Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is resisting calls to resign over a scandal involving racist yearbook photos and admissions of wearing blackface. Jeff Schapiro, a politics columnist for the Richmond Times ...

Update: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam now says he was not shown in an 1984 yearbook photo that led to calls for him to step down. He says he will not resign. See the latest here. Virginia Gov. Ralph ...

Opioid overdoses claimed 1,227 lives in Virginia last year, the most in more than a decade. For Gov. Ralph Northam, it’s beyond time to end the state’s “foremost public health crisis.” Northam, a ...

The practice became popular in mid-1800's minstrel shows, when white performers darkened their faces to depict African-Americans in prejudicial and offensive ways The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza ...