The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas.More >>
The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas.More >>
A team led by a Washington and Lee University archaeology professor has unearthed thousands of early 19th-century artifacts at a campus construction site.More >>
A team led by a Washington and Lee University archaeology professor has unearthed thousands of early 19th-century artifacts at a campus construction site.More >>
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved $17.6 billion in new transportation spending, an amount almost 50 percent greater than the comparable plan passed last year. An additional $6.2 billion in the master plan...More >>
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved $17.6 billion in new transportation spending, an amount almost 50 percent greater than the comparable plan passed last year.More >>
The Commonwealth Transportation Board has approved $17.6 billion in new transportation spending, an amount almost 50 percent greater than the comparable plan passed last year.More >>
Environmentalists are going after the owners of two more former mountaintop removal mines in West Virginia, hoping to hold them responsible for water pollution from the sites.More >>
Environmentalists are going after the owners of two more former mountaintop removal mines in West Virginia, hoping to hold them responsible for water pollution from the sites.More >>
Defense lawyers say a U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.More >>
Defense lawyers say a U.S. Army veteran was confused and mistaken when he told authorities he fought with an al-Qaida group seeking to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.More >>
A man and a woman face charges in Suffolk after police found two young children covered with bug bites inside a locked and filthy camper trailer.More >>
A man and a woman face charges in Suffolk after police found two young children covered with bug bites inside a locked and filthy camper trailer.More >>
Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in...More >>
Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington.More >>
The National Trust for Historic Places has added a section of the James River to its list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places because of a proposed power transmission line that would mar the scenic...More >>
The National Trust for Historic Places has added a section of the James River to its list of America's Most Endangered Historic Places because of a proposed power transmission line that would mar the scenic approach to...More >>
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing a $70,000 fine against the Tennessee Valley Authority for violations related to one of its East Tennessee nuclear plants.More >>
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing a $70,000 fine against the Tennessee Valley Authority for violations related to one of its East Tennessee nuclear plants.More >>
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's office is pressing the federal Treasury Department to go ahead and release Virginia's $115 million share of a national Medicaid fraud settlement.More >>
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's office is pressing the federal Treasury Department to go ahead and release Virginia's $115 million share of a national Medicaid fraud settlement.More >>
Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle.More >>
Liberty University's law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle.More >>
A bridge in West Virginia has been named in honor of a Union soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during a Civil War battle in Virginia.More >>
A bridge in West Virginia has been named in honor of a Union soldier awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during a Civil War battle in Virginia.More >>
Fairfax County officials say a teenage boy was fatally shocked and three others were hurt when they came into contact with an electrical wire on a roof at an elementary school.More >>
Fairfax County officials say a teenage boy was fatally shocked and three others were hurt when they came into contact with an electrical wire on a roof at an elementary school.More >>
Carroll County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges against a Baltimore County police captain. Forty-four-year-old Matthew McElwee of Hanover, Pa., was cited March 16 when he was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in...More >>
Carroll County prosecutors have dropped DUI charges against a Baltimore County police captain. Forty-four-year-old Matthew McElwee of Hanover, Pa., was cited March 16 when he was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint in...More >>
Fort Belvoir is unveiling a new, 270,000 square-foot post exchange that military officials say is the largest of its kind on the East Coast and an example of the military's effort to rebrand and modernize the...More >>
Fort Belvoir is unveiling a new, 270,000 square-foot post exchange that military officials say is the largest of its kind on the East Coast and an example of the military's effort to rebrand and modernize the old...More >>
Alpha Natural Resources is unveiling a $23 million training complex for coal miners that combines the world's best technology in a single West Virginia complex - and may save lives.More >>
Alpha Natural Resources is unveiling a $23 million training complex for coal miners that combines the world's best technology in a single West Virginia complex - and may save lives.More >>
Two members of a Navy dive unit are facing involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore.More >>
Two members of a Navy dive unit are facing involuntary manslaughter and dereliction-of-duty charges in the drowning of two divers at Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore.More >>
Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.More >>
Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.More >>
For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.More >>
For the second time in as many months, a Muslim civil rights group is pursuing criminal charges on behalf of a taxicab driver who was subjected to an anti-Islamic rant caught on tape.More >>
The Virginia Attorney General's Office has appealed a state judge's ruling that tolling the tunnels from Portsmouth to Norfolk is unconstitutional.More >>
