Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson though Donald Trump and other top Republicans have warned her off the effort.
The past few days and weeks have taken wild weather swings to a new level. Buckle up, experts say: 2024 is shaping up to be another record year.
A bipartisan group of North Carolina lawmakers has approved a bill codifying a definition of antisemitism into law. A nearly unanimous House voted Wednesday in favor of the SHALOM Act, which adopts the definition provided by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Republican House …
The American refugee program long served as a haven for people fleeing violence around the world. Today, it’s rebounding after years of cutbacks under the Trump administration.
At least eight tornadoes have touched down in Ohio and three have been confirmed in Michigan as severe storms barreled through the central U.S., killing one man in Tennessee when a tree toppled onto a vehicle he was in. The National Weather Service says confirmed tornadoes touched down Tuesd…
Voting rights advocates have created a new initiative to increase Black voter turnout ahead of this fall's general election. The Young Black Lawyers' Organizing Coalition has recruited lawyers and law students from historically Black colleges and universities. They recently launched a four-s…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. contracted a parasitic worm that got into his brain and ate a portion of it before dying, part of a series of health issues the independent presidential candidate suffered in recent years.
A federal appeals court has ruled a Catholic school in North Carolina had the right to fire a gay teacher who announced a decade ago that he was going to marry his longtime partner. A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Wednesday a lower court's 2021 ruling against Charlotte Catholic High School and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. The trial judge had found that the school had violated Lonnie Billard's employment protections against sex discrimination. But the panel determined Billard fell under a “ministerial exception” concerning employees who perform tasks central to an institution's religious mission.
Europe’s Airbus had established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing troubles and ongoing safety concerns. Yet aviation analysts say the European company is unlikely to extend its advantage much further.
Veteran country singer Gene Watson returns to the Jettie Baker Center in Clintwood, Virginia, on Friday, May 10.
Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a bill to pause for two years a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers. Kemp’s veto shows how hard it is to root out tax breaks. The dispute in Georgia mirrors fights in states including Virginia, where data centers are sparking a backlash. So many data centers are opening in Georgia that it is causing a drain on the power grid. The International Energy Agency says electrical consumption from data centers worldwide could double by 2026.
BRISTOL, Va. – The city is currently seeking sealed bids from contractors to construct the next phase of widening of Lee Highway near Interstate 81’s Exit 5.
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Veteran country singer Gene Watson returns to the Jettie Baker Center in Clintwood, Virginia, on Friday, May 10.
An Abingdon, Virginia sailor who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor will be buried this month in Honolulu, Hawaii.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Boy Scouts of America have announced it will be changing its name to Scouting America.
Hail and damaging winds threaten much of the East Coast. Tornadoes won't be ruled out in the Mid-Atlantic and Deep South. Our Lee Weather Team has your safety at top of mind with these videos.
William Henry Fears IV has been sentenced to the longest term of any of the men who have been charged for their involvement in the episode.
“This is an outrageous tale of fraud and deception, and it must be punished appropriately,” U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski said to the man who once ran Lifeline Ambulance Services.
UVa's president and police chief say four men dressed in black, carrying backpacks and wearing helmets joined the encampment Friday night and prompted security concerns.
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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.
BRISTOL, Va. – The city is currently seeking sealed bids from contractors to construct the next phase of widening of Lee Highway near Interstate 81’s Exit 5.
The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Bristol district is slated to receive over $800 million, or about 3% of the state’s total proposed transportation funding, during the next six years.
Gov. Youngkin's chief procurement officer is leaving state government, but not before a push to reach the governor's promised goal of saving $200 million on state purchases by June 30.
BRISTOL, Va. — The Bristol Virginia Fire Department has been awarded a Community Risk Reduction Smoke Alarm grant through the Virginia Department of Fire Programs.