Virginia

When Tom Peterson’s wife urged him to run, the filing deadline had passed, so he ran against the six-term incumbent mayor off the ballot with just 10 yard signs.

A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit. That means that Abby Zwerner could get much more than just workers compensation for her injuries. The former first-grade teacher was hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries after a bullet struck her hand and chest...

Video played in court shows the encounter between a YouTube prankster and the food delivery driver who shot him inside a Virginia mall.

Wexton called it “a kind of Parkinson’s on steroids.”

The lightning bolt traveled through his helmet and down his body, burning his silver chain necklace into his skin, setting his bike on fire and sending him flying.

Police arrested a Virginia woman who they say left an 11-month-old baby and a dog inside a car for several hours, leading to their deaths.

Authorities say a 55-year-old man from Virginia has died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim in a single day.

Virginia will play its first home football game in 10 months on Saturday and honor three players who were killed in a shooting last year.

Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year.

A Northern Virginia soccer coach is recovering from injuries after a parent beat him with a metal water bottle during a scrimmage at George Hellwig Memorial Park in Manassas on Saturday.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin wants to make abortion legislation a priority in Virginia, the last Southern state without significant restrictions.

A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile. For months Jimmy Lippert Thyden has been on a journey to uncover the mysteries of his counterfeit adoption, and to reconnect with his biological mother, brothers and sister. Hospital workers took María Angélica González’s son from her arms...

The elementary school student shot his teacher in Virginia with his mother’s handgun.

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of felony child neglect, seven months after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.

Virginia running back Mike Hollins had a long rehabilitation but returned for spring practices after being wounded in a deadly shooting as he aims to play in the Cavaliers’ opener on Sept. 2.

Visitors will find miniature versions of iconic D.C. locations, like the U.S. Capitol, made entirely out of Lego pieces.

He knows there are people who probably will laugh at him for having an emotional support emu, and he’s even heard other politicians refer to him as “the emu guy.” But he said it doesn’t bother him.

A military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a loaded pistol, metal-plated body armor and a gas mask has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might block the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the suburbs of Washington. It was more than idle thinking about an office renovation. The Republican speaker is elevating a once-fringe conservative proposal to upend the FBI. Conservatives are angry at the FBI in the aftermath of the...

Andi Sullivan talks about legendary soccer player Abby Wambach being her favorite player to watch.