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


Book review: City of Refuge founder offers hope to homeless

The book is his story of trying to save one person at a time

Homeless people sleeping on the sidewalk.

Body of Virginia Rabbi swept out to the sea saving student found

Rabbi Reuven Bauman leaves behind a wife and five children.

US Coast Guard

GOP pol takes down 'concentration camp' joke after Democrat complains

A Republican running for the Virginia state legislature removed from his Facebook campaign page a meme that mocked comparisons of migrant camps to concentration camps.

The courthouse building from the colonial period in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Sky's the limit: Rise of delivery drones has cities asking who owns airspace

"People really believe they own everything above their property."

Optimus, a drone manufactured by Airobotics, the Israeli drone maker that says it has recently been granted the first certificate in the world to fly a fully automated drone, with no human operator, is seen during a demonstration for Reuters near their offices in Petah Tikva, Israel March 20, 2017.

12 killed including suspect in Virginia Beach shooting

The Twitter feed reported there were "multiple injuries," adding, "At this time it is believed that only 1 shooter, and they have been taken into custody."

Police are seen near the scene of a mass shooting in Toronto, Canada, July 22, 2018

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation acquires its first Judaica items

There are records of Jews who passed through Williamsburg during the 17th and 18th centuries on business, however there is not much evidence to suggest any lived or settled there for a long period.

The courthouse building from the colonial period in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Antisemitic and racist graffiti painted on Virginia high school

The graffiti were discovered at Godwin High school in Henrico County on Sunday morning.

Virginia State Police in Charlottesville

Suspect in shooting of female U.S. sailor killed at naval base

It was not immediately clear how the victim and the suspect knew each other or where the victim was being treated.

Guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) pulls into Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the largest naval base in the world in this July 7, 2011 U.S. Navy handout photo obtained by Reuters March 1, 2013. The Department of Defense announced planned cuts of $271 million in maintenance at the shipyards at th

Virginia House candidate accuses opponent of hating Israel

The district is likely to lean Republican, according to reports.

Leslie Cockburn

19 swastikas painted on North Virginian Jewish Community Center

"All the 'globalist' and 'Soros' code wording matters," writes reporter.

A neo Nazi attends a rally in Budapest October 23, 2009. The words, the motto of the S.S., read "my honor is my loyalty"