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The U.S. Supreme Court is considering another abortion-related case while a repeal of Arizona's abortion ban has picked up steam. Meanwhile, California's governor has opened his state not only to Arizona patients seeking abortion but also their Arizona-based doctors. Those are among this wee…
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani are among 11 Republicans indicted on criminal charges as Arizona becomes the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors.”
The North Carolina General Assembly has returned to work six months after it wrapped up a landmark session in 2023, and quickly received a budget proposal from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The House and Senate gaveled in their floor meetings Wednesday after Cooper presented his adjustments to…
Counterfeit Botox injections can cause botulism, a deadly disease that starts with double or blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing and difficulty breathing.
Boeing has reported a $355 million loss for the first quarter. But the CEO said the results announced on Wednesday aren't the most important issue for the company right now. That's fixing its manufacturing problems, which have been in the spotlight since a door plug blew out of an Alaska Air…
Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. But as scrutiny over the …
Changes are coming to meals offered in public schools. Here’s what to know about the first-ever such rules for the program that serves millions of children across the U.S.
Some public school teachers could gain new powers to bring concealed guns into Tennessee schools. The legislation given final approval this week comes a year after a fatal shooting at a private Nashville elementary school. A previous law already allowed some private school teachers to have guns. The new measure would expand that to public school teachers who undergo training, clear background checks and get school permission. The Tennessee measures comes just days after Republican governors in Iowa and Nebraska signed laws that could expand the potential for armed personnel in schools. Meanwhile, lawmakers in some Democratic states are pursuing more gun restrictions.
The University of Virginia says concerns about hazing have prompted the school to terminate one local fraternity and suspend three others on its Charlottesville campus. The school said Wednesday that the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter “engaged in serious hazing behavior.” Justin Buck is executive vice president of Pi Kappa Alpha national. He said in a statement released to news outlets that the chapter was expelled for a minimum of four years. Buck said fraternity members there “sullied and degraded” the organization’s good name. The university says it has suspended the local chapters of Kappa Sigma, Theta Chi and Sigma Alpha Mu as investigations continue.
WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients.
The university that boasts the world’s largest 3D printer developed one even bigger. And it’s poised to help tackle one of America’s biggest problems of all: affordable housing.
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.
Launched in 1977 to study Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 has been exploring interstellar space since 2012. Its twin, Voyager 2, is 12.6 billion miles away and still working fine.
Read through the obituaries published today in Bristol Herald Courier - Tricities.
Atop the rooftop at The Sessions Hotel in Bristol, Virginia, bolts zapped from the fleet-fingered Lightnin’ Charlie. Accompanied by wife Beth and band The Upsetters, Lightnin’ lived up to his name.
The Virginia State Police from the Wytheville, Culpeper, Appomattox, and Salem Divisions will be conducting Operation DISS-rupt on all 325 miles of Interstate 81 in Virginia on April 25 and 26.
Virginia State Police continue to investigate a Wednesday morning crash involving a train.
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.
The Virginia State Police from the Wytheville, Culpeper, Appomattox, and Salem Divisions will be conducting Operation DISS-rupt on all 325 miles of Interstate 81 in Virginia on April 25 and 26.
The company is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to place the project in service by May 23.
As if road tolls weren’t unpopular enough, now the Virginia Department of Transportation is warning drivers to be aware of scammers impersonating toll collectors seeking unwarranted payment via text message.
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A city man is in custody after a shooting sent one woman to a local hospital.
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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.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – The Legacy Parks Foundation has received a $10 million endowment and is proposing to build a playground at Steele Creek Park.
ABINGDON, Va. - Washington County’s Board of Supervisors opted on Tuesday to postpone making a decision on how to help fund the Abingdon Fire Department in Abingdon, Virginia.