The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule.

Tonight was the final night of Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Roanoke and despite the cold, people were out and about enjoying the festivities.

Commercial air tours will soon be prohibited over Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northeastern Arizona under a plan approved this week by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Park Service.

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves and her father to the sea.

The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people.

A judge has ruled that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment.

Federal officials investigating the deadly West Texas collision between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling a wind turbine base are trying to determine why the tractor-trailer was stopped on the tracks.

Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents.

Highlanders men defeated Virginia University of Lynchburg 122-63 in a near-record performance.

The Lynchburg Police Department needs your help in a stolen vehicle case.

A 25-year-old Lynchburg man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for recruiting at least 4 juveniles into a criminal street gang and possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense pursuant to a plea agreement reflecting a sentence that was double the high end of his sentencing guidelines, the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Lynchburg announced Wednesday.

The Lynchburg Police Department is currently in search of a suspect who committed an armed robbery in the 2500 block of Memorial Ave. Tuesday night.

For the first time ever, we had a dozen kids who had been on 30 Days of Hope in previous years.

The Lynchburg Police Department is currently seeking the public’s help in locating a missing woman.

“I’m just really looking forward to getting adopted by a family.”

A man was arrested following a sex trafficking investigation conducted by the Lynchburg Police Department and the Virginia State Police, LPD said.

A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct.

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.

The Senate has passed legislation to boost Social Security payments for millions of people.

Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighs how much to spend on Christmas presents.

President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk used his outsize influence on X to help kill a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, spreading multiple false claims in the process.

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children's hospital in Washington.

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s nominating the president of the advocacy group CatholicVote to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to add the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he'll place tariffs on — unless the group takes steps to import more U.S. goods.