Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits
A Nevada school board member said he had thoughts of suicide before stepping down amid threats and harassment. In Virginia, a board member resigned...
McAuliffe seeks dismissal of GOP lawsuit over paperwork
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Virginia Republicans that seeks to remove him from the...
Bojangles closing eateries for 2 days; workers won’t be paid
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The North Carolina-based Bojangles chain of restaurants announced Friday it will close all of its company-owned establishments on two upcoming days,...
Virginia Republicans file suit over McAuliffe’s paperwork
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party of Virginia filed a lawsuit Thursday asking the courts to remove Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe from the ballot...
Email: New Virginia sites OK’d to house Afghan immigrants
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Ralph Northam's administration received notification Wednesday that the Department of Defense has authorized the use of Marine Corps Base Quantico...
Old Alabama fossil plant’s smokestacks toppled by dynamite
TUSCUMBIA, Ala. — Six smokestacks at a decommissioned power plant in Alabama crashed to the ground Wednesday in a controlled implosion that began with...
Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out
BOSTON — Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance has been distributed, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, in...
Former NBC News anchor, correspondent Lloyd Dobyns Jr. dies
MEBANE, N.C. — Lloyd Dobyns Jr., an award-winning NBC News correspondent who reported from places around the world and who anchored an innovative U.S....
Historic headstones of DC African Americans relocated
KING GEORGE, Va. — Dozens of headstones from a historic African American cemetery in the nation's capital that were used as erosion control along...
Shame put Virginia on course to stronger tenant protections
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When four people facing eviction arrived at a Virginia Beach courthouse in early August, they never had to stand before...