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FAIRFAX (AP) A Fairfax County judge on Thursday rejected a request from news organizations to allow cameras at the upcoming attempted murder trial of the man who is charged in a separate case with the abduction of University of Virginia ...

FAIRFAX (AP) A judge is scheduled to hear arguments today about whether to allow still and video cameras inside the courtroom for the upcoming attempted murder trial of Jesse Matthew in Fairfax County. Matthew is also charged in Charlottesville with ...

(AP) Family members and friends wept softly as former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell told the judge at his sentencing hearing that he couldn’t “fathom any deeper humiliation” for taking bribes from a wealthy businessman to promote a dietary supplement. Then, ...

(AP) The investiture of the new chief justice for the Supreme Court of Virginia is scheduled for this week in Richmond. The Thursday ceremony for Justice Donald W. Lemons is open to the public, but seating is limited. Gov. Terry ...

(AP) Former Gov. Bob McDonnell, once a top Republican prospect for national office, faces sentencing Tuesday for selling the influence of his office to the CEO of a dietary supplements company. Prosecutors have recommended a prison term of at least ...

(AP) Mental health and civil liberties advocates are urging Gov. Terry McAuliffe to intervene in the case of a Virginia inmate with autism who faces trial Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a correctional officer. Reginald “Neli” Latson’s supporters and lawyers say ...

(AP) The Richmond City Council has endorsed an increase in the state’s threshold for grand larceny charges. Currently, anyone who steals property worth more than $200 can be charged with grand larceny. That’s a felony punishable by up to 20 ...

(AP) A former lacrosse player at the University of Virginia is again seeking a hearing before the state Supreme Court on his conviction of killing his former girlfriend. Last month, the state’s highest court refused to hear the appeal of ...

STAUNTON (AP) Dominion Resources is suing more than 40 landowners in Virginia who won’t allow the company to survey their properties for a proposed natural gas pipeline. Dominion filed lawsuits earlier this week against 20 property owners in Nelson County ...

FAIRFAX (AP) Fairfax County’s top prosecutor says his efforts to investigate a fatal shooting by a county police officer were thwarted by the county’s refusal to release records to him. In a letter to a U.S. senator made public Tuesday, ...