Category: Crime and courts

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA)  - The Nation of Islam has clarified and contradicted mainstream media reports that erroneously identified the individu

Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has successfully defeated a challenge to the historic Virginia Values Act in the Eastern District of Virgini

The Arlington County Police Department, in Northern Virginia, has arrested of a suspect following an investigation into threats and the recovery of tw

By Ned Oliver (VM) - Nearly 70 percent of people incarcerated in Virginia prisons have received a first dose of coronavirus vaccine and more than h

(VM) - A senior investigator in Virginia’s watchdog agency has filed a lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully suspended from her job last week after givi

(VM ) - Two bills that aimed to restore independent oversight to Virginia’s prison system failed this year, but lawmakers agreed to study the ideas an

As part of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Mark R. Herring is highlighting resources for older Virginians to help prevent them fro

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to the latest report from The Innocence Project, innocen

By Chelsea Cirruzzo (USN ) - Increases in a county's jail incarceration rate are associated with upticks in premature deaths caused by issues like in

By MORGAN TOLAN AND ELLIE WATSON (CNS) - From 2015 to 2019, there were more than 23,000 Virginians arrested for simple possession of marijuana, ave