Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

Virginia will be the 11th state in 16 years to abolish the death penalty. Capital punishment has disappeared from all of New England and the Mid-Atlantic coastal states, he said.

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

The Hokies weren't bad on D last year, but several new parts will try to make it better. Here's the CFN Virginia Tech Preview ...

Adults will have to buckle up in the back seat, students give up cellphones in school and large restaurants must quit packing ...

The departure of James Ryan represents a dramatic escalation in the administration’s effort to reshape higher education.

The summaries below are primarily drawn from opinions of the Virginia Supreme Court that reflect the state's view of the evidence. 1. William Joseph Burns, 45, was sentenced to death in Shenandoah ...

One of the federal inmates spared the death penalty on Monday by President Joe Biden was convicted in a crime spree that included the shotgun slaying of his former girlfriend in Roanoke. In 1996 ...

People who leave animals or other people in their care unattended in a vehicle can face hefty fines and jail time in West ...

Buc-ee’s fans lined up before dawn for the grand opening of the Texas travel center chain’s first Virginia store in Mount Crawford.

Alabama has scheduled an August execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Every summer, before the justices ...