Posted: 4:42 PM A soft-spoken conservative from Virginia is emerging as a central player on immigration as the issue nears a critical juncture on Capitol Hill.

Posted: 3:25 PM A Maryland man with Tourette syndrome was barred from a JetBlue flight after repeatedly saying "bomb" during check-in.

Updated: 2:34 PM Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them are gathering for what could be their last big reunion at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Updated: 1:59 PM Students at Virginia Tech will pay higher tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year.

Updated: 2:00 PM Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement are preparing to mark the 406th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States.

Updated: 7:27 PM An Associated Press review of state records shows grocery costs at Virginia's Executive Mansion hit the highest levels in at least eight years in late 2011 and early 2012.

Posted: 3:06 PM The case of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his former girlfriend will be heard by the state Court of Appeals.

Posted: 12:03 PM The first of what's guaranteed to be many television ads aired into November by candidates in Virginia's close and bitter governor's race is set for a Monday debut.

Updated: 12:00 PM Virginia Military Institute plans a May full of events in honor of one of its most notable faculty members: Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

Posted: 3:05 PM U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will lead a Senate Commerce Committee subpanel that promotes trade, investment, innovation and manufacturing to boost U.S. competitiveness.

Posted: 12:14 PM Rewards totaling $7,500 are being offered in hopes of finding those responsible for the deaths of five bald eagles on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Posted: 10:58 AM Federal regulators say mining deaths during the first quarter of this year totaled 11, with West Virginia claiming nearly half of those fatalities.

Posted: 3:35 PM Virginia Military Institute says operations are returning to normal after authorities detonated a suspicious package.

Posted: 1:59 PM Jurors have sided with a Virginia sheriff who ordered strip searches of nine female jail contract workers as part of a drug-smuggling investigation.

Posted: 1:03 PM Authorities have carried out a controlled detonation of a suspicious item that prompted the evacuation of several buildings at Virginia Military Institute.

Posted: 12:50 PM Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli plans to withdraw his office from prosecuting embezzlement charges against the former chef at the Virginia's governor's mansion.

Posted: 10:51 AM Hampton police are hoping the public will help them solve the 1989 slaying of a woman.

Posted: 10:14 AM Virginia Military Institute has evacuated several buildings following the discovery of a suspicious item on the Lexington campus.

Posted: 5:10 PM Police charged four men with hazing in relation to an incident which resulted in the drowning of at least one university student.

Updated: 4:01 PM Virginia is opening a trade office in Shanghai to increase agricultural and forestry sales to China, the state's largest export customer.

Posted: 12:49 PM Nearly 200 acres along the Shenandoah River in Virginia's Clarke County are being preserved under a partnership announced by The Civil War Trust.

Updated: 11:19 AM The Smithsonian Institution is joining an ultra-fast broadband network built for universities to bring the world's largest museum and research complex closer to higher education.

Posted: 10:40 AM A central Virginia woman who faked cancer to raise money will escape prison time.

Posted: 12:35 PM The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fredericksburg.

Posted: 11:25 AM The Virginia Department of Taxation expects the elimination of its Criminal Investigative Unit to save $120,000 next year.