Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

Students returning to West Potomac High School Thursday morning voiced concerns about safety after a stabbing seriously injured a teen. A newly installed weapons detector could be seen at the ...

The new games that skill games operator Pace-O-Matic says are not covered by Virginia’s ban on the slot-machine-like devices are legal, a Hanover County District Court judge ruled. District ...

A couple from Falls Church, Virginia, died after their car went off the road, crashed into a tree and caught fire on Sunday, police say. Ashraf Bhagat, 75, died at the scene of the crash on ...

Yet the year’s banner race is still to come. Voters in Virginia will head to the polls this November to pick a new governor. Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, and Virginia Lt.

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia health officials have released potential exposure sites after a child who recently traveled internationally was diagnosed with measles. “This first case of measles in ...

They’re going tit for tat. The state flag of Virginia has been banned in a Texas school district over the depiction of a Roman goddess with an exposed bare boob, according to a report.

A STUDENT died after she got caught in an underwater vortex while diving in the sea, an inquest heard. Emily Sherwin vanished at Old Harry Rocks, near Swanage, Dorset, last July - with her body ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A woman is facing charges for a hit-and-run incident Wednesday night. Police said 45-year-old Katrina Foell hit someone in the 4100 block of Thistle Circle, not far from S ...

Recording a narrative conclusion, Mr Middleton said: “Upon entry to the water, Ms Sherwin has got caught in a vortex, she became separated from her dive buddy and failed to return to the surface.