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A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner now faces criminal charges. A special grand jury in Newport News finds that Ebony Parker showed “reckless disregard” for the well-being of Richneck Elementary School students on Jan. 6, 2023, according to a criminal indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charging document alleges that …

Billions of cicadas are expected to start swarming in more than a dozen states in the coming weeks, and while the strange occurrence may be a nuisance for many, scientists say the activities of the noisy flying insects are a natural marvel beholden to northern America — and anglers say the bugs create ideal fishing conditions to net some hefty …

An audit conducted by the Postal Service’s inspector general found significant problems at a new regional processing facility in Virginia, including water-damaged mail left unprocessed for months and a worker asleep at a forklift. The audit, dated March 28, raises questions about the Postal Service’s plans to modernize its processing network — the Richmond facility that was the focus of …

An alleged affair and a fetish website connection were revealed this week in the case of a Virginia au pair who prosecutors say was involved in a double homicide at the home where she worked. Prosecutors also said at a probable cause hearing on Monday that Juliana Peres Magalhaes and Brendan Banfield visited a gun range together before his wife, …

A northern Virginia town has been excluded from a countywide police training academy after the town’s chief complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates. Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used Chinese characters to sign the certificates that graduates receive when they complete training at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy. In …

FIRST ON FOX: Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., vows to hold a group of “barbaric” MS-13 members accountable for the killing of a K-9 protecting a correctional officer in a sudden prison attack in Virginia. Four inmates of the Sussex I State Prison, three of which have confirmed ties to the MS-13 gang, were involved in a prison attack that left …

A firefighter collapsed and died while battling a 3-acre wildfire in southwestern Virginia, officials said. MASSIVE 5-ALARM FIRE BREAKS OUT AT BROOKLYN CATHOLIC CHURCH DURING EASTER SUNDAY SERVICES Firefighter James C. Ward collapsed Saturday while working with a crew to extinguish the fire that broke out in Scott County, the Virginia Department of Forestry said in a statement posted on …

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase. The development did not come as a surprise. While Youngkin had not explicitly threatened to veto either set of bills, he …

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed more than two dozen gun control bills Tuesday that had sailed through the state’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly before landing on the Republican governor’s desk. “I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia and today, I’ve done exactly that,” Youngkin said Tuesday in a …

A Virginia county unanimously voted to observe its Transgender Day of Visibility this year on Easter Sunday – a move some critics see as “intentionally trying to offend Christians on the holiest of days.” The Fairfax Board of Supervisors voted 9-0 in favor of the proclamation last week, with one board member, Republican Supervisor Patrick Herrity, absent. March 31 – …