Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada in Reno and author of the book, "Like Literally, ...

From St. Nick to Santa to Kris Kringle, it’s a marvel that Rudolph isn’t completely confused about whom exactly he is working ...

The unconstrained buildout of data centers has handed Virginia leaders a problem that is, in the parlance of JLARC, “very ...

The U.S. Department of Education on Dec. 20 signaled it would withdraw a proposed rule that would have set a regulatory ...

Virginia’s surging energy demands, driven by data center growth, are putting pressure on the state’s natural gas ...

Aunt Louise holds a special place of honor on my Christmas card list this year.She’s the last living aunt or uncle, for that ...

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Two Richmond janitors have filed federal complaints against Nu-Tech Janitorial Services, accusing the company of disability ...

Virginia lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce bipartisan legislation aimed at creating a regulated and taxed adult-use ...

Following the sudden resignation of University of Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett in October, Lee Enterprises sports ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin emerged from this fall’s campaign as one of Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters. But the incoming ...