Virginia

News from the state of Virginia

Grand jury: State trooper justified in Virginia teen’s death

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GOOCHLAND, Va. — Virginia State Police troopers were justified in using deadly force in the fatal shooting of a teenager after a chase last...

South Carolina push to resume executions with electric chair

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is dusting off its electric chair and trying to restart executions in the state after going nearly 10 years...

Man gets 3 years for driving truck toward BLM protestors

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia man was sentenced to three years in jail for brandishing a hatchet and driving his truck toward a...

Appeal over dictionary use denied in U.Va. lacrosse slaying

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge has rejected an appeal from a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his 2012 murder conviction...

Judge lets civil suit in diplomatic immunity case move ahead

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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia is letting a British family move forward with its lawsuit in the U.S. against an...

Police ‘unlawful assembly’ powers come under fire in Oregon

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SALEM, Ore. — As racial injustice protesters swarmed the streets of Portland, Oregon, day after day last year, a voice would come over a...

Now-adult in same-sex custody battle seeks removal from suit

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The now-18-year-old woman at the center of a yearslong, same-sex custody dispute that spanned Vermont to Nicaragua said in court documents filed Wednesday that...

Federal utility gives raise to CEO that Trump had criticized

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal utility's board voted Thursday to increase the multimillion-dollar pay scale of its CEO, coming to the decision based on...

Marriage & divorce amid pandemic: Couples’ challenges abound

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For many U.S. couples yearning to be married, the pandemic has wreaked havoc on their wedding plans while bolstering their teamwork and resilience. For...