The Virginia Attorney General's Office has appealed a state judge's ruling that tolling the tunnels from Portsmouth to Norfolk is unconstitutional.More >>
Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House...More >>
Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are...More >>
A technical glitch affected hundreds of D.C. students who use special passes to ride Metro, and some students were told incorrectly that they needed to add money or were improperly charged.More >>
A technical glitch affected hundreds of D.C. students who use special passes to ride Metro, and some students were told incorrectly that they needed to add money or were improperly charged.More >>
A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. 1.More >>
A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. 1.More >>
The D.C. police department arranged to use satellite communications and video equipment from the U.S. Navy as it prepared for a large 2002 demonstration.More >>
The D.C. police department arranged to use satellite communications and video equipment from the U.S. Navy as it prepared for a large 2002 demonstration.More >>
A Brown University spokesman says a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Ivy League school in the 1970s.More >>
A Brown University spokesman says a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Ivy League school in the 1970s.More >>
The site where archaeologists and historians believe Pocahontas rescued English Capt. John Smith from death will be preserved under a new agreement.More >>
The site where archaeologists and historians believe Pocahontas rescued English Capt. John Smith from death will be preserved under a new agreement.More >>
A professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington is helping the military overcome what some have called an epidemic of sexual assaults.More >>
A professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington is helping the military overcome what some have called an epidemic of sexual assaults.More >>
The nation's energy secretary says a solar-powered plane that landed outside Washington early Sunday will one day offer a payoff for people on the ground.More >>
The nation's energy secretary says a solar-powered plane that landed outside Washington early Sunday will one day offer a payoff for people on the ground.More >>
A former day laborer has pleaded guilty to sneaking up on multiple women in Fairfax County and cutting their backsides with a razor blade or box cutter.More >>
A former day laborer has pleaded guilty to sneaking up on multiple women in Fairfax County and cutting their backsides with a razor blade or box cutter.More >>
Virginia's Court of Appeals has once again expanded the issues that can brought up at appeal by a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend.More >>
Virginia's Court of Appeals has once again expanded the issues that can brought up at appeal by a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend.More >>
Federal authorities say they've raided 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia as part of a probe into human smuggling, identity theft and money laundering.More >>
Federal authorities say they've raided 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia as part of a probe into human smuggling, identity theft and money laundering.More >>
The state panel responsible for verifying that a series of daunting reforms to Medicaid have been met as a condition for expanding access to the federal-state health care program meets for the first time.More >>
The state panel responsible for verifying that a series of daunting reforms to Medicaid have been met as a condition for expanding access to the federal-state health care program meets for the first time.More >>
A team of sleep specialists is partnering with the Fairfax County public school system to develop a plan to delay the start time for high schools.More >>
A team of sleep specialists is partnering with the Fairfax County public school system to develop a plan to delay the start time for high schools.More >>
Preservationists are using high tech-methods to protect Civil War artillery at a fort in South Carolina that fired on Fort Sumter to open the Civil War 150 years ago.More >>
Preservationists are using high tech-methods to protect Civil War artillery at a fort in South Carolina that fired on Fort Sumter to open the Civil War 150 years ago.More >>
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Small-business owners in the coalfields of Appalachia are complaining about debts owed to them by a West Virginia billionaire who owns dozens of mines.More >>
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Small-business owners in the coalfields of Appalachia are complaining about debts owed to them by a West Virginia billionaire who owns dozens of mines.More >>
University of Virginia officials say their first round of worldwide free online classes were such a success that they'll increase the offerings.More >>
University of Virginia officials say their first round of worldwide free online classes were such a success that they'll increase the offerings.More >>
Most people don't think twice about the gender printed on their driver's license. But those "M'' or "F'' markers - and the legal and administrative prerequisites for switching them on...More >>
Most people don't think twice about the gender printed on their driver's license. But those "M'' or "F'' markers - and the legal and administrative prerequisites for switching them on passports, birth...More >>
A second federal appeals court has struck down a rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.More >>
A second federal appeals court has struck down a rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.More >>
The first Republican to break the stranglehold Democrats held on Virginia's executive mansion since Reconstruction is supporting the Democratic nominee in this fall's race for governor.More >>
The first Republican to break the stranglehold Democrats held on Virginia's executive mansion since Reconstruction is supporting the Democratic nominee in this fall's race for governor.More >>
A State Corporation Commission hearing examiner is recommending that regulators deny Dominion Virginia Power's application to build a gas-fired power plant in Brunswick County.More >>
