Tech company with 'whites only' job ad settles discrimination claims
Arthur Grand Technologies, a tech company in Ashburn, Virginia, will pay a $38,500 settlement after posting a job ad in March 2023 seeking "Only Born US Citizens (White)."
Lottery payoff of $50,000 for Virginia woman thanks to fortune cookie numbers
A woman from Virginia matched five of the six Powerball numbers thanks to that little slip of paper.
Virginia teacher caught with drugs in classroom; Husband arrested in school parking lot
A second-grade teacher at Spotswood Elementary School was arrested on Thursday after being found under the influence of drugs in her classroom, authorities said.
Virginia board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools
The Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia voted 5-1 to revert two schools, previously renamed for racial justice, back to their original Confederate-associated names, Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary.
Virginia community rallies to reunite Canadian truck driver with lost dog
A Canadian truck driver is thanking a Virginia community for coming together and helping to find his lost dog, who disappeared at a rest stop.
‘We Almost Died!’ Video shows Virginia men narrowly escape tree as it crashes into backyard
Two men narrowly escaped being crushed by a huge tree that fell to the ground in the backyard of a Virginia home – and it was all caught on camera.
John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife sliced off his manhood, loses toes due to toxic water at Camp Lejeune
John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife Lorena Bobbitt infamously chopped off his penis with a kitchen knife in 1993, has lost all of his toes due to side effects from an illness he claims he sustained while based at Camp Lejeune in the 1980s.
3 rockets launch during eclipse in Virginia
It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a rocket blasting off during a super-rare solar eclipse.
Virginia boss, worker celebrate US asylum request approval
A Virginia worker and his boss were overcome with joy after the employee’s asylum request was granted, allowing him to bring his family to the United States from overseas.
Ex-boyfriend accused of shooting, killing woman outside her job in Virginia
A man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend Friday evening in a parking lot near Inova Fairfax Medical Campus.
Missing Virginia couple were likely thrown overboard in the Caribbean, police say
An older U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners were likely thrown into the ocean and died, police in Grenada said Monday.
Supreme Court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school
The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that some parents claimed discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.
Sterling house explosion: 1 firefighter dead, 9 others injured in Virginia
A firefighter died when a house exploded in Loudoun County Friday night, and authorities say at least nine other first responders were injured in the blaze.
Decades-lost bridal photos discovered at auction, returned to 85-year-old bride
Lost bridal photos, missing for over 30 years, have been rediscovered and returned to their owner, Harriet Galbraith, by a Virginia woman named Sandra Poindexter. Poindexter found the photos at an auction while searching for vintage picture frames.
Morbidly obese cat 'Frosty' finds forever home after rescue by animal shelter
A morbidly obese cat named "Frosty" has been rescued and found a forever home by a Virginia animal shelter. Weighing 28.5 pounds, Frosty became a social media sensation after Richmond Animal Care and Control shared the story on Facebook.
Virginia county admits miscount in 2020 presidential vote, underreporting Biden's lead by 4,000
A northern Virginia county is acknowledging that it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case.
Is weed legal in Virginia? A closer look at the laws that left the marijuana market behind
Those looking to light up in Virginia still don’t have a place to buy their supply within the state. Although recreational marijuana is now legal in the Commonwealth, the state has effectively upheld a prohibition on purchasing by sidestepping any opportunity to develop a market for retail sales.
'We’ll split it': Virginia brothers fulfill lifelong pact, share $230,000 lottery win
Two brothers in Virginia have kept their lifelong pact and decided to split a lottery win equally.
Virginia officials inspect TikTok tunnel girl's viral project
A Virginia woman is gaining notoriety online after documenting a home project of digging a tunnel underneath her suburban home.
Christmas Eve tragedy: Young bald eagle dies from gunshot wound in Virginia
A tragic incident unfolded on Christmas Eve in Virginia as a young bald eagle succumbed to a gunshot wound, causing grief and sparking legal repercussions.