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The governors of Virginia and Maryland have responded to a letter from the Supreme Court's top-ranking security official calling on them to protect the homes of justices.

Justices' homes have been the target of abortion rights protests since May.

A woman’s right to choose, and our state’s love of guns

VIRGINIA’S SUCCESSES over the past 50 years have happened because we have learned to work together in a bipartisan way. These efforts have led to the commonwealth we all now

The request comes about a month after a California man was found with a gun, knife and pepper spray near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Five MS-13 gang members from El Salvador have been convicted in the 2016 kidnappings and killings of two teenage Virginia boys in Holmes Run Stream Valley Park in Fairfax.

The marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to enforce laws she says prohibit picketing outside the homes of the justices who live in the two states.

It looks like sky-high gas prices will be nothing more than a speed bump for July 4 travelers.

It looks like sky-high gas prices will be nothing more than a speed bump for July 4 travelers.

The shelter provides fully furnished group housing and resources to try and help clients get back on their feet.

Nathan Howard/GettyA female Republican congressional candidate claimed on the campaign trail in Virginia last month that rape victims are less likely to become pregnant because “it’s not something that’s happening organically.”Yesli Vega made the eyebrow-raising comments while being asked for her thoughts on what then promised to be a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the federal right to abortion.An audio recording of the remarks, which took place at an event in Stafford Co

LYNCHBURG—Police in Virginia are investigating vandalism at a pregnancy center that discourages women from having an abortion.

“Alicia was more than a teammate she was also a personal friend to many of us and this loss is unimaginable.”

They were about 80 miles east of Chincoteague, but weren't in distress and didn't request assistance, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

The Coast Guard reported them missing on Tuesday after they hadn't been heard from in days.

Two people reported overdue after deciding to return to Virginia in their weather-damaged sailboat instead of continuing their trip to Portugal’s Azores are safely headed home, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday. Virginia Beach natives Yanni Nikopoulos and Dale Jones, both 65, contacted the Coast Guard on Friday saying they were safe and on course for Hampton, Virginia.

FTW's NBA Draft expert Bryan Kalbrosky breaks down the game of Paolo Banchero and what kind of impact he'll make in the NBA.

On Wednesday, U.S. swimming coach Andrea Fuentes rescued an artistic swimmer, Anita Alvarez, during her solo free routine. The two-time Olympian had fainted.

McDonald's is making changes to how it awards franchises in the hopes of attracting more diverse candidates.

The White House is launching a partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s climate change plan.

The inmates were discovered missing from a satellite camp in Hopewell, Va., on Saturday. Officials did not release details about the escape but said an internal investigation is underway.

All four inmates who escaped a minimum-security prison satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend are now back in custody, the U.S. Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Wednesday. The inmates were discovered missing from the satellite camp of the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg in Hopewell, Virginia, around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, the bureau said in a news release Saturday. Tavaraes Lajuane Graham, Corey Branch, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw left the minimum security camp around 10 p.m. Friday and it was a couple of hours before their absence was detected, Senior Inspector Kevin Connolly of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force said.

“Have to sleep on this one.”

In Georgia, four Republican congressional races have runoffs, as do Democratic contests for secretary of state and lieutenant governor.

In Alabama, the key runoff is for U.S. Senate, where Katie Britt and Rep. Mo Brooks square off in the Republican race.

In Virginia, two Democrats in competitive congressional districts await to see who their Republican challengers will be.

The four escapees were found to be missing at approximately 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Details about their disappearance were not released by the Bureau of Prisons.

Authorities haven't released any updates about the search for four escaped inmates Sunday, a day after they were discovered missing from a federal prison’s satellite camp in Virginia. Inmates Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw were discovered missing from the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp in Hopewell, Virginia, around 1:45 a.m. Saturday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said in a news release.

The Solid Rock Carriers CARS tour rolled into Fredericksburg Saturday night for the Virginia is for Lovers 125 and Conner Hall outlasted seven cautions to pick up his second win

Multiple law enforcement agencies have been notified, and an internal investigation is underway.

A person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press the NFL has fined the Washington Commanders $100,000 and stripped the team of two offseason workouts next year because of excessive contact in practice among players.

