Virginia Dems send sweeping gun ban to Spanberger as West Virginia weighs expanding machine-gun access

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia Democrats have sent a sweeping gun-control package to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk, while West Virginia lawmakers are debating the opposite approach — a proposal that would allow residents to lawfully obtain machine guns. The dueling efforts highlight how sharply gun policy is diverging across the old … Read more

What to know about attacks at a Virginia university and Michigan synagogue

Communities were left reeling from attacks that unfolded less than two hours apart at a Michigan synagogue and Virginia university, violence that officials said would have been bloodier without intervention from residents. In Virginia, a former Army National Guard member, who served years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State, opened fire Thursday … Read more

Virginia university gunman was previously convicted for ISIS ties

Virginia university gunman was previously convicted for ISIS ties – CBS News Watch CBS News The gunman who killed one person and wounded two others at a Virginia university campus on Thursday had previously been imprisoned for trying to support ISIS. Nicole Sganga has more on the shooting and how the gunman was subdued. Source … Read more

SCOOP: Democratic Virginia Gov Spanberger’s Republican cousin aims to flip key California House seat red

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The Republican cousin of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia Thursday launched a campaign for Congress in California as she tries to flip a blue seat red. In an announcement shared first with Fox News Digital, entrepreneur Jenny Rae Le Roux declared her candidacy for the … Read more

Virginia GOP flips deep blue county seat after Dem rocked by resurfaced racist posts

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Virginia Democrat who refused calls from prominent party leaders to drop out of the Prince William County supervisor race over racist social media posts was projected to lose his bid, handing Republicans a pickup in the Washington exurbs. The defeat followed public rebukes from several top … Read more

A Virginia boater is suing a Washington utility for the Potomac River sewage spill

WASHINGTON — A Virginia boater is suing a Washington water utility for negligence in the collapse of a pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River. The class action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, comes weeks after a January sewage pipe collapse, shooting wastewater out … Read more

Virginia Dems send Spanberger bill that could let some repeat offenders out without secured bond, expert warns

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top national figure in the bail industry warned of the dangers behind a Virginia bill heading to Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk that would remove bond requirements for previously convicted felons Virginia state Del. Katrina Callsen, D-Charlottesville, drafted HB 357, which critics say makes it easier for … Read more

Virginia Dems push anti-ICE bills days after Spanberger rejects detainer for illegal immigrant murder suspect

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats in the Virginia state legislature took steps to advance laws aimed at restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts and cooperation with local police just days after Democrat Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said that a warrantless ICE detainer would not be sufficient to hand a criminal … Read more

Virginia passes legislation prohibiting schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6 riot

Virginia’s legislature has passed a bill prohibiting schools from teaching what it considers to be falsehoods about the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including portraying it “as peaceful protest.” The General Assembly approved the measure Thursday, as a first-of-its-kind legislation to combat false statements by supporters of President Trump. The bill says that school … Read more