RICHMOND State computer problems that have prevented the Department of Motor Vehicles from processing or renewing driver's licenses and ID cards in person in the past several days should be resolved by today, the agency said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed the DMV to extend hours…

VIRGINIA BEACH A Virginia Beach-based political advocacy organization has sued a California radio station for defamation, saying a broadcast wrongly linked the group to a bombing at a Florida mosque.

Category 3 strength stormbr/br/Experts are closely monitoring powerful Hurricane Earl as it steadily churns towards the East Coast. Earl is currently a Category 3 hurricane and the first major one of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.

SAVANNAH, Ga.nbsp; The American Red Cross in Savannah is sending four volunteers and two emergency response vehicles to North Carolina to assist in case Hurricane Earl causes trouble. The volunteers will first head to Raleigh, N.C., then get instructions from there. Earl has been expected to reach the…

NEWPORT NEWS A robbery at a credit union across from Christopher Newport University this morning prompted school officials to send out a campus alert to students. The alert instructed students on campus to lock themselves inside an interior room, barricade the door and draw the blinds. Students who were…

Hurricane Earl retained its strength Thursday morning, as the category 4 storm moves toward affecting the Virginia and North Carolina coasts overnight Thursday and into Friday.

After a weeklong computer outage, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is again in the business of issuing driver's licenses.