Lego announced a major plant in Virginia and was prepared to answer questions about Gov. Glenn Youngkin's stance against critical race theory.

Historic Black cemeteries in Virginia are being threatened by erosion and invasive species as archaeologists try to unearth their history.

Historic Black cemeteries in Virginia are being threatened by erosion and invasive species as archaeologists try to unearth their history.

Danish toymaker plans to build its first manufacturing plant in the U.S. since exiting in 2006.

Under a 2020 bipartisan Virginia law, about 4,500 state inmates are slated for release from corrections facilities across the state beginning next month. But some Republicans in Richmond who oppose

Open letter to Abigail Spanberger on gun violence

Health officials say vaccines, new treatments have reduced the number of serious illnesses and deaths.

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"A lot of young girls are looking up to her," an 11-year-old girl said.

The case that a recession is looming over the U.S. got stronger Friday amid blistering inflation and historic lows in consumer sentiment.

"This was just a matter of helping him get through crowds," a source close to Johnny Depp told Insider.

First-time filings for the week ended June 4 totaled 229,000, well ahead of the 210,000 Dow Jones estimate.

Parents should have say when students walk out of school

Washington Commanders assistant coach Jack Del Rio issued an apology for his word choice after doubling down on a comparison he made on social media between the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and the protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.

Camille Vasquez repeatedly called Amber Heard a liar in the final days of Johnny Depp's trial against his ex-wife.

More than half a billion dollars in federal funding will be sent to four U.S. states to expand broadband access as part of a sweeping national effort to bring affordable service to rural and low-income Americans, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Tuesday. Louisiana, New Hampshire, Virginia and West Virginia are the first to benefit from this aspect of the $10 billion Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, which is expected to bring internet service to 200,000 homes and businesses in the four states.

American Battlefield Trust completes $12 million purchase of Fredericksburg battlefield’s “heart and soul,” the largest private battlefield-preservation effort in U.S. history.

While Memorial Day traffic returned to near pre-pandemic levels, deadly crashes in Virginia last weekend were lower than last year.

A string of mass shootings in New York, Texas, and Oklahoma is causing Rep. Don Beyer to seek an aggressive tax on AR-15 style weapons.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin seems to genuinely believe he can radically overhaul public education in Virginia through the sheer force of executive will rather than through patient coalition building and stakeholder

We all watched in horror.

Two coastal wine regions in California are finally awarded their own AVA (American Viticultural Area).

Groups across the state of Virginia work all year long to get students registered to vote in high school and college -- the idea being, if these students start young, they’ll vote their entire lives.

A jury in Fairfax, Va., ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his libel suit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding him $15 million. In a defamation countersuit against Depp, the jury awarded Heard $2 million.

After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia spent about 12 hours over three days deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Jill Biden and the U.S. surgeon general are empathizing with parents across the country who have been scrambling to find infant formula for their children.

A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press the Washington Commanders have bought land in Virginia for what could be a potential site of the NFL team’s next stadium.

Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard were shown photos of her with red marks and swelling on her face after their final fight before their divorce.

Fairfax County officials have rebuffed a request from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to establish a security perimeter around the neighborhoods of Supreme Court justices living in the county who have faced protests outside their homes.

The Supreme Court’s apparent intention to abolish a nationwide right to abortion, spelled out in a draft opinion leaked this week, will not be the final chapter in the nation’s most pitched culture battle.

The Supreme Court’s apparent intention to abolish a nationwide right to abortion, spelled out in a draft opinion leaked this week, will not be the final chapter in the nation’s most pitched culture battle.

The Supreme Court has turned away a plea from parents to block a new admissions policy at a prestigious high school in northern Virginia that a lower court had found discriminates against Asian American students.

A jury has convicted a British national for his role in an Islamic State group hostage-taking scheme that took roughly two dozen Westerners captive a decade ago.

Three dozen House Democrats say Saudi Arabia is being a bad strategic partner.

Denny Hamlin ran down William Byron with five laps to go and ended the slowest start to a season of his career with a victory in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.

