Quoting Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax,” the Fourth Circuit spoke for the trees Thursday by scrapping a key federal permit for a planned section of a natural gas pipeline crossing 21 miles of national forest in Virginia, including a section of the Appalachian Trail.
Read moreA jury Tuesday called for a sentence of life in prison plus 419 years for the Hitler admirer who killed a woman when he rammed his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville two summers ago.
Read moreState and federal courts across Virginia and North Carolina are closed Monday after a massive snow storm caused thousands of accidents and power outages throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Read moreA man convicted of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia faces 20 years to life in prison as jurors reconvene to consider his punishment.
Read moreFive states had ballot initiatives this year that aimed to take redistricting out of the hands of partisan legislators and put it into the hands of nonpartisan committees. And in all five states, the initiatives won.
Read moreA species of rainbow-colored fish and the streams they’re found in across Virginia and West Virginia are both slated to receive federal wildlife protections by the Trump administration in response to litigation by conservation groups.
Read moreVirginia’s largest power provider has moved closer to meeting a federal deadline to close pools of power-plant waste sitting in coal ash ponds across the state, but environmentalists say one proposed method of dealing with the problem risks the safety of nearby residents.
Read moreVirginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that were struck down as racially discriminatory persuaded the Supreme Court to take up their appeal Tuesday.
Read moreIn one of the first U.S. House seat flips of the day, Democrat Jennifer Wexton beat out incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock in Virginia’s 10th District.
Read moreVirginia’s most high-profile and competitive congressional race took an eyebrow-raising turn early Tuesday when former FBI Director James Comey went out canvassing for Democrat Jennifer Wexton.
Read moreArguing the measure steps on the federal government’s authority, an attorney for a group of companies that want to mine the largest uranium deposit in the United States urged the Supreme Court on Monday to toss out a Virginia law banning uranium mining.
Read moreThe biggest midterm election in a generation is now less than 24 hours away, with voters being asked to decide whether President Donald Trump’s no-holds-barred politics will define Washington, D.C. for at least the next two years or if Democrats have made a convincing argument for ending the GOP monopoly in the nation’s capitol.
Read moreForty years ago, the largest uranium deposit in North America was discovered under the sleepy Appalachian foothills of Southern Virginia. On November 5, the long-running dispute over its potential development will make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreA woman working for a conservative group that creates undercover “sting” videos infiltrated the campaign of a Democratic former CIA agent who is running for Congress in Virginia, campaign officials said.
Read moreDoes an opened email lack the same privacy rights as unopened emails? That was the question before a Fourth Circuit on Tuesday as a man whose email was hacked by an ex fought to revive federal claims.
Read moreIn a Fourth Circuit hearing that evoked multiple eye-rolls from one of the judges, a gun group appeared unlikely Tuesday to breathe life back into a defamation suit against journalist Katie Couric.
Read moreVirginia’s 10th congressional district is home to one of the most closely watched races ahead of the upcoming midterm elections, the contest being one in which an incumbent Republican is facing a stiff challenge from a former Democratic state senator.
Read moreFor weeks, jurors have heard bewildering bits and pieces about the life of Ronald Hamilton, who has been convicted of killing two people on the night of Feb. 27, 2016, including a rookie police officer working her first shift.
Read moreA retired police officer, appearing at the sentencing hearing of his son, who has been convicted of capitol murder, pleaded for his son to be “forgiven” and sentenced to life in prison rather than his being put to death.
Read moreThe federal judge who presided over former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s fraud trial in Virginia wants to know when – or if – the special counsel’s team will pursue a series of counts the jury deadlocked on last summer.
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