Trans, non-binary candidates make history in state legislative races

A Virginia school district seems more concerned with "bowing to radical activists" than returning struggling students to in-person classes, Laura Ingraham said Wednesday.  "Just as hundreds of school systems across America are using the COVID excuse, the Falls Church school board since last March has closed its schools for in-person learning and it's turned its student body into Zoom bots,"  the "Ingraham Angle" host said.  "But," she added, "don't think that during the shutdown, the Falls

Business owners in Bristol, Va., are quarreling over coronavirus lockdown restrictions that do not apply to establishments on the other side of the street, which are technically located in Tennessee.  A state line runs directly through downtown Bristol, divvying up the neighboring states, and with it, the guidelines in place in either state to stop the spread of COVID-19.  Businesses have to comply with different rules depending on which side of the street they're on, and Ralph Northam, the

Also on this day: The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, is organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies in Vienna at age 35.George Washington is reelected president; John Adams is reelected vice president.

Also on this day: A group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrive at Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Va., where they hold a service thanking God for their safe arrival.Gen.

Also on this day: A Colorado militia kills at least 150 Cheyenne Indians in the Sand Creek Massacre.The first Army-Navy football game is played at West Point, N.Y.; Navy defeats Army, 24-0. Navy Lt.

The NYPD is offering a $10,000 reward for leads in the investigation of a Sweet 16 party shooting that left a young Virginia woman dead. The Nov.

Donald Trump hasn’t really been having a great month and it seems his Thanksgiving morning wasn’t off to a good start either.

WASHINGTON – Two Democratic congressmen on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the State Department to review the cases of personnel who were fired during the so-called “lavender scare.”

A Virginia police chief was fired Monday after a Black state lawmaker was cleared hours earlier in the vandalism of Confederate monuments over the summer. Charges were dropped against Sen.

California lawmakers are reportedly descending on a week-long policy conference in Hawaii as the Golden State urges its citizens to refrain from travel and indoor gatherings. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Independent Voter Project (IVP), which is hosting the conference, declined to name the fewer than 20 lawmakers, who collectively came from California, Texas, and Washington.

California lawmakers are reportedly descending on a week-long policy conference in Hawaii as the Golden State urges its citizens to refrain from travel and indoor gatherings. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Independent Voter Project (IVP), which is hosting the conference, declined to name the fewer than 20 lawmakers, who collectively came from California, Texas, and Washington.

Also on this day: British troops capture Fort Washington in New York during the American Revolution.The newly created Federal Reserve Banks open in 12 cities.The United States and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations. Al Capone, right, Chicago's infamous gang overlord during prohibition, leaves Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov.

Also on this day: The Second Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. Explorer Zebulon Pike sees the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado.During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week attended a birthday party for political adviser Jason Kinney with at least a dozen attendees, The San Francisco Chronicle first reported Friday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs California passed 1 million COVID-19 cases and infections continued to increase across the country, California As Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued travel advisories on Friday urging visitors entering their states or returning home from travel outside these states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the virus.

The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled “explosive” state park attendance in Colorado as people have looked for safe ways to get out of the house, and now Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is looking to expand. Exactly where remains to be seen, but the state agency is open to suggestions.

MANASSAS PARK – Virginia state Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas) launched her 2021 re-election campaign Tuesday, promising to continue the work she’s started. Roem in 2018 became the first openly transgender person seated in any state legislature in the U.S. 

Also on this day: Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, anchored off Massachusetts, sign a compact calling for a “body politick.” Former slave Nat Turner, who led a violent insurrection, is executed in Jerusalem, Va.President William Howard Taft accepts the recommendation of a joint Army-Navy board that Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands be made the principal U.S. naval station in the Pacific.

is definitely more drama-filled than ever. The trailer for season 8 of the hit TLC show dropped on Tuesday, catching viewers up on favorite couples from seasons past as well as brand new faces.Familiar faces include 46-year-old Tarik from Virginia and 28-year-old Hazel from the Philippines, who are navigating Hazel getting a girlfriend to add to their relationship after she revealed that she's bisexual.

Bert Belasco, who starred as the contractor Charles Whitmore and love interest of Nadine Ellis' character on the BET sitcom Let's Stay Together, has died. He was 38.