Regional News

Sun, Jan 23, 2022 4:22 PM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia's new Republican attorney general has fired lawyers for two large public universities, his office said,...

Sat, Jan 22, 2022 6:52 PM

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s new attorney general has altered the state’s position on a closely watched abortion case before the...

Sat, Jan 22, 2022 3:40 PM

GAITHERSBURG, Md. —  A 17-year-old was being held without bond Saturday on charges including attempted second-degree murder in...

Sat, Jan 22, 2022 12:49 PM

LURAY, Va. — A Virginia parent has been charged with a misdemeanor for her comments to a local school board weighing whether to align its...

Fri, Jan 21, 2022 3:05 PM

Thousands of pro-life activists returned in person to Washington for the 49th annual March for Life on Friday, braving frigid temperatures to...

Fri, Jan 21, 2022 10:51 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin has asked the Supreme Court of Virginia to dismiss a lawsuit challenging his executive order...

Thu, Jan 20, 2022 5:33 PM

Carjackings in the nation’s capital have tripled since 2019. Officials say the alarming trend — reflected in similarly stunning crime...

Thu, Jan 20, 2022 4:00 PM

D.C. officials alerted businesses Thursday about possible “threats” from pro-life and anti-vaccine protesters who might flout the...

Thu, Jan 20, 2022 10:33 AM

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday his wife, Yumi Hogan, tested positive for the coronavirus as part of regular screening. "Having been...

Wed, Jan 19, 2022 10:00 AM

A regional development nonprofit agency has opened a facility in Rockville that will stockpile monoclonal antibodies and study 100 pathogens,...

Tue, Jan 18, 2022 5:42 PM

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's new Republican governor was facing pushback from Democratic lawmakers, school districts and a group of parents...

Tue, Jan 18, 2022 2:46 PM

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday she is not worried that her administration's new vaccine passport mandate will hurt city businesses by...

Mon, Jan 17, 2022 6:29 PM

RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Glenn Youngkin asked the divided Virginia General Assembly on Monday to work with him to enact his “sweeping...

Mon, Jan 17, 2022 4:02 PM

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams is challenging corporate America to "do more" by supporting entrepreneurs...

Sun, Jan 16, 2022 3:45 PM

RICHMOND — School districts across Virginia were taking stock Sunday of the implications of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that...

Sun, Jan 16, 2022 12:47 PM

Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Sunday that Virginians are ready for a new direction and he will get the “politics out” of school instruction...

Sun, Jan 16, 2022 12:17 PM

ASHBURN, Va. — A school district in Virginia plans to pull copies of the controversial book, “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” from its...

Sat, Jan 15, 2022 1:30 PM

Glenn Youngkin was sworn into office Saturday as Virginia’s 74th governor in a midday inauguration ceremony in Richmond. The former private...

Sat, Jan 15, 2022 11:17 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A weekend of pomp and circumstance is underway in Richmond as Virginia's newly elected Republican leaders are set to...

Fri, Jan 14, 2022 6:35 PM

Washington businesses are bracing for Mayor Muriel Bowser’s vaccine mandate that goes into effect Saturday. The local order requiring...