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A child is pulled from the rubble of an elementary school after a tornado a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday.

Some Republicans and Democrats question whether GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson will help or damage Ken Cuccinelli’s ticket.

The leader of a Richmond-area clique of the MS-13 gang was convicted by a federal jury today on murder, maiming and conspiracy charges.

Jury selection is expected to start this morning in the trial for Ashley C. Williams, who is charged in the death of her 2-year-old son.

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, leader of Toots and the Maytals, was treated and released from VCU Medical Center and performed Sunday night as scheduled in N.Y.

Virginia Democrats have turned to two former Republican lawmakers to make the case against the conservative statewide ticket nominated at the GOP convention in Richmond.

Richmond police are asking for help in identifying suspects in a Windsor Farms burglary.

A former city school board candidate and longtime Democratic political consultant was found dead Sunday at a home on Cherokee Road.

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

WILLIAMSBURG — Police say a car dragged a man for about 4 miles before another motorist alerted the driver that the victim was under the vehicle.

SHAWNEE, Okla. — Oklahoma's state medical examiner's office says a second person was killed by a tornado that leveled a central Oklahoma mobile home park.

Federal court jurors in Norfolk are set to continue their deliberations in the trial of four former Bank of Commonwealth executives and a developer accused of conspiring to defraud the bank out of $71

CULPEPER — The Civil War Trust has launched a $3.6 million national fundraising campaign to preserve 56 battlefield acres at Brandy Station in Culpeper County.

The University of Virginia's capital campaign has exceeded its $3 billion goal.

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who’ve been there so many times before.

BOSTON Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Co

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Andrew Cashner pitched 6 2-3 strong innings and Kyle Blanks and Will Venable homered off Dan Haren to lead the San Diego Padres to a 13-4 victory against the Washington Nationals on

One of the two men was Christopher W. Lorek, 41, of Glen Allen. The other was special agent Stephen Shaw. Both were members of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, part of the Critical Incident Respon

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