A Russian geneticist living in Virginia has been sentenced to probation in federal court after pleading guilty to smuggling test tubes with DNA from endangered species into the U.S. Customs agents were alarmed when they discovered the test tubes last year at Dulles Airport on a flight originating from Russia

Virginians have used a tip line that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin set up to submit complaints about curriculum, remote learning, controversial books, mask policies, teachers and other topics

The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before it sank in darkness in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia

Schools officials in Virginia say three students and a teacher were taken to hospitals after a fire broke out during a demonstration in a high school chemistry classroom

Whenever historic homes get flooded, building contractors often feel compelled by government regulations to rip out the water-logged wood flooring, tear down the old plaster walls and install new, flood-resistant materials

The Humane Society of the United States says it has removed the last group of beagles from a troubled breeding facility in Virginia

Virginia students made one-year gains in most subjects but achievement in all areas on annual standardized testing remains below pre-pandemic levels

A respected snake researcher who’d been making significant discoveries about the species since childhood has died after being bitten by a timber rattler

Federal officials have accused a company that runs a Virginia facility breeding dogs for research of violating animal welfare law and recently seized at least 145 beagles found to be in acute distress