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Struggling Nationals get back Schwarber, Bell, Harrison

Kyle Schwarber, Josh Bell and Josh Harrison were reinstated from the injured list Monday by the Washington Nationals, making ...

Officer accused of force in stop of Black Army officer fired

One of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black Army officer during a traffic stop ...

Truex outlasts teammate Hamlin to win again at Martinsville

Martin Truex Jr. admits to being surprised by his success at Martinsville Speedway. Truex won a stirring, laps-long duel for ...

Rain wins again; Martinsville to have doubleheader Sunday

Rain forced the postponement of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway after just 42 laps Saturday night, ...

Suit: Virginia police threatened man during stop

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Northam endorses predecessor McAuliffe for Virginia governor

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that he is backing Terry McAuliffe in the race to succeed him, ...

Mortgage rates dip for first time since January

Mortgage rates fell for the first time in more than two months as buyers continue to be stifled by high prices and limited ...

Virginia becomes first Southern state to legalize marijuana

Virginia became the first Southern state to legalize marijuana Wednesday, as lawmakers voted to approve Gov. Ralph Northam’s ...

Panda! Sandoval helps Braves sweep doubleheader against Nats

Yes, Pablo Sandoval is 34 and in his 14th year in the majors, a two-time All-Star and a World Series MVP. He still needed to ...

Pharrell wants federal probe into police shooting of cousin

Grammy award-winning musician Pharrell Williams has called for a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of his ...

Biden visits vaccination site in Virginia

President Joe Biden headed to Virginia Tuesday to visit a COVID-19 vaccination site at Immanuel Chapel at Virginia ...

High court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues

Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, ...

Virginia governor seeks to accelerate marijuana legalization

Adults in Virginia could legally possess and grow small amounts of marijuana beginning in July, about three years sooner than ...

Lawsuit targets Virginia's policies on transgender students

A faith-based conservative group filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Virginia's new state guidelines on the treatment of ...

Record rains cause flash flooding in Tennessee; 4 dead

Torrential rains across Tennessee flooded homes and at least one church and left roads impassable, prompting dozens of people ...

ACC ends forgettable season with early NCAA Tournament exit

Based on its own lofty standards, the Atlantic Coast Conference had a poor regular season. Its postseason was even worse.

Virginia Beach man killed by police played college football

A man shot and killed by a police officer at a Virginia oceanfront resort area was a college football player whose death has ...

Charlottesville mayor's poem about city, racism 'hits nerve'

America’s Black politicians have a long history of calling out the nation’s racism. But few have taken to poetry and written ...

Reopening hurdles linger for schools, despite rescue funding

The latest federal coronavirus relief package includes $81 billion that began flowing to states this week with the goal of ...

Final report finds no motive in Virginia Beach mass shooting

Police in Virginia Beach cannot determine a motive for a city engineer's rampage in 2019 that killed 12 people in the ...