SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation’s biggest state to tie the knot.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — George Mason University will receive $7 million in federal funding over the next five years to run a Web site to train elementary and high school history teachers.

WASHINGTON-After 17 months, Sen. Jim Webb and his signature GI bill have shot to the national stage. 

As college tuition climbs and military recruitment levels drop, Republican Congressman Virgil Goode on Tuesday added his name to a bill that would increase education benefits for veterans.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — A Harrisonburg court has dismissed a case against a baby boy summoned to appear in court for an unpaid bill.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Willie Cannon first cast a line in the James River in 1956, but for him the good times are now.

Rural areas wouldn’t benefit a whole lot from the almost $1 billion of new taxes for transportation that Gov. Timothy M. Kaine proposed Monday, according to legislators from western Virginia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by a California smoker who alleged the multibillion dollar tobacco settlement between 46 states and the four major cigarette companies was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws.

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are pushing what could become the most dramatic expansion of college aid for military veterans since World War II, with a bill they hope will buoy them this election season and become an albatross for Republicans. 

A liberal think-tank says if Virginia raises taxes for transportation, it should provide relief for those least able to afford them: the working poor.