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(AP) Former Gov. Bob McDonnell testified Wednesday that his gubernatorial victory was just hours old when he got the first glimpse of growing anxiety in his wife. It eventually led to talk of her moving out of the governor’s mansion ...

(AP) Same-sex couples will have to wait longer to begin marrying in Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to delay an appeals court ruling striking down the state’s gay marriage ban. The nation’s highest court granted a request ...

(AP) GOP candidate Ben Chafin, a Lebanon lawyer, won the special election for the 38th Senate District on Tuesday, solidifying Republican control of the entire General Assembly. With 99 percent of the votes counted, Chafin beat Democrat Mike Hymes 59 ...

NORFOLK (AP) Virginia officials are preparing for the possibility that same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state Thursday by drafting a revised marriage license form for courthouse clerks to use as soon as they open their doors. ...

(AP) Former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s wife sent text messages claiming exclusive credit for securing loans from a Virginia businessman whose largesse toward the couple is at the heart of their public corruption trial, according to evidence presented Tuesday. In one ...

(AP) The clock is ticking on whether the U.S. Supreme Court will delay a ruling striking down Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. Attorneys representing a county clerk in Virginia have asked the nation’s highest court to stay the decision by the ...

(AP) Former Gov. Bob McDonnell struggled to curb his wife’s erratic behavior, causing turmoil throughout the executive staff and nearly prompting a mass resignation among workers in the governor’s mansion, a defense witness testified Monday. Other former McDonnell administration officials ...

(AP) The defense is going to start presenting its case in the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen. The jury will hear the first defense witnesses Monday as the trial enters its fourth ...

(AP) Lawyers for former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are asking a judge to dismiss the 14-count corruption charges against the couple. The attorneys filed motions Friday morning saying the prosecution had failed to prove the McDonnells had ...

FAIRFAX (AP) A northern Virginia attorney has been sentenced to six years behind bars for embezzling from a client and her estate. Attorney General Mark Herring said 67-year-old James Kincheloe Jr. of Fauquier County was sentenced in Fairfax County Circuit ...