US bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals

U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic ...

Editorial: Progress slow as Virginia works to strengthen mental health response

Virginia is making progress in how agencies respond to mental health crises, but officials must continue to push for ...

NC paper has just 2 reporters, 1 editor and 1 dog. They’re out to save local news

The entire news staff of The Daily Dispatch consists of two reporters, one editor and a Lab-pitbull mix named Scoot, who ...

UK’s Starmer refuses to say whether he will urge Trump to drop his $1 billion BBC threat

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to say Wednesday whether he would urge U.S. President Donald Trump ...

UN watchdog hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium in months

The sanctions freeze Iranian assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran, and penalize any development of Iran’s ballistic ...

With their government contracts in limbo, small businesses await a historic shutdown’s end

NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the longest U.S. government shutdown in history would be a relief for small businesses that depend ...

Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and spent time with a victim

The emails made public by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee add to the questions about Trump’s friendship with ...
Opinion

Letters for Nov. 13: Dems had ‘no choice’ but to end ‘painful’ shutdown

I am a moderate Democrat who is happy that some Democrats broke ranks to reopen the government. While I am against ever shutting down the government — they are always painful, and accomplish little — ...

Criminal trial against former Richneck assistant principal — set to begin next week — is postponed until May

Former Richneck Elementary School assistant principal, Ebony Parker, looks back into the courtroom during Abby Zwerner’s lawsuit against her Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Newport News. (Stephen M. Katz / ...
Opinion

Democrats were never going to win the shutdown fight

After forcing the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, Senate Democrats threw in the towel Sunday night. Eight Democratic senators voted with the Republicans Sunday to advance a deal to ...

2 new malaria treatments announced as drug resistance grows

Dr. Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma led a study in Gabon in which researchers gave a single-dose treatment combining an artemisinin with three other antimalarial medications — pyronaridine, sulfadoxine, and ...

Virginia GOP losses lead to intraparty criticism and a challenge

Two top Virginia Republicans, with just a few months in leadership positions before the election, are facing criticism after the party’s significant losses — and for one, an actual contest for ...