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A soldier has died after barricading herself in an office and shooting herself inside a major command's headquarters in Virginia. Fort Lee officials said the solider was pronounced dead Monday after being taken to Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center...

An active duty soldier is being identified as the cause of a shooting scare Monday morning at the Fort Lee Army base in Virginia. The base was placed on lockdown when the female soldier reportedly entered a building waving a gun around...

Virginia State Police say there are two confirmed deaths from a tornado that ripped through a campground this morning on Virginia's Eastern Shore.  The state's department of emergency management had reported a third death but a state police spokeswoman now says that was an erroneous report...

A Marine who was declared a deserter nearly 10 years ago after disappearing in Iraq and then returning to the U.S. claiming he had been kidnapped, only to disappear again, is back in U.S. custody, officials said Sunday. Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, 34, turned himself in and was being flown Sunday from an undisclosed location in the Middle East to Norfolk, Va...

Virginia has elected a new governor and New York City a new mayor on a busy Election Day around the country. Terry McAuliffe defeated Republican State Attorney General Ken Cuccinell in Virginia.  McAuliffe said even though the two had their differences, that does not mean his opponent is not a man of principle.  M...

New Bedford Economic Development Council Director Matt Morrissey spent several days in Virginia Beach last week, attending an offshore wind conference. The AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference and Expo welcomed business leaders and officials from the East Coast, providing essential information on the future of offshore wind in the U...