May 14, 2024 2 Virginia universities reverse course on requiring DEI classes for students to graduate after Youngkin audit Virginia Commonwealth University and George Mason University decided not to include DEI classes as part of the mandated curriculum for undergraduates.
May 12, 2024 VCU students walk out of Gov Youngkin's commencement speech About 100 students walked out of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's commencement address at Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday.
May 11, 2024 Tales from the trail: The blue states Trump eyes to turn red in November Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign aims to expand the map, as it eyes flipping Minnesota and Virginia red. The presumptive GOP nominee heads to blue state New Jersey this weekend.
May 10, 2024 Budget leaders reach deal with Youngkin on Virginia spending plan Virginia budget negotiators have reportedly reached a compromise with Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on the Old Dominion's next two-year spending plan.
May 10, 2024 Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate school names; members explain why Virginia's Shenandoah County School Board voted Thursday to revert two schools back to their original names honoring Confederate generals that were abandoned in 2020.
May 9, 2024 The cicada invasion has begun! Find out where the flying insects are emerging The cicada invasion of 2024 has kicked off where billions of the flying insects will appear in 17 states in a rare natural phenomenon not seen since 1803
May 8, 2024 Virginia first lady, AG team with recovering addict to launch initiatives targeting state's fentanyl crisis Virginia first lady Suzanne Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares and resident Christine Wright have launched programs to address the fentanyl crisis the commonwealth is facing.
May 6, 2024 Small plane crashes in central Virginia, killing 2 John Latham, 63, of Haymarket, Virginia, and Niiben Ayivorh, 73, of Burke, were killed when their small aircraft crashed in densely-forested section of Fluvanna County.
May 6, 2024 The family of Irvo Otieno criticizes move to withdraw murder charges for now against 5 deputies A VA judge has approved a prosecutor's request to 'effectively drop for now' charges against 5 sheriff's deputies in connection with the death in 2023 of Irvo Otieno.
May 4, 2024 University of Virginia police arrest 25 anti-Israel protesters while trying to clear encampment University of Virginia police arrested 25 anti-Israel protesters on Saturday while trying to clear out an illegal encampment on the campus.