8+ hour, 12+ min ago  (713+ words) Stevens emerged from that class with a picture of a beautiful, brightly colored sea turtle. At that moment, she fell deeply in love with art. Decades later, Stevens has combined her work as an award-winning gallery artist with teaching classes…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (242+ words) RICHMOND " With just days to go before the commonwealth's current budget expires, the Virginia House and Senate have reached a $185 billion budget deal that would take effect July 1. The deal includes an energy consumption fee for data centers. The budget…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (347+ words) YORK " The Sail Yorktown Festival attracted more than 40, 000 visitors to the riverfront village, providing a major boost to tourism, York officials said. The festival ran June 12-14 and is the first of a series of celebrations in Yorktown this year to…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (307+ words) Today is Saturday, June 20, the 171st day of 2026. There are 194 days left in the year. On June 20, 1943, race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (260+ words) By ANNIE MA, AP Education Writer The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education. The Trump administration made the announcement on Tuesday. The…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (165+ words) Daily Press The nature of the potential threat was not immediately disclosed, with additional details expected to be released once charges are unsealed later Tuesday. The FBI learned about the possible threat on June 10, four days before the mixed martial…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (398+ words) By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of the aircraft that went down around 11: 20 a. m. during a routine test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles, the base said on its Facebook page....

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (398+ words) By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN There was no information yet on the crew, however aerial footage showed virtually nothing left of an aircraft. Emergency crews responded after the aircraft went down around 11: 20 a. m. Black smoke rose from a large swath…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (330+ words) By SOPHIE AUSTIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER "Donald Trump isn't just coming after me because of my mean tweets," Newsom said, referencing his use of social media to mock Trump. "He's coming after me because I'm considering running for president,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (485+ words) The Ocean Observatories Initiative is a network of more than 900 ocean sensors built at a cost of $386 million. Over the last decade it has tracked ocean circulation, marine ecosystems, climate change and extreme weather, producing data freely available to the…...