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(AP) A Maryland woman faces a perjury charge in Virginia stemming from the investigation into the 1975 disappearance of two young sisters. The Washington Post reports that a Bedford County grand jury indicted 65-year-old Patricia Jean Welch of Hyattsville late ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) Prosecutors say a man charged with three murders in Alexandria was driven to kill by a child-custody battle he lost and his hatred of what he called the city’s “enforcement class.” Prosecutors spoke of 54-year-old Charles Severance’s motivations ...

(AP) Virginia will receive $15,000 from a multistate settlement with Sirius XM Radio Inc., according to Attorney General Mark Herring. The money will be used to support consumer protection efforts, Herring said Dec. 4. Sirius XM agreed to pay a ...

FAIRFAX (AP) The Justice Department says Fairfax County withheld information sought by federal prosecutors in their criminal investigation of a fatal shooting by a county police officer. U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, asked the Justice Department last month to explain ...

(AP) A prosecutor says a Mechanicsville physician has waived a jury trial in the January death of a jogger. Hanover County prosecutor Stephen Royalty said Dr. Michael J. Carlson plans to enter a plea to involuntary manslaughter. Carlson’s trial was ...

WINCHESTER (AP) The wife of a former inmate has received $2.7 million from the settlement of a lawsuit against the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Winchester. Suzanne Boren’s lawsuit had sought about $37 million in punitive damages and $3 ...

(AP) A federal judge on Monday overturned one conviction against former Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell but affirmed several other corruption verdicts against her and her husband. Judge James R. Spencer rejected the McDonnells’ request for a new trial and ...

(AP) Three Virginia lawyer-legislators are proposing new rules that would require university officials to report allegations of sexual assault to law enforcement personnel and prosecutors. The three, all Republican leaders in the House, said Monday that violent crimes should be ...

(AP) Attorney General Mark Herring is still paying off campaign debt related to last year’s recount effort, while his political spending after nearly a year in office outpaces those of other possible 2017 gubernatorial candidates. Herring listed debts of more ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) A University of Virginia board on Tuesday honed in on alcohol as a contributing factor in sexual assaults on its campus, with one member calling for more aggressively enforcing the law banning underage drinking. Members of the Board ...