March 5, 2024 Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue mariners 1,700 miles from Bermuda after lightning strike blows hole in boat Two men aboard a 19-foot sailing vessel were rescued Monday after a lightning strike made a hole in their boat and they began taking on water.
March 4, 2024 Medically-assisted suicide bill dies in Virginia Legislature Virginia lawmakers on Monday postponed for another year a vote on a bill proposing the allowance of medically-assisted suicide in the state.
March 4, 2024 Two whales wash up in Virginia Beach within days of each other: report Two whales have washed up along the coastline of Virginia Beach, Virginia, within two days of each other, with the latest happening near Sandbridge and False Cape State Park.
March 1, 2024 Virginia school bus accident injures 8 children Eight children sustained minor injuries Friday morning after a school bus from the Williamsburg-James City County school system collided with another vehicle.
March 1, 2024 UVA student hospitalized in alleged hazing, school halts all fraternity events UVA has suspended fraternity events for three weeks after an alleged February 21 hazing incident at the school's Kappa Sigma house reportedly left a student hospitalized.
March 1, 2024 Virginia man who shot teen after high school graduation ceremony gets 43 years Amari Pollard, 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting of Shawn Jackson in Richmond, Virginia, minutes after Jackson received his high school diploma.
February 29, 2024 VA legislators pass recreational marijuana sales bill, Republican Gov. Youngkin to review VA legalized recreational marijuana in 2021, but not its retail sale. If a new bill is approved by GOP Gov. Youngkin, recreational retail sales of marijuana will begin next year.
February 29, 2024 VA lawmakers defeat restrictions on personal use of campaign finances Virginia lawmakers have once again declined to pass legislation that would have prohibited elected officials from spending political donations on personal expenses.
February 28, 2024 Bloodied suspect in missing Americans' Caribbean yacht hijacking tossed into truck during arrest, video shows A video shows a cuffed suspect in a Caribbean island prison escape, after he and two other suspects allegedly killed an American couple and hijacked their yacht.
February 28, 2024 Virginia election official urges voters not to mail in absentee ballots amid delivery concerns Virginia's top election official is urging voters not to mail in absentee ballots, saying delivery problems "represent a fundamental threat to our democracy."