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October 7, 2021 at 8:07 am

GOP targets rural Democrats, rare breed in Virginia politics

Two of the last remaining rural Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates are being targeted by Republicans hoping to regain the majority they lost...

September 12, 2021 at 7:43 am

Activists hail Lee statue removal, say more work remains VIEW

When an enormous statue of Gen. Robert E

September 10, 2021 at 10:07 am

Lee statue base reassembled after failed time capsule search

Workers have returned to the Richmond site where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E

Crews attempt to locate a time capsule said to be buried in the base of the statue of on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. The statue was removed from the pedestal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) VASH102 VASH102

September 8, 2021 at 10:04 pm

Crews end daylong search for 1887 Lee statue time capsule VIEW

Crews have halted searching for the day for a time capsule from 1887 believed buried in the pedestal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert...

Crews remove the torso of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, one of the country’s largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) GAMS146 GAMS146

September 7, 2021 at 10:04 pm

Cheers, singing as statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee comes down in Virginia capital WATCH

One of the nation’s largest Confederate monuments has come down in the former capital of the Confederacy.

September 6, 2021 at 12:32 pm

Virginia is set to remove Richmond’s Lee statue on Wednesday

A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E

August 31, 2021 at 7:35 am

Black men executed in 1951 rape granted posthumous pardons VIEW

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman

August 25, 2021 at 10:14 am

Court upholds death sentence for church shooter Dylann Roof

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of a man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members...

August 19, 2021 at 6:59 am

Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge

A surge of COVID-19 cases is prompting federal courts to impose new restrictions and requirements for mask-wearing and vaccinations

July 14, 2021 at 12:59 pm

New Zealand man has plea deal in girl’s attempted kidnapping

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A New Zealand man who was shot while allegedly trying to kidnap a 14-year-old Virginia girl he met online has reached...