Virginia

Pete Hegseth welcomes USS Gerald R. Ford home after record deployment

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth presented the crew with the Presidential Unit Citation award, the highest collective honor a military unit can receive in the US Armed Forces.

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, after record deployment. May 16, 2026.
Voters arrive before casting their ballots at a polling location at the Westover Library on April 21, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.

Virgina court blocks new congressional maps two days after state votes in favor

Police block an entrance road after a gunman opened fire at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, U.S., March 12, 2026, in a still image from video.

Old Dominion shooting victim identified as US Army veteran Lt. Col. Brandon Shah

A law enforcement blocks access to the crime scene where 3 people were killed and 2 others wounded on the grounds of the University of Virginia on November 14, 2022 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Gunman at Virginia university shot dead after injuring two


Virginia House GOP candidate likens being conservative to Nazi Germany

A number of Republicans over the last year, including the prominent House Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, have likened coronavirus restrictions to the Nazi treatment of Jews.

A sign reading "Hate Has No Home Here" hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, ahead of the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 10, 2018

Idaho and West Virginia pass anti-Israel boycott laws

Idaho’s Anti-Boycott Against Israel Act states that public entities cannot do business over a total of $100,000 with companies that do not expressly oppose the BDS movement

The Idaho House of Representatives Room in Idaho State Capitol Building

Virginia Republicans won’t move convention voting off Shabbat

A majority of the State Central Committee voted Thursday for a religious exemption to voting at the convention taking place on May 8, a Saturday.

GOP Convention July, 2016

Two dead, eight injured in at least two shootings in Virginia Beach

“What you can see is we have a very chaotic incident, a very chaotic night in the Beach,” Police Chief Paul Neudigate told local news. “Many different crime scenes.”

A resident places flowers at a makeshift memorial outside a municipal government building where a shooting incident occurred in Virginia Beach, Virginia, US June 1, 2019.

New study sheds light on the causes of cold sores, herpes flare-ups

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is one of the most common human pathogens in existence, present in approximately 40–90% of the population worldwide.

Neurons infected with herpes simplex virus 1

Virginia residents warned following reappearance of poisonous caterpillar

The creature, known as the puss caterpillar, measures just under an inch and a half, including the fur-like venomous spines it has on its body.

The puss caterpillar

Trump rally moves as venue ex-employee arrested for terrorism

"There is no doubt the kid is a knucklehead."

US President Donald Trump takes off his face mask as he comes out on a White House balcony to speak to supporters gathered on the South Lawn for a campaign rally at the White House. October 10, 2020.

Even minor brain injuries have hidden long-term effects - new research

The research also sheds light on traumatic brain injuries.

Illustrative image of an EEG test to measure electrical activity of the brain being performed.

Bomb threat left on Virginia synagogue's voicemail

A police K-9 search of the area did not turn up any bombs.

Close up of a man using mobile smart phone

What unsolved mystery hides in the middle of the CIA headquarters?

Artist Jim Sanborn knew that some of the world's greatest intelligence officers of the time would be passing by his piece every day, so he decided to create a work of art that would challenge them.

Kryptos at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia