Ken Cuccinelli

Earlier this year, the Commonwealth of Virginia and 48 other states entered into a $25 billion settlement agreement with five of the nation's largest banks over foreclosure fraud. Most of the settlement was in the form of direct mortgage relief to...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday exonerated a Charles City Countyman wrongfully convicted of a 1978 rape. The justices granted a writ of actual innocence to Bennett Barbour, 56. Barbour was convicted of the rape of a 19-...

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli will kick off a series of five community and law enforcement gang trainings across the Commonwealth. The first training will take place in Radford. The training sessions are part of the attorney general's larger anti-gang...

Virginia lawmakers in March diverted most of a multimillion-dollar mortgage settlement payment to local governments. Virginia received $66.5 million as part of a national $25 billion settlement with five large banks for foreclosure fraud. Direct payments...

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has joined officials in several states in asking the federal government to fight a judge's decision that blocked the importation of a drug used in executions. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Cuccinelli...

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Wednesday that Skechers, a shoe company, has agreed to pay $40 million after claiming that some of its shoes will tone your body without any extra exercise. Several states filed class-action lawsuits against...

The people who protect our hometowns are pausing this week to remember comrades who were killed in the line of duty. This is National Police Week: a time to reflect on the sacrifice of officers who died on the job. Lynchburg's police department held a...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Health care company Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay a $100 million national settlement over the illegal off-label marketing of its anti-seizure drug Depakote (DEP-uh-coat). Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli...

Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion over allegations that it promoted the anti-seizure drug Depakote for uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Deputy Attorney General James Cole says the...

A Martinsville caregiver has been found guilty of abuse and neglect following the 2011 death of an incapacitated adult. A jury has recommended that Richard C. Wagoner Jr. serve five years in prison. Wagoner won't be sentenced until Oct. 18. Wagoner...

Abbott Laboratories said it will pay $1.6 billion to settle federal and state claims that it improperly marketed the neurological medication Depakote for off-label uses. Abbott will pay $800 million to resolve civil allegations split among federal and...

Former students of Virginia Western Community College's nursing program have been awarded a $2.4 million settlement against the Roanoke school. The plaintiffs claimed the school didn't notify nursing students quickly enough that Virginia Western's...