Fort Monroe _ a Union oasis where fugitive slaves flocked during the Civil War _ returns to Virginia’s control when the Army pulls out in 2011, and historians are...

Former track star Tim Montgomery has pleaded guilty to a federal heroin distribution charge days before he was set to go to trial in Virginia.

Three West African bushmen recruited to build a mud-hut village at the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia have been denied visas because officials say the men were...

Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore is recovering from an ATV accident on his Virginia farm.

A couple who obtained a marriage license and exchanged vows in Virginia before officials realized both were biological men will not face charges.

Eleven conservative Episcopal churches won a legal victory Friday when a circuit court judge upheld a Virginia law allowing congregations to vote to secede from their...

A man who killed a store owner by sawing at his neck with a pocketknife during a 1997 robbery has been executed in Virginia.

A Virginia man lost about 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald’s.

A Virginia man lost about 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald’s.

New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw is serving a 30-day jail sentence on a probation violation in southwest Virginia, his legal counsel said Thursday.

New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw is serving a 30-day jail sentence on a probation violation in southwest Virginia, his legal counsel said Thursday.

Last year’s lockdown of some Virginia Tech offices before all students and faculty were alerted about a rampaging gunman did not surprise the chairman of a state...

A judge on Tuesday approved an $11 million state settlement with families of most of the victims in last year’s Virginia Tech slayings that will avoid a court...

A Virginia judge has approved an $11 million settlement with most of the families of victims in last year’s Virginia Tech slayings.

Celebrity wedding is the most desired and covered event of all. From venue to rings to clothes, everything is planned and kept a close watch on. But secret and low-key...

Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a...

A Virginia congressman says the FBI has found that four of his government computers have been hacked by sources working out of China.

A federal appeals court upheld the conviction Friday of a Virginia man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush, but said that he must...

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Virginia man convicted of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President Bush. But the court says he must...

A wildfire that started on a wildlife refuge in rural eastern North Carolina nearly tripled in size as it sent smoke and ash as far away as the Outer Banks and...