A federal judge denied right-wing activists’ motion to exclude two sociologists’ testimony related to coded language used by white supremacists in a suit linked to the 2017 Unite the Right rally which left Heather Heyer dead. The testimony may help the jury understand the nature of coded language and defendants may object to specific points when the testimony is underway.
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The evangelical leader is accused of failing to disclose scandalous information about his personal life, including an alleged extortion attempt by his wife’s disgruntled former sexual partner.
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After a decade of statewide losses, a handful of Virginia Republicans hope to unseat the twice-elected incumbent, Democrat Mark Herring. But so does a young, progressive Democratic primary opponent.
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The last year has seen the former capital of the Confederacy make some of its largest changes since Lee surrendered in Appomattox 156 years ago.
Read moreA man dismissed from the University of Virginia School of Medicine after asking questions during a panel on microaggressions may pursue his First Amendment retaliation claim against various individuals at the school, because he has alleged sufficient facts to show that his comments were protected speech, were not made at inappropriate times or places and were not “disruptive or offensive,” a federal court in the state ruled.
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A federal court in Virginia dismissed Congressman Devin Nunes’ RICO claims against research firm Fusion GPS, finding he failed to show he was directly injured by the defendant acting with the Campaign For Accountability, which made an ethics complaint against him, or that the firm’s creation of a “dossier” about him directly harmed his business as a U.S. representative.
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Republican Amanda Chase claims her political punishment for speaking at a Trump rally just before the deadly Capitol insurrection violated her free speech rights, but a federal judge questioned whether his court is the right place for the dispute.
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Virginia’s highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.
Read moreAdding to a string of recent victories for voting rights advocates in the state, Democratic Governor Ralph Northam signed the
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A Virginia judge granted class certification to Jeld-Wen investors who claim corporate officers lied about the company’s anticompetitive conspiracy to fix prices in the interior door market.
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Wednesday asked the state’s legislature to fast-track attempts to legalize the simple possession marijuana in the commonwealth and suggested amendments to the bills that would do so, including proposals relating to public health and labor protections.
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G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host after emerging from prison, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter’s home in Virginia.
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After facing months of scrutiny over the release of an elderly inmate during the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia’s parole board chair says a Richmond TV station smeared her in its coverage of the scandal.
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Virginia’s history as the nation’s top executioner comes to an end with a stroke of Democratic Governor Ralph Northam’s pen.
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Virginia’s lieutenant governor is asking the appeals court to reinstate his defamation lawsuit over the network’s exclusive interviews with women who accused him of sexual assault.
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A federal lawsuit filed in Virginia is challenging the decision of Fairfax County school administrators to change the admissions criteria for one of the country’s most prestigious public high schools to allow for a more diverse student body.
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A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit from three states that wanted the federal government to recognize Virginia’s vote to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, ruling that the deadline to do so had already passed.
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With compromises made on both sides, Virginia is on track to become the first state in the South to legalize marijuana.
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The committee’s only two female members voted in support of the effort, which would compare the unsolicited sexual images to a kind of digital indecent exposure.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is again upending the daily routines of the tradition-bound Virginia General Assembly. The
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