RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly two decades ago, Virginia gave tech companies a tax break on equipment and software, and they began to build. The state became a data center hub, and they kept building.

Major storms whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana that leveled homes, killing at least two people and injuring others, and another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its ...

Muscogee County School Board member Nickie Tillery will now be running unopposed for her District 2 seat after her opponent withdrew on Tuesday. Jacob Patrick had ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is scheduled to testify remotely Wednesday in Akron in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives. As a ...

Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords. On Tuesday night members of ...

Chile’s ultraconservative José Antonio Kast takes office as president Wednesday in what will mark the Latin American nation’s ...

Good Wednesday morning! The day is starting with clouds moving back across the region, giving us an overcast start to the middle of the week. The good news is that ...

Japan marked the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast Wednesday as the government pushes for atomic energy use. The magnitude 9.0 ...

The British government said it would publish files related to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, as police investigate potential misconduct ...

Major storms that whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday leveled homes, downed trees and power lines, and overwhelmed a 911 center south of Chicago with emergency calls, ...

As Bob mentioned, the storms have moved out of the area for now, but the cleanup is just getting underway for some communities after a line of strong to severe storms swept through overnight. The ...

A North Texas man faced execution on Wednesday for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago. Cedric Ricks was sentenced to death for the May 2013 ...