Comfort food: Nonprofit gives Americans 100K free lasagnas
On a recent summer morning, Lynn Hirsch was determined as she packed the back of her gray SUV with 20 aluminum pans of lasagna....
Jan. 6 panel hires former House Republican to senior staff
WASHINGTON — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol has hired former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman as a senior staff...
Hezekiah Walker looks to bring gospel music center to HBCU
LOS ANGELES — Hezekiah Walker became a student at Virginia Union University two years ago, but the Grammy-winning gospel singer took his collegiate experience...
Biden to sign bill awarding medals to Jan. 6 responders
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will pay tribute to law enforcement officers who responded to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection when he signs legislation...
Appellate judges uphold Maryland beach town’s topless ban
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a Maryland beach town's right to ban women from topless sunbathing.
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Mother of would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley dies at 95
WASHINGTON — Jo Ann Hinckley, whose son John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and who spent her final years...
Pandemic eviction crisis leads to greater tenant protections
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — In a mostly empty conference room at a Virginia cultural arts center, Tara Simmons was looking for someone who might...
Drive to charge packagers for recycling, but industry fights
PORTLAND, Maine — States across the U.S. are looking to adopt new recycling regimes that require producers of packaging to pay for its inevitable...
RFK’s daughter wins yard planter from father’s former home
McLEAN, Va. — One of Robert F. Kennedy’s children has won custody of a decorative planter that sat outside a Virginia estate called Hickory...
Ex-police officer jailed awaiting trial in Capitol riot case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the pretrial detention of a former police officer from Virginia who is accused of ordering guns after...