When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations. The moves sparked joy from progressive delegates, but the church faces many of the…
Protesters left a Pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California early Sunday after they were surrounded by police and told they might face arrest if they didn’t go.The move, days before commencement events are set to begin on the Los Angeles campus, came after the unive…
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Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action. They know women impacted by the Florida change last week will look to them for services no longer available where they live. In North Carolina, health care clinic…
From marches and art exhibitions to candlelight vigils, people are gathering across the U.S. to spotlight the high rate of disappearances and killings in Native American communities. Sunday marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, with more events planned over the coming …
Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a dramatic three-horse photo finish, edging out Sierra Leone and Forever Young for the upset victory. It was the 10th Derby to be decided by a nose, the closest margin in horse racing. Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.…
Twenty-five people have been arrested for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus. Video from WVAW-TV showed officers with heavy gear and shields lined up on the campus in Charlottesville. Proteste…
About 75 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps, marched up the main aisle toward the stage.
The quiet and peaceful protest on Grounds came to a violent and chaotic end Saturday afternoon.
Fans packed into Churchill Downs Saturday for the 150th Kentucky Derby, the longest continuously held sporting event in the country, and many said they felt the milestone made race day feel extra special this year. Some said that as they approached the track, they imagined what Churchill Downs must have been at that first race on May 17, 1875, when patrons arrived to watch the horses by riding horses there themselves. The 150th Run for the Roses would be unrecognizable to the 10,000 people who attended that first race. More than 157,000 arrived at Churchill Down from all over the United States for a dayslong spectacle of huge hats and mint juleps.
Holocaust survivors are sharing their wrenching stories in a digital campaign called #CancelHate, revisiting their trauma and persecution as hate and antisemitism soars to levels not seen in decades.
Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Here's some of the highlights.
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On a snowy day in January 2003, tourism officials from across Southwest Virginia converged on the Carter Fold for an organizational meeting of something called “The Crooked Road.”
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
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On a snowy day in January 2003, tourism officials from across Southwest Virginia converged on the Carter Fold for an organizational meeting of something called “The Crooked Road.”
Check out modern homes in new communities around Bristol
The quiet and peaceful protest on Grounds came to a violent and chaotic end Saturday afternoon.
Still clad in an orange jail-issue jumpsuit, Brian Lamont Turner has taken over his own legal defense and spotted an omission that could disrupt the government's case.
A total of 82 people were arrested Sunday.
Raymond Matthew Uttaro wept as the 18 guilty verdicts were read.
Content by Barter Theatre. Experience the powerful musical “Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash” on the Gilliam Stage this spring.
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The widow of a North Carolina man shot and killed by Sullivan County deputies last spring has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Greeneville, Tennessee.
A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
A Scott County, Virginia, firefighter died over the weekend while battling a wildfire.
Mayor Levar Stoney said in an interview: "It would have been a grueling, negative race, and that is not what you want to ensure we elect a Democrat as governor."
A total of 457 acres of riverfront mountains in Russell County have been added to Clinch River State Park, which will provide new public access to the river for outdoor recreation.
BRISTOL, Va. – Only one person spoke Tuesday during a series of three public hearings related to the city’s proposed 2024-25 operating budget – a plan that will see real estate taxes remain the same and the trash rate decrease.
About a week after legislators brushed off his amendments to bills ensuring the right to contraception and requiring insurance coverage, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he’s still thinking about what do.
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