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A person holds a flag as the Capitol is seen in the background during a Transgender Day of Visibility rally on the National Mall in Washington on March 31, 2025. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)
Mar 10, 2026

West Virginia can ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery, 4th Circuit rules

The 4th Circuit upheld West Virginia's ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, overturning a decision that it violated anti-discrimination protections.

A truck from the child advocacy organization Heat Initiative calling on Apple to do more to police child sex abuse material on iCloud, is parked outside the Apple store as people line up to get the new iPhone 15 in Boston on Sept. 22, 2023. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo)
Feb 19, 2026

West Virginia sues Apple, saying iCloud distributed ‘child porn’

West Virginia sued Apple, accusing it of allowing its iCloud service to become a platform for distributing child porn.

The Wawa at 13608 Pennsylvania Ave. north of Hagerstown, pictured Nov. 13, is scheduled to open on Dec. 18, 2025, according to the company. (USA TODAY NETWORK)
Nov 25, 2025

Wawa sets opening dates for first stores in Hagerstown area

Wawa has set opening dates for its first two convenience stores and gas stations in the Hagerstown area in western Maryland.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, and Competitive Power Ventures CEO Gary Lambert, right, speak at a news conference Sept. 16, 2022, in Charleston, West Virginia. CPV plans to build a natural gas power plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon in West Virginia. (AP Photo/John Raby)
Sep 19, 2022

Maryland company to build carbon-capturing natural gas plant in West Virginia

A Maryland company announced it will build a natural gas power plant designed to capture climate-changing carbon in West Virginia.

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Feb 19, 2019

Being San Francisco’s top prosecutor must seem like a dream job

Law Blog Roundup took Monday off to honor Presidents’ Day with someone born during the Hoover administration. Here are some news items for this week starting on Tuesday, the 56th […]

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Oct 15, 2018

Impeachment hits impasse in West Virginia

West Virginia impeachment heads news summary including an 18-year-old murder case goes to trial, a client records own lawyer and Kato Kaelin's rooting interest.

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Sep 13, 2018

Lori to oversee W.Va. diocese as pope OKs probe into ex-bishop

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop Thursday and authorized an investigation into allegations he sexually harassed adults, adding awkward drama to an audience with U.S. church leaders over the abuse and cover-up scandal roiling the Catholic Church.

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Aug 14, 2018

Lavish court spending in poor West Virginia triggers scandal

A scandal involving lavish office renovations and other financial abuses by the highest court in one of the poorest states in America has triggered an extraordinary move by one branch of government to essentially fire another.

Dec 3, 2015

Massey ex-CEO Blankenship guilty of conspiracy in mine blast

Former Massey Energy Co. Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship, one of Appalachia’s last coal barons, was found guilty of plotting to speed up production by ignoring safety rules at a […]

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Nov 20, 2014

Ex-coal exec pleads not guilty in W.Va. mine blast

Former coal company chief executive Don Blankenship has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges in the deadliest U.S. coal mine accident in four decades.

Jun 8, 2014

Judge rules Alpha Natural’s West Virginia mines taint streams

Two West Virginia coal-mining units owned by Alpha Natural Resources Inc. polluted streams and damaged aquatic ecosystems, a judge said, ruling in favor of three environmental groups that filed a citizen complaint.

Aug 11, 2013

W.Va. city seeks dismissal of police shooting suit

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The city of Martinsburg wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the family of a Virginia man shot to death after a scuffle with police officers. […]