McLEAN, Va. — Virginia authorities are opposing an effort by convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to challenge his sentence of life without parole. Malvo was convicted in Maryland and Virginia for his role in the 2002 sniper shootings that killed ...

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WASHINGTON — The mother of a 15-month-old boy who died on a court-ordered visit to his father filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Tuesday against the psychologist who sanctioned the visitation. Hera McLeod, of Gaithersburg, filed the $20 million suit in Fairfax ...

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The Virginia Supreme Court is dealing with new-age censorship as it tackles a case dealing with negative posts on business review websites Yelp and Angie's List.

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WASHINGTON — New census numbers show the Washington region is home to six of the 10 counties with the highest household incomes in the country. Loudoun County, Va., topped the list with a median household income of about $119,000 in ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is poised to offer Bechtel Corp. $9.5 million to keep the majority of its Frederick County workforce in place until 2018. The engineering and construction management firm, one of the largest employers in the county, has been ...

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RICHMOND, Va.  — Fairfax County Police did nothing wrong when they failed to get a warrant before using GPS technology to track a registered sex offender’s movements, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The unanimous decision by the full ...

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