Hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage have poured into the Potomac River since January, prompting D.C. Water’s CEO to issue an open letter as the crisis threatens to become one of the largest wastewater disasters in U.S. history. In the letter, Gadis described...
A Westchester County verdict found two clinicians liable for skipping safeguards and failing to secure fully informed consent before an irreversible surgery on a 16-year-old patient. Fox Varian, now 22, won a $2 million malpractice award against two New York...
A Virginia health care facility took swift action to terminate a nurse after she posted multiple videos to TikTok detailing methods for harming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, including the use of paralysis drugs as a form of "resistance." A...
A circuit court judge in rural southwest Virginia has halted a Democratic-backed effort to redraw congressional districts, ruling that the process used to advance a proposed constitutional amendment violated state law and the Virginia Constitution. In a decision...
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday a sweeping new housing policy that would ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, a move the administration says is designed to protect families and first-time buyers from being pushed out by...
A sprawling series of schemes in Minnesota allegedly siphoning hundreds of millions to potentially billions of taxpayer dollars from federally funded programs has been uncovered. A now-defunct nonprofit Feeding Our Future, has been involved in what prosecutors have...
The United States is on track to record an unprecedented decline in murder rates for 2025, with data suggesting killings may be down by nearly 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024. According to the Real-Time Crime Index, homicides dropped from 7,369 in...
With 2025 in the rearview mirror, several key economic indicators suggest that the United States is entering its 250th year on a strong note, with indices such as the stock market, inflation, and unemployment rates projecting economic strength despite grim forecasts...
A recent post by labor and economic justice nonprofit More Perfect Union has ignited a debate about how artificial intelligence may be quietly driving up grocery costs for everyday Americans. The group shared an investigation revealing that Instacart, the...
On Tuesday, a West Virginian federal judge dealt a major setback to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to curb artificial food additives, blocking a state law inspired by his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger,...
A coalition of state attorneys general led by Montana’s Austin Knudsen is urging two major national prosecutor associations to deny Virginia Attorney General-elect Jay Jones membership over his past conduct. The group claims Jones’ actions in 2022 reveal lapses in...
Trial began Tuesday for the $40 million lawsuit involving a Virginia school administrator that asks whether the shooting—carried out by a 6-year-old student—could have been prevented following multiple warnings. The lawsuit filed by Abigail Zwerner, the victim and...
As energy bills strain households in Virginia and New Jersey, President Donald Trump is urging voters to back Republicans Jack Ciattarelli and Winsome Earle-Sears, claiming only a GOP victory can deliver relief at the polls this November. In a post on Truth Social,...
Last week's ad from former President Barack Obama has conservatives questioning whether the endorsement signals doubt from Democrats about securing a win for the closely watched Virginia gubernatorial race. The former president appears in two new digital ads released...