Jury awards $300 million to women who alleged sex abuse by doctor at a Virginia children's hospital

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A jury has ruled in favor of three women who alleged they were sexually abused while patients at a Virginia children's hospital, awarding them a total of $300 million in damages. The jury in Richmond Circuit Court on Friday awarded each woman $60 million in...

No. 7 Miami survives Virginia Tech 38-34 to remain unbeaten after Hail Mary TD overturned

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Officials declared what would have been a winning, final-play touchdown by Virginia Tech an incomplete pass after a lengthy review of the final play, and No. 7 Miami escaped with a 38-34 win in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Friday night. ...

From way downtown! Twice! Virginia Tech, Miami kickers close 1st half with a field goal display

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — John Love and Andy Borregales sent Virginia Tech and No. 7 Miami into halftime with a little bit of fireworks Friday night. They're the kickers — and they connected on career-longs 20 seconds apart to end the first half. Love made a...

Blood-spatter analysis helped investigation into husband charged with killing wife and another man

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Expert bloodstain-pattern and forensic analysis helped investigators pursue charges against a Virginia husband accused of killing his wife and another man at the married couple’s Fairfax County home, prosecutors said Friday. Earlier this month, a grand jury...

Boar's Head faces legal scrutiny over deadly deli meat listeria outbreak, USDA says

Boar's Head, the deli meat company at the center of a deadly listeria food poisoning outbreak, is being scrutinized by law enforcement officials, the U.S. Agriculture Department disclosed in response to government records requests. Officials with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage slipped to 6.08% this week, Freddie Mac says, its lowest level in two years

It'll be a Friday night ACC opener for No. 7 Miami and Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech (2-2, 0-0 ACC) at No. 7 Miami (4-0, 0-0), Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Miami by 19 1/2. Series record: Miami, 25-15. WHAT’S AT STAKE? It's the ACC opener for both teams, as they enter their 21st...

CarMax: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — CarMax Inc. (KMX) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $132.8 million. The Richmond, Virginia-based company said it had profit of 85 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The...

No. 7 Miami opens ACC play against Virginia Tech, looking to keep flying after hot start

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — This is basically where Miami was at this time last year. Unbeaten through four games, climbing in the national rankings, feeling good going into the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play. And then, thud. ACC play last season for Miami...

10th death reported in Boar's Head deli meat listeria outbreak

A 10th person has died in the listeria outbreak that shuttered a Boar's Head deli meat plant, federal health officials said Wednesday. At least 59 people in 19 states have been sickened by the bacteria first detected in liverwurst made at the Jarratt, Virginia, plant. Illnesses were...