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Virginia Sen. L. Louise Lucas has carved out a reputation as a fierce and outspoken advocate during her political career, including on the issue of marijuana legalization.

Richland County voters on Tuesday backed a move by their three county commissioners and preserved a ban on wind and solar power by a thinner margin than partisan politics may suggest.

It's easy to read into Lindsey Vonn being among the 48 athletes nominated to the U.S. Alpine ski team for the upcoming season.

"The Sheep Detectives" is not your average talking animal movie. This family-friendly film, featuring voices like Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patrick Stewart, follows a flock solving a murder mystery.

Lower-income Americans sharply reduced their gas consumption in the month following the Iran war, yet spiking prices still forced them to spend more at the pump, worsening the economy's disparities, new research released Wednesday showed.

A Florida-based activist who camped out atop one of Washington's bridges for five days has ended his protest vigil.

Hungary has returned a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth $82 million to Ukraine's state Oschadbank.

Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam have donated $12.5 million toward blood cancer research and treatment.

The last decade has not been good for big-screen comedies. Hollywood studios nearly stopped making them. Horror became the in vogue genre. Laughs were out.

State officials knew nearly two decades ago that toxic chemicals called PFAS were spreading from the carpet mills of northwest Georgia into rivers that are the region's main source of drinking water.