National News

The officer who killed the alleged shooter was just starting his shift, filling up an undercover unmarked vehicle at the Mobil station in Franksville when the killer pulled into the station, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said; an exchange of gunfire followed and the shooter was killed.

The officer was shot but is reported to be conscious and alert, recovering at Ascension All Saints Hospital. The 22-year-old man who was killed at the Pilot station in Caledonia was just filling up his car when he was "executed," according to Schmaling.

Helped in part by access to refineries, Oklahoma has the ninth lowest gasoline prices in the country.

Before the war could send them off to opposite sides of the globe, John Woods took advantage of one last chance to visit his best friend.

McGregor will soon get a second SpaceX plant, this one geared to make 800 to 1,000 rocket engines per year to help the company reach its interplanetary ambitions, CEO Elon Musk announced Saturday.

A respected, beloved and long-time East Texas teacher who has lived in the United States legally for most of the last 32 years is facing deportation to a country she doesn’t know.

Birds continue to die at an alarming rate around Northern Virginia and across Mid-Atlantic states, with no cause yet found for the "mortality event," the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources says.

A man returned home on Wednesday after 221 days at the Guam Memorial Hospital where he was treated for COVID-19. 

Madie Gustafson-Barritt grew up in Yakima with two older brothers. Born in South Korea and adopted by Nancy and Eric Gustafson when she was a few months old, she had almost no information about her biological parents.

Black bears have been out and about in the Manassas area over the last few days.

A revolutionary way to build homes is coming to Virginia that could be a potential solution to constructing more affordable houses.

After more than a year-and-a-half, 25,000 Lego bricks and $1,700 in supplies, three Papio South buddies finished a Stars Wars Imperial Star Destroyer replica — decked out with every bell and whistle.

Bulldogs, Longhorns, Wildcats and a Wolfpack are among the teams at this year's College World Series. Unfortunately for CWS officials, there also have been raccoons, writes Mike Patterson.

Because COVID-19 left limited jail space in Racine County and elsewhere, Matthew Vinz stayed free. Then he shot and killed both of his parents and himself. Here is the story behind a tragedy that shook a small town in Racine County.