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.

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.

The Army says it's ordering 72 Virginia and Maryland National Guard soldiers from Fort Belvoir-29th Infantry Division to mobilize for active duty in Afghanistan.

CHESAPEAKE Chesapeake police and law enforcement officers in North Carolina will be stopping driversnbsp;today on U.S. 17 at the state line.nbsp; The annual enforcement Border to Border checkpoint is part of the multistate Checkpoint Strikeforce safety campaign, according to a news release from Chesapeake…

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…

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…

As Hurricane Earl draws closer to the North Carolina and Virginia coasts, the following closings, cancellations and schedule changes have been announced: North Carolina