Virginia

The U.S. Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

Fourteen people were hurt when a car slammed into an Irish pub, causing the building to catch fire in Arlington’s Courthouse neighborhood Friday evening.

Prosecutors say the couple forbade their daughter from dating her boyfriend after learning that he associated with neo-Nazis online and had been charged as a juvenile with possessing child pornography.

With the suspects now facing federal gun charges, a judge has dismissed state gun charges against two men who police said planned a mass shooting in Richmond on the Fourth of July.

The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi — the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018 — to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. The lawyer, U.S. citizen Asim Ghafoor, will be deported after serving his sentence, the...

Rains that swiftly flooded a remote corner of Southwest Virginia washed out roads, tore homes from their foundations and left people scrambling to find loved ones in areas where phone service was knocked out completely. Authorities feared the worst on Wednesday as they were inundated with calls from people who said they were unable to reach family members, leaving a…

The 17-year-old daughter of Toronto Blue Jays’ first base coach Mark “Bud” Budzinski died Saturday following a boating accident in Virginia.

Police say a Virginia toddler left in a vehicle for hours died and his father was found dead in an apparent suicide at their home.

North Carolina and Virginia are getting $58 million from the federal government to help build out anticipated high-speed passenger rail service between the states’ capitals. The Federal Railroad Administration announced the grant on Thursday. The money will be used to begin engineering work on a rail corridor connecting Raleigh and Petersburg, Virginia. The high-speed rail will reach north to Richmond....

Police say a 20-year-old man is dead and seven other young people are injured after gunfire erupted during a graduation party in central Virginia. Two separate fights between attendees of the mostly outdoor party in Chester were reported shortly before police received a call about shots fired Friday night. Chesterfield County Police gave an update on their investigation Saturday. Police...

Search teams in Virginia found the body of one of two women missing for days after a dozen people on rafts and paddleboards went over a dam on the James River, police said.

Authorities in Virginia identified two women missing Tuesday after a group of people in rafts and on paddleboards went over the Bosher Dam on the James River a day earlier.

The facility has been under increasing scrutiny for months, drawing concerns from animal rights groups, members of Congress and Virginia lawmakers.

“I can’t imagine what this might be doing to someone who may eventually want to seek safety and support,” the CEO of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence said.

The biggest 3-D printing project in the world from an innovative company called Alquist will bring 200 homes to Virginia

Three people were shot and wounded near a school in Manassas, Virginia on Sunday morning.

Jury selection began Monday in a long-anticipated libel lawsuit Johnny Depp filed against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, whom he accuses of falsely portraying him as a domestic abuser.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday called for a response from a Virginia school system regarding a controversial admissions policy at a highly selective high school and efforts by a coalition of parents to overturn it.

When Mary Elliott did find the ticket, some barcode-blocking coffee stains added another potential hurdle to claiming her prize.