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October 20, 2020 at 7:08 am

Pixie post: Fairy letters offer advice, respite in Virginia

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — With the coronavirus lockdown and school out for the summer, 9-year-old Maya Gebler’s social world had shrunk to her immediate family...

October 18, 2020 at 8:40 am

Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People have been diving to the Titanic's wreck for 35 years. No one has found human remains, according to the company...

October 14, 2020 at 6:33 am

Federal judge extends Virginia voter registration deadline

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday extended the deadline for registering to vote in Virginia by 48 hours after the state's online...

FILE – In this Sept. 18, 2020 file photo, Alexandria residents wait in a socially distance line to cast their ballots for the November presidential election on first day of early voting in Virginia, at the Voter Registration Office in Alexandria, Va. A severed fiber optic cable shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system Tuesday, Oct. 13 the last day to register before the November general election. The Virginia Department of Elections said in statement on Twitter that a â€œfiber cutâ€ was affecting connectivity for multiple agencies, including the citizen portal and registrar’s offices, and technicians were working to repair the problem. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post via AP, File) DCWAP601 DCWAP601

October 13, 2020 at 9:05 am

Cut cable shuts down Virginia voter portal; lawsuit filed

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An accidentally severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia's online voter registration system for several hours Tuesday, the last day...

September 29, 2020 at 7:12 am

Poll: Virginians about evenly divided on Confederate statues

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — In a state where Confederate monuments have stood for more than a century and have recently become a flashpoint in...

September 23, 2020 at 2:06 pm

Restrictions may be loosened even further for John Hinckley

The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan may soon get the most freedom he's had since since the shooting outside a Washington hotel...

September 10, 2020 at 12:45 pm

Lawsuit: EPA fails to enforce Chesapeake Bay pollution caps

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows...

FILE – Gavin Grimm, 16, a transgender student who is suing his district for the right to use the boys’ bathroom at his rural high school, at home in Gloucester, Va., July 24, 2015. Holding that Title IX protections against gender discrimination in schools extended to students’ gender identity and restrooms, a federal appeals court ruled in Grimm’s favor on April 19, 2016. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

August 26, 2020 at 10:34 am

School transgender bathroom policy unconstitutional, federal appeals court rules

The ruling is a victory for transgender rights advocates and Gavin Grimm, who as a high-school student was required to use restrooms that corresponded with...

August 24, 2020 at 12:39 pm

Case cites senator’s words before protesters marred monument

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When protesters gathered at one of Virginia’s Confederate monuments in June, police say a state senator approached them with a warning:...

August 18, 2020 at 3:04 pm

Senator: ‘I will be vindicated’ in Confederate monument case

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia state senator charged with damaging a Confederate monument said Tuesday that she will beat the case against her. “It’s...