A growing number of college baseball teams are moving away from the tradition of catchers using their fingers and hands for pitch signs.

Virginia state agencies responding to a severe snowstorm that stranded hundreds of motorists along Interstate 95 in January collectively lost what a report called “situational awareness” amid the growing gridlock.

COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic, offering a much needed break to health care workers and patients alike following the omicron surge.

A hostage who survived more than a year as a captive of the Islamic State is testifying about the beatings and torture inflicted on him by his captors.

Authorities say two crewmembers rescued from the midweek crash of a U.S. Navy aircraft in Eastern Shore waters near the Virginia-Maryland line remain hospitalized.

A house full of unsupervised children in Virginia were given sleeping pills by another child, causing them to be hospitalized Wednesday evening, police said.

The problems the nursing industry is experiencing lately aren’t new issues, said Melissa, 41, who’s in Roanoke, Virginia.

Wake Forest meets Boston College in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament looking for another win on its NCAA Tournament resume.

Virginia lawmakers have ended for another year efforts to put basic limits on how they can spend money donated to their campaigns.

Christine always envisioned a career in nursing. It’s all she ever wanted, professionally.

Virginia lawmakers are advancing a measure intended to lure the Washington Commanders to the state by allowing the NFL team to forgo what could be $1 billion or more in future tax payments to help finance a potential new football stadium.

The Black men who drove horse-drawn carriages through the streets of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were both everywhere and invisible during the Jim Crow era.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s hefty legislative agenda has been dealt a series of expected blows in the first half of the General Assembly session by the Democrat-controlled Senate.

Virginia's Department of Education is conducting a review designed to root out critical race theory in schools.

The Richmond Fire Investigations Unit are working to determine the cause and origin of a fire that engulfed William Fox Elementary School in Richmond.

A state official says a deputy Virginia attorney general has resigned after The Washington Post raised questions about social media comments the newspaper reported she made about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and other matters.

Washington Football Team safety Deshazor Everett faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

The Supreme Court of Virginia has rejected a petition from parents that sought to invalidate Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order prohibiting school systems from enforcing mask mandates in the classroom.

The Virginia Military Institute will change its student-run honor court to make it more fair to cadets as part of a response to a state-ordered investigation into racism and sexism.

A judge is scheduled to hear arguments over whether local school boards or Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin have the final say on whether students must wear masks at school.

A group of about 130 former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees and others who have worked directly with Andrew Wheeler wrote to the Virginia Senate over the weekend to urge lawmakers to approve the former EPA administrator’s nomination to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Cabinet.

Police say a Virginia man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing a car into Taylor Swift’s New York City apartment building and trying to gain entry.

Parts of 10 eastern U.S. states are under blizzard warnings as a powerful storm that could dump as much as 2 feet of snow on Boston begins churning up the coast.

A Virginia man who wore a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt at the U.S. Capitol during last year’s riot has pleaded guilty to joining the mob of people who stormed the building.

A layer of ice and a blanket of snow has covered coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia.

A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice is blasting through parts of the U.S. Southeast.

Forecasters' predictions of debilitating snow and ice as far south as Georgia have shoppers scouring store shelves for storm supplies and road crews trying to prevent a repeat of past wintertime debacles.

With more bad weather looming, Virginia officials are seeking to reassure the public they are prepared as they reacted to harsh criticism of their response to a storm earlier this week that left hundreds of motorists stranded on Interstate 95.

Virginia officials are defending their response to the snowy gridlock that resulted on Interstate 95 after a winter storm dumped nearly 11 inches of snow.

A family that was stuck on Interstate 95 and other roads in Virginia by a snowstorm says they went more than 18 hours without eating or sleeping.

The waiting is over for the last of the drivers who got stranded overnight on an interstate highway in Virginia.

Three Democratic attorneys general are seeking to overturn the dismissal of a lawsuit that sought to force the federal government to recognize Virginia’s 2020 vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and add it to the Constitution.

A winter storm packing heavy snow has closed government offices and schools in the nation's capital and surrounding suburbs.

States across the country are taking steps to try to deter the thefts of catalytic converters.