Former Mississippi State quarterback Keytaon Thompson transferring to Virginia
A former four-star recruit in the 2017 class, Thompson will head to Charlottesville as a graduate transfer with two years of eligibility remaining.
Virginia lawmaker backs off fast track for impeachment bill
A Virginia lawmaker on Monday backed off his plans to swiftly introduce an impeachment bill seeking the ouster of the state’s leading black elected official as Democrats struggled to address revelations of past racist behavior and allegations of sexual assault roiling its highest levels of office.
Virginia Dems brace for 2020 political fallout from scandal
The political crisis in Virginia threatens to turn a state that has trended Democratic back into a battleground, a development that could complicate the party’s effort to defeat President Donald Trump next year.
Virginia’s top 3 elected officials engulfed in scandal
The political crisis in Virginia spun out of control Wednesday when the state’s attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor.
Virginia’s highest office frozen as Northam weighs next move
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office put much of the business of governing on hold Tuesday as the Democrat privately weighed whether he can stay in the job despite the uproar over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.
Yearbook staff disagree on whether racist photo was mix-up
The racist yearbook photo that could sink Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s career may have been mistakenly placed on his profile page — but even if it were put there intentionally, it’s unlikely that many students would have noticed, according to alumni who put together the publication or submitted pictures to it 35 years ago.
New faces to bring new diversity to Virginia lawmakers
Danica Roem, a transgender woman whose defeat of an outspoken, socially conservative lawmaker has made news around the world, is just one of several women making history in this week’s Virginia elections.
In Virginia’s Bible Belt, an Arabic lesson ignites anger
With the nation already on edge after the attacks in California, a teacher’s lesson on Islam in Virginia’s Bible Belt sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings.
Gunman in on-air deaths remembered as ‘professional victim’
The man who was news director during Vester Flanagan’s rocky tenure at Virginia station WDBJ-TV described him as someone who constantly saw himself being victimized by others.
Shootings make for tough media decisions
In an era when anyone can go online and find video of extremist beheadings, police shootings and other carnage, major news organizations applied their own standards to coverage of this week’s killing of a TV news crew in Virginia and showed only carefully selected portions of the footage.
On-air killings gripped millions in social media storm
The fatal shooting of a reporter and cameraman unfolded on live TV during the early morning show, as tens of thousands of viewers watched a horrified anchor struggle to comprehend what had happened.
Former broadcaster in shooting was volatile, angry man
Even after gunning down a TV news reporter and cameraman during a live interview, Vester Lee Flanagan II continued to rage.
Reporter, cameraman shot to death on air in Va.
A television reporter and cameraman were shot to death on the air during a live broadcast this morning from a shopping center in Virginia.
Remains belong to missing Virginia student
Remains found nearly a week ago in a rural area of Virginia are those of a missing university student.
Suspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape
The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was charged Monday with abducting and raping a woman in suburban Washington, D.C., in 2005.
UVa kidnap suspect: ‘Gentle giant’ or predator?
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was the kind of guy who would bust your lip, then regretfully drive you to the hospital.
Police look at cold cases after arrest in Virginia
Authorities are taking a fresh look at unsolved rape, murder and missing persons cases after a man was charged in the abduction of a University of Virginia student who vanished about three weeks ago.
Forensic link at center of missing student case
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia police aren’t saying much at all about their evidence against a suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student,
Virginia police: Forensic evidence links two cases
They both were walking alone, separated from their friends late at night on or near the University of Virginia campus. One was found dead nearly five years ago. The other is still missing.
Confederate flags on Va. campus to be moved
Washington and Lee University is drawing praise from some and complaints from others after announcing that it will remove Confederate battle flags from a chapel on the Virginia campus where Robert E. Lee is buried.