As people trickle in for the midday prayer, some remain from the previous night, living out of sleeping bags in the mosque at the Islamic Center of Virginia in Chesterfield County until the end of Ramadan next week. quot;This is a once-in-a-year opportunity to devote yourself as much as you ...

NEWS NEAR YOU RichmondArmed robbers confronted a man in South Richmond late Tuesday night and stole lottery tickets. Richmond police Lt. Herman Loney III said the victim was not injured in the robbery, which occurred at 11:14 p.m. in the 500 block of West 21st Street, just east of Jefferson ...

RICHMOND, VA -- Congressional elections will set the stage for redistricting, a fierce partisan tug of war over money and clout.

After witnessing the unveiling of the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial two years ago, Chief Kenneth Adams of the Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe looked around Capitol Square in Richmond and took stock. The new monument, which depicted the struggle of black Virginians against segregation, drove home a reality:…

BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military yesterday marked the end of its combat mission in Iraq amid a series of conflicting messages that underscored the mixed feelings many here, both American and Iraqi, have toward a 7amp;#189;-year effort that cost tens of thousands of lives but left the political outcome undecided.…

Perriello, D-Ivy, has set up an alternate event.

The 6-year-old witness, Jada Rogers, entered the courtroom sucking her thumb. She stood with her hands behind her back, fidgeting, as Richmond Circuit Judge Theodore J. Markow asked if she knew what it means to tell the truth. People who lie, she told the judge, go to jail. On the ...