British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace “above and surrounding” Venezuela should be considered as “closed in its entirety,” an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S.

Sen. David Suetterlein, R-Roanoke, proposes making the standard deduction amounts permanent that are currently set at $8,750 for single filers and $17,500 for joint filers. Those amounts are set to ...

A recent survey revealed that Virginia ranked No. 1 in the nation in French fry consumption, beating out top spud producer Idaho.

Litt was honored during a multi-day celebration of Birthright Israel’s 25th anniversary earlier this month in New York. Birthright Israel and its supporting foundation fund 10-day trips for young ...

A shooting occurred inside the Patrick Henry Mall Saturday morning, a dispatcher with the Newport News Police Department confirmed.

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government in a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of investigations and restore hundreds of millions of dollars ...

Z104, an Audacy FM radio station, is hosting its 20th annual “Stuff the Bus” toy drive, benefiting Toys for Tots from Monday to Friday at various locations in Hampton Roads. On-air hosts will ...

Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid ...

Opera singer and Virginia Beach native Will Liverman received a Grammy nomination this month in the Best Classical Compendium ...

The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in ...