Superintendent Daniel Keever shares recommendation for school division redistricting

A proposed mining project off the Delmarva Peninsula is after minerals in heavy sands. Locals worry it would harm an important ecosystem.

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One lawmaker says proposed constitutional protections are “a moot point” if people can’t afford reproductive healthcare.

Guest columnist Phillip E. Thompson writes, "While the political motivation behind the redistricting push is clear, a key question still stands for Black Virginians — 'how does the benefit us?'"

One adjunct professor argues that without the legal leverage of collective bargaining, she is a 'sitting duck' for institutions to profit from her expertise while leaving her vulnerable to financial i...

Virginia lawmakers wrapped up the 2026 General Assembly session in dramatic fashion Saturday evening, adjourning their regular session without a budget deal after an unexpected dispute over data cente...

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman from Paterson, NJ, who courageously protested the genocide in Gaza, has been held in ICE detention for nearly 11 months. The Trump administration and IC...

Candidates backed by AI companies have found early success — of the 20 candidates in the Texas and North Carolina primaries who received AI funds, only one lost her race.

Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

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Trump’s unorthodox media strategy, a flurry of calls to reporters on both sides of the aisle, aims to shape public opinion on US military action against Iran.

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U.S. intelligence showed threats from Iran loomed, as they had for years. But they were not imminent.

Bypassing public exhibits, Israeli weapons firms are using subsidiaries to sell to European states — even those pledging an arms embargo due to the genocide.

Details on ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities ranging from private businesses to government agencies and even dozens of universities. Some of the notable firms include Anduril, HBGary,…

Maryland requested a federal disaster declaration for the Chesapeake Bay oyster fishery Friday, after a perfect storm of bad weather and headline-grabbing environmental incidents depressed the market.

Iran is intensifying strikes across the region after Supreme Leader Khamenei's assassination, as Trump floats new talks and more bombing.

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A minute-by-minute reconstruction of the massacre by Earshot and Forensic Architecture found Israeli soldiers fired over 900 bullets at the aid workers, killing 15.

A Virginia university wanted property for dormitories and classrooms. It targeted a Black neighborhood at the center of the Civil Rights Movement.

Documents show the U.S. agency is storing large amounts of data on Microsoft's cloud while making use of its AI tools to analyze videos and images.

Its first registrar, an avowed eugenicist, believed African Americans were falsely claiming to be "Indians."

Researchers and volunteers now documenting wildlife, native flora and the area’s deep ties to Indigenous communities