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(AP) A man charged with abducting a missing University of Virginia sophomore has been captured in Texas and is awaiting extradition — but there is still no sign of the student, authorities said. Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was arrested on ...

ALEXANDRIA (AP) The Supreme Court of Virginia has appointed a Fairfax County judge who presided over the trial of D.C. sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to oversee the murder trial of a man accused of three slayings in Alexandria. The Washington ...

(AP) A former Richmond developer was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for fraudulently obtaining tax credits and then plotting to flee the country while he was supposed to be liquidating assets to raise money to repay his victims. ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) The man authorities believe was the last person seen with a missing University of Virginia student has been charged with abduction with intent to defile, police said Tuesday night. Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said at a news ...

(AP) — Republican House Speaker William J. Howell is blocking the appointments of three recently resigned Democratic state lawmakers who took new jobs in state government. Howell’s office announced Monday that the speaker won’t allow the House of Delegates to ...

HARRISONBURG (AP) On rare occasions, Virginia Supreme Court Justice William C. Mims can get away from formal titles and once again be “Billy from Mason Street.” “When I left (Harrisonburg) at 18, I wanted to be somewhere else,” he said. ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) Authorities yesterday were searching for a man believed to be the last person seen with a University of Virginia student before she disappeared. The man was named in arrest warrants charging him with reckless driving. Police say they ...

(AP) A federal appeals court in Richmond heard arguments Wednesday on whether jailers should be allowed to strip search people who are arrested but still awaiting arraignment. The cases out of West Virginia and Maryland pit individual privacy rights against ...

(AP) Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is suing some of the world’s largest banks for $1.15 billion in damages related to the housing market crash, saying the financial institutions fraudulently sold risky mortgage-backed securities to the state’s public pension system. “The ...

(AP) The state attorney general’s office is creating the position of a statewide coordinator to prepare local inmates for their return to society. Attorney General Mark R. Herring also announced Monday the creation of a re-entry portal to assist in ...