Matthew Barakat
The Associated Press
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Virginia school system pulls test question equating ideology to race, gender
Virginia's largest school system is removing a test question given to a college-level social studies class that equated liberals and conservatives with specific → Read More
Amazon pauses construction on 2nd HQ after biggest round of layoffs
Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in the company's history and its shifting plans aro → Read More
Virginia town approves Amazon offer over actor Robert Duvall’s opposition
The 92-year-old “The Godfather” and “The Great Santini” actor lives on a farm in Fauquier County, which surrounds the town. → Read More
Virginia ramps up competition with Maryland to land FBI headquarters
Budget documents estimate that roughly 7,500 jobs are tied to the new facility. → Read More
Video shows Raleigh police use stun guns on man who died in custody
Dashboard camera footage from the Raleigh Police Department shows the arrest of a Black man who died after officers repeatedly used stun guns on him. → Read More
Raleigh police release video of stun gun use before man's death
Officers used a stun gun on the man while arresting him. He later died at a hospital, sparking outrage against the Raleigh Police Department. → Read More
Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. → Read More
Johnny Depp, Amber Heard settle defamation appeals
Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their defamation lawsuits following a high-profile trial earlier this year in which the former couple accused each other of physical and verbal abuse → Read More
Amber Heard Makes 'Difficult' Decision to Settle Johnny Depp Defamation Case
After "a great deal of deliberation," Amber Heard says she's settling the Virginia defamation case with Johnny Depp: "This is not an act of concession." → Read More
Report blasts Virginia schools’ handling of sex assaults
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin requested the investigation of Loudoun County Public Schools on his first day in office. → Read More
Walmart shooter left 'death note,' bought gun day of killing
Authorities investigating the fatal shootings of six people at a Walmart said that the shooter bought the gun just hours before and left a note on his phone listing grievances against coworkers → Read More
Police: Walmart shooter bought gun just hours before killing
Authorities investigating the fatal shootings of six people at a Walmart said that the shooter bought the gun just hours before and left a note with grievances against coworkers on his phone → Read More
Police: Walmart shooter bought gun just hours before killing
Coworkers of Bing who survived the shooting said he was difficult and known for being hostile with employees. → Read More
Walmart shooter left 'death note,' bought gun day of killing
Coworkers of Bing who survived the shooting said he was difficult and known for being hostile with employees. → Read More
Walmart shooter left 'death note,' bought gun day of killing
Coworkers of Bing who survived the shooting said he was difficult and known for being hostile with employees. → Read More
Mass transit extension to Dulles Airport is opening at tough time
Mass transit is finally coming to Dulles International Airport. → Read More
Kansas mom gets 20 years for leading Islamic State battalion
Allison Fluke-Ekren admitted that she led a battalion in which roughly 100 women and girls — some as young as 10 years old — learned how to use automatic weapons and detonate grenades and suicide belts. → Read More
Kansas mom gets 20 years for leading Islamic State battalion
Allison Fluke-Ekren admitted that she led a battalion in which roughly 100 women and girls — some as young as 10 years old — learned how to use automatic weapons and detonate grenades and suicide belts. → Read More
Kansas mom gets 20 years for leading Islamic State battalion
Allison Fluke-Ekren admitted that she led a battalion in which roughly 100 women and girls — some as young as 10 years old — learned how to use automatic weapons and detonate grenades and suicide belts. → Read More
Family details horrific abuse at hands of female ISIS leader
Family members of a Kansas native convicted of leading an all-female Islamic State group battalion say they suffered years of horrific abuse at her hands well before she ever became a terrorist → Read More