Northern Virginia

A man was found dead near a stairwell in a Fairfax County parking garage and a person of interest is in custody, police say.

A former D.C. firefighter sentenced to jail for possession of drugs and guns is expected to be freed from jail after evidence surfaced that the officer who pulled him over in Virginia lied about the reason for the traffic stop.

Local business owners in Alexandria, Virginia, have teamed up with a pharmacy and a health department to bring a vaccine clinic to their employees.

A group in Virginia wants to remove the Fairfax County commonwealth’s attorney from office, saying he is putting people in danger.

Tax officials are warning Virginians they might owe more money in personal property taxes this year because their used cars might have increased in value during the pandemic.

Community groups in Prince William will come together on Saturday to warn about a threat to two African American cemeteries.

Marta Rodriguez went missing in 1989, when her son was just four years old.

The Alexandria School Board unanimously approved renaming two schools, Matthew Maury Elementary and T.C. Williams High School.

Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is backing Terry McAuliffe in the race to succeed him, handing his predecessor one of the contest’s most coveted endorsements

Power outages impacted thousands of customers near Dulles Airport on Tuesday morning.

A special dedication to the late NBA-player Earl Lloyd took place in his hometown of Alexandria this weekend.

Curtis Wells spent seven months in jail for alleged crimes that were just thrown out by an Arlington County judge.

A baby and toddler were alone for three days in a Spotsylvania County, Virginia, home where their parents and a teenage boy had been slashed to death, according to horrifying new evidence that emerged during a preliminary hearing for three of the five Philadelphia men charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder.

People 21 and over in Virginia could legally possess and grow small amounts of marijuana beginning in July under changes the governor is proposing to legislation the General Assembly passed this year

New numbers from AARP show Virginia is struggling to control the coronavirus in nursing homes with the second highest COVID-19 death rate in the country.

As the nation continues to reckon with racism, historical sites like Colonial Williamsburg are working to be more racially inclusive

A 27-year-old man was arrested after a young Marine was shot to death outside a Woodbridge, Virginia, restaurant and bar early Thursday.

A young Marine was shot to death outside a Woodbridge, Virginia, restaurant and bar early Thursday.

A man was arrested in Arlington Tuesday after witnesses said he showed them guns and ammunition and made threatening comments about harming people he knew, police said. After searching his home, police found two pipe bombs and had to call a bomb squad for assistance.

Virginia has become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty

The popular Arlington, Virginia, bar Whitlow’s on Wilson will be closing in June after 26 years in Clarendon.

Virginia Commonwealth University has hired an outside firm to review the school’s Greek culture following the death of a freshman student last month at a fraternity event

Old Town Alexandria is full of history, and now treasures from its past are literally being unearthed at a new riverfront development.

Virginia is giving taxpayers a few more weeks to file their state income tax returns

The American Horticultural Society plans to sell former a George Washington manor in Alexandria for millions

Football players at a Virginia high school say opponents spit on them and used racial slurs during a game.

The Prince William County Police Department is launching a new program to bridge the gap in crisis management.

A pair of siblings were part of the growing number of unaccompanied minors making their way to the U.S. border from Central America.

A COVID-19 outbreak at a Virginia high school may be connected to travel teams.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has restored voting rights to more than 69,000 former felons who have completed their sentences but are still on probation

The Virginia Lottery says players have won more than $400 million since online game offerings were introduced less than nine months ago

Two brothers died and a third brother was among three men injured in a crash March 8 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, officials say.

The Republican Party of Virginia has agreed to choose its nominees for this year’s statewide contests by allowing convention delegates to vote at more than three dozens sites around the state

People lined up before dawn at a clinic in Manassas Park, Virginia, for a chance to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

In Arlington County, Virginia, 97-year-old Mary Cavanaugh has finally seen her son Mike Cavanaugh and daughter-in-law Marie Cavanaugh after more than a year.

Some people are using appointment slots that weren’t meant for them. Other people are getting duplicate appointments, which clutter the state’s database and leave dozens of appointment invitations to waste.

A conservative legal group has accused a northern Virginia school district of discriminating against Asian Americans by overhauling the admissions process at a selective public high school to recruit more Black and Hispanic students

A Virginia Commonwealth University freshman who was found dead following a fraternity party has been laid to rest

Some animal rights groups have questioned, even before the blaze, whether the mammals belong at roadside zoos.

The Virginia GOP appears to be headed back to the drawing board in its ongoing struggle to sort out how to choose its nominees for this year’s statewide contests

Some residents who have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose are running out of time to get their second.

Virginia Commonwealth University says it will conduct a review of Greek life on campus after the death of a student at a fraternity event

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has thrown his support to Democratic Del

What started out as a small family food drive in Northern Virginia has turned into a massive effort to fight food insecurity in the region. Amber Marchand, a mother of four, started Be the Good Project in June, as the pandemic made it hard for families to get food on the table. It has expanded to hundreds of volunteers and…

The Virginia General Assembly passed multiple bills providing protections and benefits for the state’s domestic workers

Legislation aimed at improving bicycle safety will require Virginia motorists to change lanes when passing bicyclists if the travel lane is not wide enough to pass at least three feet to the left

Virginia lawmakers are trying to reach a compromise on legalizing recreational marijuana for adults. Debate continues over how and when it should be legalized.

A man attacked his 8-year-old daughter and her mother with a knife in Woodbridge, Virginia, on Friday night, police say.

The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in an effort to expand broadband internet access to low-income students across the commonwealth

Felony charges have been dropped against a North Carolina man who was beaten and threatened at gunpoint after a younger man found him in a bedroom with the younger man’s two small children

Virginia State Police are phasing out their familiar silver-gray-and-blue police sedans

A Virginia state senator is withdrawing her budget amendment that could have cost the D

State lawmakers have given final approval to a bill ending capital punishment in Virginia

A bill that aims to reduce carbon pollution in part by getting more zero-emissions vehicles on the road has cleared a key hurdle in the Virginia Senate

A family of five, including three children, was found fatally shot in their Culpeper, Virginia, home in what appears to be a murder-suicide.

Virginia lawmakers agreed on a bill that would automatically expunge nine different misdemeanor charges after seven years and a clean record.

With many Northern Virginia school districts set to expand hybrid learning to more students, parents are making tough choices about what to do with their kids.

Loudoun County Public Schools have agreed to a series of reforms following an investigation by the Virginia Attorney General’s Office into racial discrimination in the admissions policies at an elite magnet school

Virginia lawmakers have approved legislation to ban the intentional release of all non-biodegradable balloons and slap offenders with a civil fine of $25 per balloon

The rover due to set down on Mars Thursday got its name, Perseverance, from a student in Virginia.

Customers of a Virginia storage company say it recently closed and they haven’t received their furniture back. Darrin Stewart of Rockville, Maryland, said Two Marines Moving in Alexandria has his furniture. He was scheduled to get it back two days ago but said no one from the company has returned his calls. About a week ago, he found a...

A federal judge in Virginia is letting a British family move forward with its lawsuit against an American woman accused of fatally injuring a teenager in a car crash