LYNCHBURG—A Lynchburg man hoping to unseat Rep. Tom Perriello has been convicted of illegally possessing concealed weapons. Bradley Rees was fined...

Frank Batten Sr., retired chairman of Landmark Communications, now known as Landmark Media Enterprises LLC, died in Norfolk early this morning after a...

FRANKLIN, Ohio—A woman’s pet cat has been found alive, buried beneath debris 26 days after an Ohio fire. Sandy LaPierre says she assumed 1-year-old...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone—Police say more than 200 people remain missing in Sierra Leone a day after a boat capsized, killing at least eight. Police...

LURAY—The United States Mint is planning a Shenandoah National Park quarter. The agency says it will issue the coin in 2014. The Shenandoah design...

KABUL—The U.N.-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan’s election issued its first orders today to exclude some ballots from the...

A homeless man was seriously injured in a stabbing along West Broad Street in Richmond today. Police Capt. David L. Martin said the man, with numerous...

TOKYO—Japan executes mentally ill prisoners, some of whom are driven insane by harsh treatment while on death row, according to a report issued today...

SUFFOLK—Officials are looking for two half-ton concrete burial vaults that were stolen from a Suffolk cemetery over Labor Day weekend. A city spokeswoman...

WASHINGTON—Democrats and Republicans alike are denouncing Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting “You lie” at President Barack Obama during his...

A free document-shredding event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Virginia Credit Union, 7500 Boulder View Drive in the Boulders Office Park...

ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish military police say they raided an Istanbul villa and rescued nine women who were tricked into thinking they were reality...

MIAMI—Hurricane Fred is churning in the Atlantic while Hurricane Linda continues its trek far out in the Pacific but both are expected to weaken...

ROANOKE—A ruling is expected today on whether an avowed white supremacist who has been jailed for nearly a year will remain behind bars. U.S. Magistrate...

The National Weather Service is calling for a 40 percent chance of rain in the Richmond area today with a high near 72 degrees. Tomorrow there will be...

WASHINGTON—In an extraordinary breach of congressional decorum, a Republican lawmaker shouted “You lie” at President Barack Obama during...

LOS ANGELES—Ellen DeGeneres is dancing her way into the fourth judge’s seat on “American Idol.“ Fox announced Wednesday the talk...

WASHINGTON—Trying to shake off a summer of setbacks, President Barack Obama summoned Congress to enact sweeping health-care legislation last night,...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds came to Richmond yesterday to talk about college education—and couldn’t resist the chance...

The closure of the Brunswick Correctional Center, a target of budget-cutters seven years ago, has area residents upset and worried. It also has angered...

A day after President Barack Obama’s televised remarks to students, area school officials yesterday were more supportive of his speech. That was...

Overseers of Virginia’s besieged computer department worry that a sweeping management shake-up will handicap the state in dealings with Northrop...

Dawn Smythers was shot in the head by her husband, Forrest Smythers Jr., in January. A Louisa County jury yesterday found a 54-year-old man guilty of murdering...

Hopewell’s City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a tougher law on garbage. The council voted on a first reading in favor of changes to the...

The census count begins in April, and Spanish-speaking communities have been identified as hard to reach because there’s a lot of fear of government....

In a historic change of command, a French general took charge yesterday of NATO’s only strategic command in North America as the alliance’s...

Richmond A fire alarm call yesterday morning at the Virginia Capitol turned out to be false. Richmond firefighters originally were summoned to the Capitol...

From the outside, Building 643 is not remarkable. A six-story, sea gull-colored warehouse, it blends into the patchwork of World War II-era structures...

Amid pressure from area businesses and local governments, Fort Lee has agreed to a 30-day extension of the public comment period on a proposal to build...

Six parents involved with the Ashland Youth Recreation Association Inc. have filed a lawsuit against the organization’s officers, directors and commissioners...