A State Corporation Commission hearing examiner is recommending that regulators deny Dominion Virginia Power's application to build a gas-fired power plant in Brunswick County.More >>
Power company AES Corp. has announced it is establishing its U.S. operations headquarters in Indianapolis, where it owns the city's electric utility.More >>
Power company AES Corp. has announced it is establishing its U.S. operations headquarters in Indianapolis, where it owns the city's electric utility.More >>
Creditors are taking over operation of a privately run, state-owned toll road that has failed to generate enough revenue to cover its debt payments.More >>
Creditors are taking over operation of a privately run, state-owned toll road that has failed to generate enough revenue to cover its debt payments.More >>
Two additional deaths in North Carolina are being blamed on the massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and brought soaking rains and heavy winds to the Mid-Atlantic.More >>
Two additional deaths in North Carolina are being blamed on the massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and brought soaking rains and heavy winds to the Mid-Atlantic.More >>
Virginia Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Matthew J. Lohr has been named president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture.More >>
Virginia Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Matthew J. Lohr has been named president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture.More >>
Prospects of a strike involving union workers at Patriot Coal Corp. are intensifying after a bankruptcy judge signed off on the company's push to abandon its labor agreement with the miners.More >>
Prospects of a strike involving union workers at Patriot Coal Corp. are intensifying after a bankruptcy judge signed off on the company's push to abandon its labor agreement with the miners.More >>
The first phase of Metro's silver Line was expected to open this December, but now officials expect that launch date to be pushed back to January.More >>
The first phase of Metro's silver Line was expected to open this December, but now officials expect that launch date to be pushed back to January.More >>
The mid-Atlantic region is bracing for a complex of storms that has already caused damage in the Midwest, knocking out power to tens of thousands.More >>
The mid-Atlantic region is bracing for a complex of storms that has already caused damage in the Midwest, knocking out power to tens of thousands.More >>
The Office of Personnel Management says federal agencies in the Washington region are open despite forecasts of severe weather, but workers will be allowed to take unscheduled leave or telework.More >>
The Office of Personnel Management says federal agencies in the Washington region are open despite forecasts of severe weather, but workers will be allowed to take unscheduled leave or telework.More >>
The Southern Baptist Convention tackled topics at its annual meeting this week that seemed to show a concern for a broadening array of social issues. Those included human trafficking and the country's high rate...More >>
The Southern Baptist Convention tackled topics at its annual meeting this week that seemed to show a concern for a broadening array of social issues. Those included human trafficking and the country's high rate of...More >>
Sailors aboard the USS Fort McHenry have made it a weekly habit of traveling from their homeport in Virginia Beach to Richmond National Battlefield Park, and not as tourists.More >>
Sailors aboard the USS Fort McHenry have made it a weekly habit of traveling from their homeport in Virginia Beach to Richmond National Battlefield Park, and not as tourists.More >>
Republican nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson admitted that he used marijuana and experimented in other controlled substances in his youth, and acknowledged that he was forced to file for bankruptcy during...More >>
Republican nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson admitted that he used marijuana and experimented in other controlled substances in his youth, and acknowledged that he was forced to file for bankruptcy during a news...More >>
A Leesburg man is set to plead guilty in a case where authorities say he and another man kept an FBI submachine gun stolen from the trunk of an agent's car.More >>
A Leesburg man is set to plead guilty in a case where authorities say he and another man kept an FBI submachine gun stolen from the trunk of an agent's car.More >>
A retired Smyth County Sheriff's chief deputy and his son have pleaded no contest to embezzlement charges stemming from a cellphone investigation.More >>
A retired Smyth County Sheriff's chief deputy and his son have pleaded no contest to embezzlement charges stemming from a cellphone investigation.More >>
The court-marshal of an Army private who sent troves of classified documents to WikiLeaks is turning to information gathered from Guantanamo Bay detainees.More >>
The court-marshal of an Army private who sent troves of classified documents to WikiLeaks is turning to information gathered from Guantanamo Bay detainees.More >>
A historical marker that tells about a Union Army officer who led a mass prison escape will be dedicated Saturday in Morgantown, where he was murdered in 1895.More >>
A historical marker that tells about a Union Army officer who led a mass prison escape will be dedicated Saturday in Morgantown, where he was murdered in 1895.More >>
With their new statewide ticket finally set, Democratic nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney come together for the first time Wednesday to establish sharp ideological contrasts with a...More >>
With their new statewide ticket finally set, Democratic nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney come together for the first time Wednesday to establish sharp ideological contrasts with a conservative...More >>
Employers who have an interest in hiring the men and women who served their country can learn how to achieve that goal at a conference scheduled in Richmond.More >>
Employers who have an interest in hiring the men and women who served their country can learn how to achieve that goal at a conference scheduled in Richmond.More >>
