America has a big birthday in 2026. Here’s a hint: The celebration will not feel much like the last big one in 1976.

We can all learn a lot from James Troiano, the retired New Jersey Superior Court judge. In 2017, Troiano ruled in favor of giving leniency to a then-16- year-old boy accused of raping an intoxicated 16-year-old girl at a basement …

A newly unveiled statue in North Shields is casting fresh light on the extraordinary life of Mary Ann Macham — a woman whose courage carried her from the brutality of slavery in Virginia to freedom on the banks of the …

The Battle of Great Bridge on Dec. 9, 1775, was an important step on the road to American independence, as rebellious Virginia soldiers defeated a detachment loyal to royal governor Lord Dunmore.

As the calendar once again turns over, many of us find ourselves looking back on the last year, sometimes with regret.

If there’s one thing never- Trumpers need this holiday season — and, remember, we are the majority of Americans! — it’s a bit of good cheer. Here it is.

Will someone please tell President Trump that he’s not running against Joe Biden anymore?

Across Virginia, housing costs are rising faster than paychecks. Too many residents face impossible choices between rent and groceries or between staying rooted in their communities and finding somewhere they can afford to live.

This week’s column was supposed to be a celebration. A celebration of a wonderful little toy store in a joyful Midwestern town.

In Morrow County, Oregon, families are living through a crisis. According to a “Rolling Stone” investigation, mothers have suffered miscarriages and neighbors are battling rare cancers.

After an Afghan national was charged in the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington just before Thanksgiving, President Trump’s administration revived his earlier calls for something that to many Americans sounded, at best, puzzling: “reverse migration.”

Over the past two years, the Virginia General Assembly approved legislation to limit the use of solitary confinement across prisons in the Commonwealth.

Sometimes, one crisis seems to lead to another for President Donald Trump — and he’s got plenty of trouble brewing.

Consumers love a sale. We love the little red tag, the “limited time only,” the breathless “50% off!” that promises we’re getting over on somebody.

Virginia is moving steadily toward approving adult-use marijuana, with a regulated market expected to begin in 2026.