The Senate will return Monday for a four-week work period with one of the most influential voices — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., — still absent with undisclosed health problems.
- Bhargav Acharya and Doina Chiacu Reuters
Trump said on Friday he would not sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill that he had called "a big yawn," but the measure can become law without his signature.
She inspired generations of pilots and astronauts through her trailblazing work as a member of NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in the 1960s.
- Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan Reuters
Graham Platner ended his campaign Wednesday after a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault.
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A federal judge allowed the payment to the writer after a jury found Trump liable for abuse claims; the Supreme Court declined to take the case initially.
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Early July brought historic extreme weather for the fourth year in a row, and scientists again see the "fingerprints" of climate change in a deadly Fourth of July.
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The U.S. military said Wednesday that it launched fresh strikes on Iran aimed at keeping the critical Strait of Hormuz open to traffic.
In battleground states, Democrats are campaigning against Republican-backed cuts to Medicaid and rising costs, while Republicans argue their policies will curb waste and lower expenses.
As companies race to build the infrastructure behind AI and the internet, communities are weighing new investment against questions about electricity, water and long-term costs.
The U.S. also revoked a license allowing Iran to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Chicago entrepreneur, whose eponymous company transformed Black haircare in the U.S., died Monday at age 99, news media reported.
In American suburbs and major cities, air conditioners are everywhere. But in Europe, air conditioning proved divisive.
While laughing seems uniquely human, it is not. Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various great apes — chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans.
Legal experts said the ruling, represented another setback for transgender people fighting a growing array of state and federal restrictions targeting them — and for gay rights more generally.
Smith Mountain Lake Pirate Days is set to return next weekend even as low water levels have threatened to put a damper on the popular lake event.
A Franklin County man died when his motorcycle struck a pickup truck from behind.
Read through the obituaries published today in Franklin News Post.
What is usually one of the busiest weekends of the summer for lake officials was ultimately uneventful.
A search warrant was issued earlier this week for City Dogs Boarding & Playcare. Dogs were seen in "significant emotional distress" amid high temperatures.
Virginia’s new liquor law is changing how restaurants and cocktail-focused venues operate. Here’s what HB 975 means for businesses.
The long and hard fight over a new state budget is proving its worth by extending a lifeline to 200,000 Virginians who either have lost their health insurance coverage or are struggling to keep it.
The lawsuit seeks $3 million from Blacksburg after a police officer struck and killed Virginia Tech graduate student Spencer Forsling in December.
The Senate will return Monday for a four-week work period with one of the most influential voices — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., — still absent with undisclosed health problems.
Trump said on Friday he would not sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill that he had called "a big yawn," but the measure can become law without his signature.
She inspired generations of pilots and astronauts through her trailblazing work as a member of NASA’s “Women in Space Program” in the 1960s.
Graham Platner ended his campaign Wednesday after a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault.
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A Rocky Mount woman was arrested in connection to a homicide that occurred early Tuesday morning.
The case stems from a incident that took place between Patterson and staff at the Raine and Perdue law firm in Rocky Mount in April.
A Franklin County Sheriff's Office K9 will soon receive a bulletproof and stab-proof protective vest thanks to a charitable donation.
In January, Erin Strotman pleaded no contest to nine counts of child abuse in Henrico County Circuit Court as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
The long and hard fight over a new state budget is proving its worth by extending a lifeline to 200,000 Virginians who either have lost their health insurance coverage or are struggling to keep it.
A three-judge panel in Charlottesville decided Monday that the individual lawsuits against Virginia's new assault weapons ban will not be combined into a single case.
As Virginians raced to buy firearms before the state's assault weapons ban took effect, they drove firearm background checks to the highest monthly number ever recorded in the commonwealth.
