Iranians living abroad are approaching Persian new year with grief and fear as war and a crackdown cut them off from loved ones inside Iran.

Excitement is building as millions of Americans prepare to outsmart the bracket chaos during March Madness.

Spring is officially here, and the return of sunshine has many of us ready to check off the to-do lists we’ve put off all winter.

Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous weather extremes.

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely fuel debris hanging from it, in a first sighting of a pressure vessel bottom since the meltdown 15 years ago.

Iran is defiantly insisting that it will deny its enemies their security and that it is still building missiles nearly three weeks into the war.

With U.S.-brokered Ukraine peace talks on hold due to the war in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to try to expand his military gains via new offensives against his southern neighbor that will put even more pressure on Kyiv.

Residents in the Mexican central state of Guerrero are setting up self-defense patrols to keep a powerful cartel out of their mountain towns.

The Lynchburg Police Department announced Thursday that it had arrested a 26-year-old Lynchburg man and charged him with multiple offenses after an investigation into a potential recording device inside a women’s dressing room at Lynchburg Dicks Sporting Goods.

The Lynchburg Police Department announced Wednesday that a 24-year-old man was facing multiple charges after a shots-fired incident Tuesday night.

Two people are displaced, and a dog was taken to an emergency vet clinic following a house fire that occurred in Lynchburg on Tuesday, Lynchburg Fire Department said.

The Lynchburg Police Department announced Monday that the 2400 block on the North Bound side is closed due to an incident Monday. LPD is urging the public to find an alternative route and to stay safe.

Quiet tonight but isolated showers will form on Sunday with the main event coming on Monday. Please stay weather aware early next week as a Weather Authority Alert Day has been issued for Monday due to the potential for strong-to-severe storms.

Construction on Lynchburg’s new downtown amphitheater is almost complete, city leaders and developers say. The outdoor venue is expected to bring more concerts, festivals and community events to the heart of downtown and to create jobs and new revenue for small businesses.

The University of Lynchburg announced Thursday that it had selected Dr. Sally Coleman Selden after a unanimous vote by the University’s Board of Trustees.

Lynchburg city council members shouted over one another repeated during debate at the City Council meeting on March 10m 2026. At one point, Mayor Larry Taylor threatened to force council member Marty Misjuns from council chambers. The debate emerged after the vice mayor compared the state's redistricting measure to rape.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brings Christian language into the Pentagon as the U.S. and Israel wage war against Iran.

More Democrats are openly running on faith, as progressive clergy and other religious candidates push back on the idea that Christianity belongs to the right.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that allows counting late-arriving mail ballots after Election Day.

Democrats running for governor across the country are making tariffs a central element of their political message this year.

The Senate debate over voting legislation is airing out differences on voter ID.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diverging language on Israel’s decision to attack a critical Iranian gas field marks the most notable difference of opinion between the two leaders since the start of the war against Iran.

There's a small sign of progress in efforts to end the Homeland Security shutdown.

A federal arts commission has approved the design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to celebrate America's 250th birthday.