James Franklin got his first taste of Virginia Tech's “Enter Sandman” tradition on Wednesday as he walked into Cassell Coliseum for his introductory press conference. It’s something the 53-year-old Franklin is eager to experience as the Hokies’ football coach. “I can’t wait. . . . been...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday asked attorneys to identify witnesses and offer plans for how to conduct a contempt probe of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. U. S. District Judge James Boasberg in said a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street after another day of unsettled trading. The S&P 500 rose 0. 4% Wednesday after veering between a modest loss and a jump of 1. 1% earlier in the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0. 1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0. 6%. Nvidia as...

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train, calling it a terrorist attack. The attack happened Monday night on a Blue Line L train, police said. A federal investigator's affidavit filed in the arrest of Lawrence Reed says he was sitting at the of...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations during the Republican's first term that were blocked under former Democratic U...