The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has incorporated a proposal from Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine to strengthen military whistleblower protection laws.

Two separate weekend crashes in the Matoaca area of Chesterfield have claimed two lives. Police now have released the names of the victims.

The United States Supreme Court says a jury should have the final say on facts that can trigger mandatory minimum sentences in criminal trials. 

Republican officials say Democratic Senator Phil Puckett could directly benefit from the independent investigation he called for into Attorney General Cuccinelli’s office providing legal counsel to Pennsylvania based energy companies over mineral rights, something Democrats say sides against Virginia’s interests. Craig Carper reports.