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(AP) An independent review of the University of Virginia’s handling of a student’s gang rape allegations, graphically depicted in Rolling Stone magazine and later retracted, will not be publicly released because of student privacy concerns. In an email from the ...

BEDFORD (AP) Three people charged with impeding the investigation of the 1975 slayings of two Maryland sisters have obtained legal representation in Virginia. Leslie Engleking is charged with perjury. Gladys Stangee and Amy Johnson are charged with obstruction of justice. ...

(AP)  Attorney General Mark Herring announced Wednesday he will seek another four-year term as Virginia’s top attorney rather than pursue the governor’s mansion, helping to clear a path for Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam to secure the Democratic nomination in 2017. ...

(AP) A bankruptcy judge has told Patriot Coal that it can sell its remaining assets at auction. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Keith Phillips said on Monday at a hearing in Richmond that he would sign off on Patriot holding an auction ...

(AP) Gov. Terry McAuliffe says his administration has restored the voting and civil rights of more than 10,000 Virginians with criminal records. The Democratic governor said Monday that more Virginians have had their rights restored under his watch than under ...

(AP) Former Gov. Bob McDonnell will not have to go to prison while the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to review his public corruption convictions, the justices ruled Monday. The court’s brief order overturned a lower court’s decision that would ...

MONETA (AP) He planned it all so carefully — a choreographed execution of two former colleagues, broadcast live to a horrified television audience, and also recorded by him and then shared worldwide across social media. Vester Lee Flanagan’s own video ...

(AP) The U.S. Supreme Court will receive written arguments from federal prosecutors before deciding whether former Gov. Bob McDonnell must go to prison while he appeals his corruption convictions, Chief Justice John Roberts said in an order Monday. The brief ...

NORFOLK (AP) A Virginia Beach visitors guide publisher is challenging the rules and fees for distributing information at Virginia welcome centers and rest areas. VistaGraphics Inc. president and owner Randy Thompson said in a lawsuit that the rules and fees ...

STAUNTON (AP) Staunton’s city courthouse is expected to reopen following the cleanup of asbestos. City spokeswoman Ruth Jones told The News Leader that the Cochran Judicial Center was closed last week as a precaution after a contractor inadvertently removed third ...