West Virginia

The crowded contest for the state’s highest office was full of Republicans pushing anti-trans rhetoric and denialism about Biden's win in the 2020 election.
Derrick Evans, who served jail time for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, lost to Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) on Tuesday.
A former U.S. Capitol police officer tries to overcome a wave of pro-Israel spending, while Republicans in West Virginia decide just how far right they want to go.
LGBTQ+ people make up only about 4% of the state’s population, but that hasn’t stopped the Republican gubernatorial candidates from pushing anti-trans rhetoric.
“It quite literally boils down to the safety of our animals,” said West Virginia’s Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association.
After his wife and daughter fled their home, Maxwell Laham turned the gun on his 15-year-old son, who shot him in the chest with another gun, state police said.
Democrats feared the conservative West Virginia senator would harm President Joe Biden's path to reelection if he jumped into the race as an independent.
Dozens condemned the West Virginia bill on Thursday, arguing that it would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people.
The state's police officers are no longer be allowed to pull over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the rearview mirror of the windshield.
Mysterious circumstances surround the 1945 fire that destroyed the Sodder family’s West Virginia home, and the remains of five children believed to be inside were never found.