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Biden starts Super Tuesday with big Virginia win

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

A once-jumbled primary was becoming an increasingly well-defined battle between Sanders and Biden after several former rivals endorsed the former vice president on Monday.

Sanders’ appeal to be tested in moderate Virginia on Super Tuesday

By Alan Suderman, Will Weissert, Associated Press

Virginia is not currently a priority for President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, but there is concern among Democrats that if Sanders is his opponent, it will threaten down-ballot races.

Supreme Court case dismissed after Virginia changes juvenille sentencing law

By Associated Press

Lee Boyd Malvo, the Washington, D.C., area sniper, and Virginia agreed Monday to dismiss a pending Supreme Court case after the state changed its criminal sentencing law.

News Wrap: Syria’s Assad vows to continue retaking territory, despite Turkish opposition

In our news wrap Monday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is congratulating his forces for major gains in the country’s last rebel strongholds. The Russian-backed blitz has recaptured Aleppo and much of Idlib province -- and driven nearly 900,000 people to…

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Virginia lawmakers to debate assault weapon ban

By Alan Suderman, Associated Press

Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are set to try to advance legislation to ban assault weapons despite pushback from members of their own party.

Virginia House passes gun-control measures

By Alan Suderman, Associated Press

Virginia has become ground zero in the nation's raging debate over gun control and mass shootings as a new Democratic majority has pledged to put strict new limits in place.

Democratic state attorneys general sue federal government over ERA

By Sarah Rankin, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Three Democratic state attorneys general are suing a U.S. government official seeking to force him to recognize Virginia’s vote this week to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and certify the measure as part of the Constitution.

Democratic AGs plan to file lawsuit over ERA

By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general, who has vowed to go to court if needed to see the Equal Rights Amendment adopted, plans to announce “landmark civil rights litigation” dealing with the proposed Constitutional amendment, his office announced Wednesday.

Falwell and W.Va. governor suggest parts of Virginia secede to West Virginia

By Anthony Izaguirre, Alan Suderman, Associated Press

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. are urging unhappy Virginia counties to secede and join a neighboring state where Democrats aren't in charge.

With Virginia’s final ratification, ERA fight advances

By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press

Virginia has officially become the critical 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The State's ratification opens a new chapter in the nearly century-long push to get the amendment added to the Constitution.