Virginia

A married couple who sold their home in Virginia to retire to a life at sea is missing after authorities believe escaped convicts stole their yacht in the Caribbean. 

A dog who made national headlines when she was rescued after spending more than a week in a shipping container in Texas is receiving care from a local animal rescue team, and they have some exciting news to share.

A dog who made national headlines when she was rescued after spending more than a week in a shipping container in Texas is receiving care from a local animal rescue team. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder follows her incredible journey.

A woman at a Washington, D.C.-area airport took a loaded handgun in her carry-on bag for a flight on Christmas Eve, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.

Jessica Vincent said he bought it at a Goodwill outside Richmond, Virginia, and thought it would look nice in her house. But she soon learned the vase was extremely rare.

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.

Five students were taken to the hospital after experiencing a “reaction” to gummy bears eaten at lunch.

Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital are investigating an explosion at a residence where officers were trying to serve a search warrant.

When Tom Peterson’s wife urged him to run, the filing deadline had passed, so he ran against the six-term incumbent mayor off the ballot with just 10 yard signs.

Quite the catch! Security camera at Awful Arthur’s Seafood in Salem, Virginia, captured the moment a deer charged through glass and ran through the restaurant’s dining and kitchen areas.

A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit. That means that Abby Zwerner could get much more than just workers compensation for her injuries. The former first-grade teacher was hospitalized and endured multiple surgeries after a bullet struck her hand and chest...

Video played in court shows the encounter between a YouTube prankster and the food delivery driver who shot him inside a Virginia mall.

Wexton called it “a kind of Parkinson’s on steroids.”

The lightning bolt traveled through his helmet and down his body, burning his silver chain necklace into his skin, setting his bike on fire and sending him flying.

Police arrested a Virginia woman who they say left an 11-month-old baby and a dog inside a car for several hours, leading to their deaths.

Authorities say a 55-year-old man from Virginia has died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim in a single day.

Virginia will play its first home football game in 10 months on Saturday and honor three players who were killed in a shooting last year.

Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year.

A Northern Virginia soccer coach is recovering from injuries after a parent beat him with a metal water bottle during a scrimmage at George Hellwig Memorial Park in Manassas on Saturday.

A 42-year-old Virginia man got to embrace his birth mother for the first time during a long-awaited family reunion in Valdivia, Chile. For months Jimmy Lippert Thyden has been on a journey to uncover the mysteries of his counterfeit adoption, and to reconnect with his biological mother, brothers and sister. Hospital workers took María Angélica González’s son from her arms...