CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A judge in Virginia says parts of a $10 million lawsuit filed by the families of two students slain in the mass shootings at Virginia Tech can go forward. Visiting Circuit Court Judge William Alexander says the families of Julia Pryde and Erin Peterson alleged enough facts …

SEATTLE – The aggravated murder trial has begun in Seattle for a man charged with killing four members of a Kirkland family and setting their home on fire. King County Deputy Prosecutor Scott O’Toolle told the jury Wednesday that Conner Schierman attacked the family that lived across the street from …

The 89-year-old man charged with a deadly shooting at Washington’s Holocaust museum died Wednesday in a prison hospital, authorities said. At Butner federal prison in North Carolina, spokeswoman Denise Simmons announced that James von Brunn died shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday. SLIDESHOW: Holocaust Museum Shooting Simmons said von Brunn had …

House Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., returned to the Capitol on Thursday for the first time since his cancer diagnosis and said his treatments are “going well.” Scalise, who was diagnosed with blood cancer three weeks ago, told reporters he has begun chemotherapy and said his doctor is “encouraged” …

Depression rates are higher than ever, with nearly 30% of U.S. adults reporting a diagnosis at some point in their lives. While many factors come into play, there are some healthy steps people can take to reduce their risk of slipping into sadness, as revealed in a new study published …

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order suspending open and concealed carry across Albuquerque could endanger domestic abuse victims and serve as an unconstitutional power grab similar to the COVID lockdowns, according to experts. Joyce Lee Malcolm, a professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, …

Belarusian state media reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Tuesday from Ukrainian regions which Moscow claims it has annexed. The group of children came from the occupied Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions. They include children from towns which were captured by the Russian army in July …

FIRST ON FOX — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is set to unveil his plan to “declare economic independence from China” in a preview of his policy speech obtained by Fox News Digital. In his address that will be given Thursday in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, Ramaswamy says he …

Current and former staff at Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, gave a scathing assessment of its leadership, fiscal management and inability to meet goals, in Thursday’s student newspaper. “The Center has very, very much failed to deliver on its promise. It’s been a colossal waste of millions of dollars,” …

Notre Dame allowed Ohio State’s game-winning score with one second left, and college football fans who tuned into the final play noticed the Fighting Irish were down a player on the final play. Ohio State running back Chip Trayanum got the push he needed to go across the plane. The …