The Latest Breaking News from Virginia

The family of a nuclear physicist who died by suicide in a Virginia jail is suing the U.S. government after his psychotropic medicine was discontinued and he was denied admission to a federal medical prison

Police have not yet determined whether the suspect was armed at the time of the shooting.

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It was a big day in Ashburn Thursday. Here are some of the top images from Eric Bieniemy's day.

WASHINGTON — It was envisioned as the centerpiece of a $200 billion program revolutionizing how the U.S. Army would fight. Now it’s languishing in storage in Virginia, a 25-ton symbol of the malaise that lies at the nexus of the Pentagon and the defense industry.

Police in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot his teacher say they have finished their criminal investigation and turned it over to the local prosecutor’s office for review

A fifth grader at Richneck Elementary, the same Virginia school where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher, was removed from class after threatening to “pop some bullets,” officials said.

State Sen. Jennifer McClellan won a special election to succeed the late Rep. A. Donald McEachin in the Richmond-area 4th District.

Voters in a Richmond-based Virginia congressional district are deciding who will represent an open seat previously held by the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin

Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin’s partisans killed a bill that would have banned police from tracking women’s menstrual cycles while investigating potential crimes. The mere fact that Virginia Republican and Democratic lawmakers felt compelled to write such a bill conveys how far American society has veered off the deep end. It…

Estee Williams, from Richmond, Virginia, America, has dedicated her life to serving her husband in the home while he goes out to work or hunts for food with a bow and arrow