Politics May 21

Eastern Virginia Medical School announced it is planning a news conference and will make a written report of the investigation public. The school gave no details about what the investigation found.

Politics Feb 22

Two women have come forward with allegations that Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a Democrat, sexually assaulted them years ago.

Politics Feb 09

Calls were mounting for Virginia’s lieutenant governor to resign Saturday, at the tail end of an astonishing week that saw the state’s top three elected officials — all Democrats — embroiled in potentially career-ending scandals fraught with questions of race,…

Politics Feb 08

The decision comes as another sexual assault accusation was leveled at Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who would succeed Northam if he stepped down.

Politics Feb 08

He promised to start an honest conversation about race and how to heal the lingering wounds of Virginia's painful past. Then he disappeared.

Politics Feb 07

With Virginia's top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.

Politics Feb 06

The revelation further roils the top levels of Virginia government.

Politics Feb 02

Virginia’s governor on Saturday vowed to remain in office despite widespread calls for his resignation after a racist photo surfaced on a school yearbook page. His refusal to step down could signal a potentially long and bruising fight with his…

Nation Feb 01

The Democratic governor released a statement Friday afternoon, acknowledging that it was a photograph of him "in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive," and apologizing for "the hurt that decision caused then and now."…

Nation Sep 24

Authorities are urging 8,000 people on the South Carolina coast to be prepared to flee flooding that is expected to being Tuesday.