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Descendants Of People Enslaved By Virginia's Governors Are Reframing History

The stories of enslaved people are "closer than we think," according to some descendants who are working to tell their ancestors' histories long framed by white enslavers.

Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum

In 1792, Asa Bement, Jr., a 28-year old blacksmith and Revolutionary War veteran traveled from Massachusetts to claim his new homestead along Owego Creek…

Broome County Executive Jason Garnar. (Gabe Altieri/WSKG)

Garnar Asks Broome Residents To Stay Home For Next Week

54 new active cases were added to the county's COVID-19 dashboard between Wednesday and Thursday, with 8 people currently hospitalized.

Leslie Danks Burke (bottom) is trying for a second time to unseat State Senator Tom O'Mara in New York's geographically largest senate district which stretches from Hornell to Ithaca. (Celia Clarke/WSKG)

O'Mara, Danks Burke Face Questions on Climate Change, Homelessness

This is the second time Danks Burke has challenged O’Mara to represent the 58th senate district. Geographically, the district is the largest in the state senate.

A man walks past an electronic board displaying stock prices near the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on October 2, 2020. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Markets React Cautiously To News Of Trump Testing Positive For The Coronavirus

Early Friday morning, markets were down but not dramatically so. The Labor Department is set to release the nation's job report at 8:30 a.m. ET.

Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the the US Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life on January 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. - Activists gathered in the nation's capital for the annual event to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion in 1973. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

With Roe v. Wade On The Line, Some States Take Steps To Protect Abortion Rights

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is backing legislation designed to codify Roe — the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide — in state law and expand abortion access.

More than 20 U.S. states now require face masks, as officials hope to curb a sharp rise in new coronavirus cases. Here, patrons wear masks as they sit in the outdoor patio of a restaurant on Pier 39 at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

PA Governor Begins Enforcement Of New Restaurant Dine-In Rules

"Restaurant self-certification is just one tool in the toolbox we can use to increase customer competence, protect ourselves, and grow our businesses.”

TOPSHOT - Acting White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows holds the door for Sean Conley(front C), Physician to US President Donald Trump, and other members of the President's medical team as they arrive to give an update on the President's health at Walter Reed Medical Center during treatment for a COVID-19 infection October 4, 2020, in Bethesda, Maryland. - US President Donald Trump has resumed making calls and tweeting from hospital, but doctors say his progress on Sunday will be crucial to see if he develops a more severe form of Covid-19. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

White House Struggles To Explain, Contain Its Own Spiraling COVID-19 Crisis

Five days after President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and with the commander in chief hospitalized, the White House is struggling to show it has the situation under control.

Rev. Paul Scalia, son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, finishes a prayer at a memorial service for his father, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Justice Scalia's Son Apologizes To His Parish For Not Wearing Mask At White House

Rev. Paul Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court justice, attended the Rose Garden event on Sept. 26 when President Trump announced his high court nominee. He apologized for creating "anxiety."

Some Doctors Surprised By Decision To Treat Trump With Dexamethasone

The president's doctor has offered a fairly upbeat assessment of Trump's condition. But typically, only hospitalized COVID-19 patients in need of oxygen are given the drug.

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