BEN FINLEY | The Seattle Times

April 11, 2019 at 10:04 pm

Gas explosion also damaged world-famous Porsche collection

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The gas explosion that killed one person and injured 25 others in North Carolina also damaged a building that houses a...

April 9, 2019 at 3:44 pm

Man, 80, charged in 1973 killings of women in beach cottage

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An 80-year-old New York man has been arrested on charges that he killed two young women in a beach cottage nearly...

March 22, 2019 at 4:16 am

Teen charged with making racist threats in Charlottesville

A 17-year-old boy was charged Friday with making online threats of "ethnic cleansing" against black and Hispanic students at the public high school in Charlottesville,...

March 21, 2019 at 8:41 am

NTSB: Impaired truck driver likely cause of GOP train crash

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A trash truck driver who had marijuana in his system likely caused a fatal collision last year with an Amtrak train...

March 19, 2019 at 12:32 pm

Feds release files on GOP train crash ahead of final report

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Federal investigators released nearly 100 documents Tuesday that detail last year's fatal accident between a trash truck and an Amtrak train...

March 5, 2019 at 1:05 pm

Hinckley says he’s happy ‘as a clam’ but lacks close friends

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan told mental health professionals last year that he's "happy as a clam"...

February 21, 2019 at 11:20 am

Virginia school board delays ending transgender bathroom ban

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A school board in Virginia said Thursday that it won't take any immediate action to overturn its transgender student bathroom ban,...

February 19, 2019 at 7:43 pm

Virginia district split over ending transgender bathroom ban

GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school district that has drawn national attention for its transgender bathroom ban appeared starkly divided Tuesday over the prospect...

February 17, 2019 at 5:36 am

School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — For nearly four years, Gavin Grimm has been suing his former school district after it banned him from using the boys...

February 11, 2019 at 8:14 am

Historians challenge Northam’s ‘indentured servants’ remark

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Historians say they were "shocked" and "mystified" when Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam wrongly used the term "indentured servants" Sunday in reference...