Best place to retire? This state just beat Florida, according to a new study
WalletHub compared the 50 states across 47 key indicators of retirement-friendliness including affordability, health-related factors and overall quality of life.
Virginia rocket launch to be visible to much of East Coast
A rocket launch set for Monday, January 23 in Virginia will be visible to much of the east coast of the United States, according to NASA. The launch was rescheduled to Tuesday, January 24th and can be streamed below.
Virginia school downplayed warnings from teacher before 6-year-old boy shot her: report
The teacher warned the boy had said he wanted to light a teacher's body on fire and then watch her die.
Police: Single bullet struck teacher's hand, chest after 6-year-old opened fire
Newport News authorities said Monday that a wounded elementary school teacher helped usher other students out of her classroom after a 6-year-old boy intentionally shot her last week.
6-year-old shoots teacher at Newport News elementary school: police
A 6-year-old boy is in custody and an adult hospitalized after a shooting at an elementary school in Newport News, VA, according to police.
Video: Virginia family falls through ‘frozen’ pool on Christmas after dance party on ice
Video shared by Anabel Rojo shows her and her two family members having fun dancing on top of a frozen pool moments before the ice breaks.
Virginia zoo gets rare hippopotamus for Christmas
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses ...
Last public Confederate monument removed by city of Richmond, Virginia
The city of Richmond, Virginia — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War — has removed its last public Confederate statue.
UVA awards posthumous degrees to football players killed in shooting
The University of Virginia is awarding undergraduate degrees to the three students killed on campus during the Nov. 13 shooting.
Patriots team plane flies UVA football players to teammates' funerals
The New England Patriots arranged for UVA players and staff to attend all three out-of-state funerals of the three football players.
Virginia Walmart Shooting: 31-year-old employee Andre Bing accused of killing 6 people, himself
A Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart employee shot and killed six people before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night in a mass killing that struck the nation just before the Thanksgiving holiday.
UVA Shooting: Community mourns deaths of 3 football players during vigils
"It's surreal to think that you're here in one hour and gone the next," said a student at the memorial on campus.
UVA Shooting: Suspect in custody after 3 dead, 2 injured in on-campus massacre
Authorities say Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. has been taken into custody after he allegedly opened fire inside a bus on the University of Virginia campus late Sunday night killing three members of the football team and injuring two others.
University of Virginia shooting: Football player from South Florida among victims killed
After a deadly on-campus shooting at the University of Virginia, where investigators say a student and former football player opened fire on classmates in a bus, school officials identified the three victims killed — including one from Florida.
Elderly couple forced into linen closet at gunpoint during home invasion caught on video: police
Authorities are searching for two men they say were caught on video forcing an elderly couple into a linen closet at gunpoint inside their own home during a robbery in Virginia.
Virginia man wins $1M lottery after thinking he won $600
When Jose Flores Velaquez went to redeem his scratch-off ticket, he was happy to claim what he thought was a $600 prize. But when lottery staffers looked at it, they quickly discovered the ticket was worth a whole lot more — it was a $1 million winner.
Treasure Island Fire Rescue adopts beagle puppy rescued from Virginia breeding facility
Treasure Island Fire Rescue's newest member is "Captain," an 8-month-old beagle puppy that was one of the 4,000 dogs rescued from a Virginia research and breeding facility. The newly adopted pup will serve as a therapy dog for first responders and will be the official mascot for the fire department.
Virginia nurse practitioner files lawsuit claiming CVS fired her over abortion stance
A nurse practitioner from northern Virginia sued CVS Health on Wednesday, saying she was fired for refusing to provide abortion-inducing drugs at its MinuteClinic medical facilities.
Video shows people running and flames flying after Irish bar fire
New video posted online shows the frightening scene at Ireland's Four Courts bar in Arlington, VA after a car plowed into the building igniting a fire and sending patrons running for their lives.
Virginia man wins $1M in Mega Millions lottery after thinking he lost
This man didn’t win the top Mega Millions prize, but he still won big.