1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (434+ words) Attorney General'Pam Bondi's'letter to'Minnesota'Governor'Tim Walz" offering to scale back ICE operations in exchange for the state's compliance with her demands " is inappropriate and reads as a thinly veiled attempt at extortion. Noting Walz and other officials' public statements opposing the…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago   (478+ words) In December, the Supreme Court's Republican majority reinstated Texas' Republican gerrymander after a lower federal court struck it down. The plaintiffs in that case presented considerable evidence that Texas' gerrymander was enacted, at least in part, to racially gerrymander some…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (34+ words) Salem boys basketball celebrates 25th anniversary of state title as starters John Gilchrist, Antonio Johnson, Jacoby Key, Paul Johnson and Zohn Burden join legendary coach Bill Cochrane for a speci" More in Sports columnists...

10+ hour, 23+ min ago   (29+ words) Former Virginia Tech, Lake Taylor football star Purnell Sturdivant finds success again off the field as he finds his passion again working in financial planning with his wife, ShaQunda....

11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (551+ words) Eastern North Carolina'was blanketed in snow all the way to the coast by a winter storm on Saturday, and fierce winds generated high surf that toppled another beachfront house on the Outer'Banks Sunday'morning. The storm was the result of the…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (351+ words) Malls and some other shopping centers around Hampton Roads require minors to be accompanied by a parent " or another supervising adult " during center hours. Patrick Henry Mall in Newport News recently updated'its parental supervision policy to help manage the complex…...

13+ hour, 7+ min ago   (337+ words) Tarazona, the director of the Venezuelan nonprofit human rights group FundaRedes, was arrested in July 2021, after reporting to authorities that he had been harassed by national intelligence officials. Two other activists of the group were also detained at the time....

17+ hour, 40+ min ago   (659+ words) The strike injured a further seven people and sparked a fire that was subsequently put out, according to the emergency services. DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, said it owned the bus and accused Russia of carrying out "a large-scale…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (752+ words) A Nor'easter is expected to hammer parts of Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina with heavy winds and icy cold this weekend, but the National Weather Service has adjusted some expected snow totals downward across the region. A winter storm…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (224+ words) Grammy nominees from Hampton Roads and around the region include: Album of the Year: "Let God Sort Em Out," Clipse (Gene and Terrence Thornton " Malice and Pusha T) with Pharrell Williams and others. (Clipse and Pharrell will perform at Sunday's ceremony.)…...