Lynchburg shoppers headed back to stores the day after Christmas, continuing the annual tradition of returning or exchanging gifts to make the holiday season last a little longer.

Venezuelan migrants transferred to a prison in El Salvador by the U.S. government are demanding justice.

Blacksburg Town Councilman Liam J. Watson announced his resignation from the council after being found guilty on election fraud charges earlier this month.

California has dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government's withdrawing of $4 billion for the state's long-delayed high-speed rail project.

The shopping rush leading up to Christmas is over and in its place, like every year, another has begun as millions of people hunt for post-holiday deals and get in line to return gifts that didn’t fit, or didn’t hit quite right.

Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died.

Founded during the Black Freedom Movement of the 1960s, Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday that is observed by millions of Americans.

Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time at the Salzburg Festival this summer.

Lynchburg shoppers headed back to stores the day after Christmas, continuing the annual tradition of returning or exchanging gifts to make the holiday season last a little longer.

A man was arrested and subsequently suffered from cardiac arrest while being taken into custody in Lynchburg on Wednesday, Lynchburg Police Department said.

A Lynchburg Humane Society pup got a special visit with “Santa Paws” at River Ridge in Lynchburg this week.

Members of the Lynchburg community gathered Tuesday for a candlelight vigil to remember and honor 52-year-old David Vaughter, who was killed in a shooting last week.

The Lynchburg Police Department announced Wednesday that it had charged a 15-year-old after an alleged incident where a firearm was brandished on school grounds at E.C. Glass.

Lynchburg City Schools celebrated 160 years of public education Tuesday with a plaque-revealing ceremony.

A Weather Authority Alert Day has been issued for Sunday and Monday for dangerous wind chills that will enter the area following an arctic front.

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with an assault and a house fire, the Lynchburg Police Department reported.

The president of the Kennedy Center is criticizing musician Chuck Redd for canceling a Christmas Eve performance.

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year.

Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy.

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians.

A Russian court has sentenced pro-war activist Sergei Udaltsov to six years in prison for justifying terrorism.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital.

The son of a former Bangladesh prime minister has returned to the country after more than 17 years in exile.