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A man charged with abducting and killing a University of Virginia student watched by video feed from jail Wednesday as a judge scheduled his trial for June.
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Read More »4th Circuit: McDonnell to be free during appeal
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will remain free while he appeals his corruption convictions, a federal court ruled Monday.
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Read More »Virginia bar suspends law license of convicted ex-governor
The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board has suspended former Gov. Bob McDonnell's license to practice law, citing his felony public corruption convictions.
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Read More »Cameras barred at trial for man accused in U.Va. student’s abduction
A Fairfax County judge on Thursday rejected a request from news organizations to allow cameras at the upcoming attempted murder trial of the man who is charged in a separate case with the abduction of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham.
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Read More »Ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gets 2 years for corruption
Family members and friends wept softly as former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell told the judge at his sentencing hearing that he couldn’t “fathom any deeper humiliation” for taking bribes from a wealthy businessman to promote a dietary supplement.
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Read More »Maryland, Virginia competing for FBI headquarters
The battle between Fairfax and Prince George's counties over which will build a new FBI headquarters is being fought inch by inch through the long, tedious process of vetting sites and proposals.
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Read More »ACLU concerned about phone data sharing by Virginia police agencies
(AP) A regional law enforcement initiative to gather and store personal telephone data collected in criminal investigations is raising concerns in Virginia. The American Civil Liberties Union has questioned the legality of the agreement involving five Hampton Roads localities. ACLU ...
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Read More »Court considers challenge to solitary for Va. death-row inmates
The fundamental nature of Virginia's death row will be altered if a judge's decision striking down automatic solitary confinement of condemned inmates is allowed to stand, an attorney for the state told a federal appeals court Tuesday.
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Read More »Virginia crime panel backs stronger safeguards against misidentification
Virginia has made great strides in the past year in improving police lineup procedures, but a state crime panel agreed Tuesday that more should be done to guard against faulty eyewitness identifications.
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Read More »I-95 express lanes in Virginia ahead of schedule
(AP) A $940 million project to add express toll lanes to a 29-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Northern Virginia is running ahead of schedule and could open to drivers as early as December. The Virginia Department of Transportation announced ...
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