Trump this week sparred with the German chancellor, who said the Iranians were humiliating the U.S. in talks to end the 2-month-old war.
- ZACHARY SCHERMELE USA Today
Ahead of the midterm elections, the "Make America Healthy Again" movement that was key to Trump's return to the White House is causing friction within the Republican Party.
- LUC COHEN Reuters
Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls, dealing a blow to the president's effort to expand the federal government's role in elections.
- ALEXIA PARTOUCHE The Roanoke Times
Roanoke Valley farmers are using their tractors less and leaving some fields without fertilizer as the Iran War drives up farm operating costs.
- JASON DUNOVANT The Roanoke Times
What sets Hannah Wray apart among the graduates walking the stage this Saturday at Ferrum College? Her three bachelor's degrees in four years.
- MARK BERMAN The Roanoke Times
Babcock will be paid $1.15 million in base salary in Year 1 of his new job.
- DAMIEN SORDELETT The Roanoke Times
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Demand is down for illegal, disposable vapes, and that has slowed the pace of declines in cigarette sales, tobacco giant Altria Group says.
His & Her Majesties will participate in "a very brief parade" Thursday, for the Shenandoah Valley town's 250th celebration, part of America 250.
A 52-year-old man from Rocky Mount was sentenced last week in the July 27 shooting of a Franklin County High School basketball coach in Gretna.
Fewer Virginians were participating in the state's civilian labor force and more had lost their jobs, compared both to the previous month and a year earlier.
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Rob Thomson, fired Tuesday morning by the Philadelphia Phillies, insisted he not only understood why he was dismissed so quickly, but had no harsh feelings toward Dave Dombrowski.
Virginia baseball second baseman Joe Tiroly wasn't hitting as well as he wanted to earlier in the year, so he changed bats and that change has sparked his second-half surge.
The Philadelphia Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson amid early-season struggles, bringing in Don Mattingly to ignite a turnaround for the playoff-bound team.
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