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Four months after a 6-year-old Virginia boy shot and wounded his teacher as she taught class, an attorney for the boy’s mother said it still is not clear how the boy got the gun.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has defended his decision not to join most of his Republican counterparts around the country in supporting a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the abortion medication mifepristone. In a wide-ranging interview May 9 with ...

The Supreme Court of Virginia approved on May 9 an amendment clarifying the term “shall” in the Rules of Court involving the procedure for disciplining, suspending and disbarring attorneys. In March, Virginia State Bar President Stephanie E. Grana and VSB ...

A current and a former sheriff’s deputy in Virginia have been indicted on assault charges following the death of a 77-year-old man with dementia who was injured during his arrest after a traffic stop. Zachary Fadely, a former deputy in ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order May 9 that directs state agencies to take 10 steps intended to bolster the fight against the fentanyl crisis, including setting up a plan to use wastewater surveillance to keep tabs on ...

Abortion providers in three states filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court in Virginia aimed at preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone, even as the drug is threatened by a separate Texas lawsuit winding its way through U.S. court system.

Joined by Jewish faith and community leaders, Gov. Glenn Youngkin hosted an event Monday to ceremonially sign a bill supporters say will help Virginia better track and combat growing instances of antisemitism.

A second inmate who escaped from a Virginia jail was apprehended May 8 after he showed up at a local university and asked for medical assistance. The inmate, identified by jail officials as Bruce Callahan, was detained by Longwood police after he ...

Since their wipeout in the 2021 election cycle, Virginia Democrats’ one remaining hold on state government has been in the General Assembly’s upper chamber. The narrow Senate Democratic majority prides itself on being a “brick wall” against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s agenda. Operatives from both ...

Two Republican state legislators in Virginia who were endorsed by GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin won their party’s May 6 nominating contests for a state Senate seat, according to results provided by the party. Incumbent Sen. Bryce Reeves won the Republican ...