Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney had a good excuse for being late to a news conference for presidential hopeful Joe Biden: they were stuck in an elevator.

A neglected dog has made a stunning recovery after being brought to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Richmond, Virginia, this past April, TODAY.com reported. The dog, whom the SPCA renamed Lionheart, was surrendered by his owner — and it was immediately clear he needed care. “We realized what a terrible case of neglect it was,”...

Kelly Frankenburg is a newborn and baby photographer who works out of her home studio 11 Sixteen Photography in Richmond, Virginia. She is also an animal lover. She, her husband Mark and their two children recently started fostering animals from city shelter Richmond Animal Care and Control, People Pets reported. The most recent critters to come under the Frankenburgs’ foster...

A Bay Area school district voted Wednesday to name an elementary school after former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Richmond police on Saturday called on the public to help them in the search for a driver who fatally struck a 4-year-old boy and sped away from the scene of the collision.

Twelve former students of a man convicted of sexually abusing them when he was their teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area school will receive a combined $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit against the school, an attorney said.

Gun-rights activists — some making deliberate displays of their military-style rifles — descended on Virginia’s capital city Monday to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.

State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia that’s expected to draw a mix of militias, firearms advocates and white supremacists to Richmond.

The Justice Department has issued a finding that an expired pair of deadlines imposed by Congress decades ago means it’s too late for more states to ratify it now.

Virginia is home to more Confederate memorials than any other state. For many, they are reminders of a painful history. But a new statue in Richmond is designed to offer a different take on who should be atop a monument. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Martin Truex Jr. seemed to have a ‘pinch me’ moment as he climbed from his car in Victory Lane. Nudged off the lead with 87 laps to go, Truex rallied Saturday night, ultimately passing teammate Kyle Busch with 25 laps to go and winning his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series race. That it came in the series’ playoffs in Richmond,...

A group of Virginia lawmakers commemorated the 400th anniversary of slavery in the U.S. Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday marked the 400th anniversary of American democracy and its gift “of the country we love,” but his celebration of what began as an experiment in self-government was boycotted by black Virginia lawmakers incensed by Trump’s continued disparagement of a veteran black congressman and the majority-black district he represents. The uplifting rhetoric from Trump marking 400...

Gavin Grimm, the transgender man who sued after being barred from using boys bathrooms in high school, remains female today, no matter what his birth certificate or a Virginia judge might have said, a lawyer for the school board argued in federal court Tuesday.

Dr. Brandon Nicholson’s organization teaches young black men technology, entrepreneurship and leadership.

Courts around the country are embracing text messages as a way to nudge people into showing up for their hearings.

As a veteran teacher at a troubled high school in Richmond, Virginia, Rodney Robinson wanted to better understand why so many students go directly from school to prison. So he took a job teaching students at a juvenile detention center. Four years later, Robinson has been chosen as the 2019 National Teacher of the Year for his dedication to helping...

San Diego has long been known for its breathtaking beaches and powerhouse craft brewing scene but, now, America’s Finest City is also ranking high among foodies.

A teenage suspect is dead after shots were fired at an Indiana middle school Thursday morning, Indiana State Police said.

Father Jim Sichko has a 50-state congregation and a simple mandate from the pope: Go forth and do good deeds.