmond-based law firm are being sued over the auction conducted by the State Fair of Virginia in 2012. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that New Kent County-based Mini-USA Inc. filed court papers in ...

(AP) A Virginia woman faces a federal charge after being accused of promoting the Islamic State in social media and offering to help an undercover agent get a friend into Syria to join the extremist group. Heather Elizabeth Coffman of ...

ARLINGTON (AP) Should tour guides in Washington have to prove they know James Madison from James Monroe? Should those in New Orleans take tests on the difference between Creole and Cajun? On the heels of conflicting rulings from two appellate ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A former Marine sentenced to death in Virginia in a Navy sailor’s 2009 slaying has been returned to Illinois to stand trial on charges that he killed two young girls nine years ago. Jorge Torrez was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The lead detective in a high-profile “sexting” case is suing a Northern Virginia attorney for criticizing a police search warrant that sought pictures of a 17-year-old boy’s erect penis. Detective David Abbott of the Manassas City Police Department filed ...