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(AP) A Virginia school board says its policy prohibiting a transgender student from using the boys’ restrooms is not discriminatory and was not enacted to stigmatize or embarrass the teenager. The Gloucester County School Board defended its policy this week ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) The chief architect of a Republican legislative redistricting plan said Wednesday that race was just one of many factors used to redraw boundaries in Virginia’s House of Delegates, disputing claims that the redistricting sought at all costs to ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) For the first time in a legal battle that has stretched over 20 years, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration, ruling that the team name may be disparaging to Native ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) Lawyers for House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell are making a surprising argument to defend against an accusation of racial gerrymandering: Raw, partisan politics targeting Democrats fueled the 2011 redistricting process as much as race. A trial began ...

WASHINGTON (AP) A man accused in the slayings of a wealthy family and their housekeeper inside a Washington mansion fired his defense attorneys on Thursday and will once again be represented by public defenders. Daron Wint, 34, made the decision ...

(AP) A federal appeals court has upheld a $237 million judgment against a South Carolina hospital in a false Medicare claims case. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Tuomey Healthcare System’s challenge Thursday. ...

SWEET BRIAR (AP) A new president and governing board took command of Sweet Briar College on Thursday under a mediated settlement that rescued the 114-year-old women’s college from the brink of closure. Phillip C. Stone was named president by a ...

(AP) A federal appeals court has revived a South Carolina inmate’s claim that prison officials have violated his due process rights by holding him in solitary confinement for 20 years. In a unanimous ruling Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the ...

RICHMOND (AP) A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of a Virginia inmate who claims he can’t be executed because he is intellectually disabled. In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...

SWEET BRIAR (AP) The nonprofit group that led the drive to save Sweet Briar College says it has delivered $5 million to the women’s school. Saving Sweet Briar Inc. said it delivered the first installment Tuesday under a mediated rescue ...