Northern Virginia’s Prince William County asks for limited restaurant reopening
Ten days after asking Gov. Ralph Northam to exempt it from his limited Phase One of reopening the state’s economy, Prince William County is now asking to opt back in, at least when it comes to...
View ArticleSingapore sentences drug suspect to death at Zoom hearing
Singapore sentenced a drug suspect to death at a court hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown, in a decision slammed by a human rights group as...
View ArticleMaine officials: Loon killed bald eagle by stabbing its heart
A biologist at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recently got word about the July 2019 attack, the Bangor Daily News reported Wednesday.
View Article“A third of my customers have just shut down. It’s crazy”: A food distributor...
"I hope it doesn’t get worse. As of right now, I don’t have a back-up plan. If it came down to it, I probably could find something, or do something. I’ve got a little girl at home."
View Article“She needs to earn her way.” Feds charge Mathews County man in child...
He’s charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography, production of child pornography and two counts of coercion and enticement of a child.
View ArticleNearly 39 million have sought US jobless aid since virus hit including about...
Roughly 38.6 million people have now filed for jobless aid since the coronavirus forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor Department said Thursday.
View ArticleMore than 1,200 new coronavirus cases, 25 deaths in Virginia reported Thursday
Data released Thursday morning showed 1,229 new cases of the coronavirus were reported overnight, the largest one-day increase since the pandemic began in Virginia.
View ArticlePoultry plant in North Carolina reports 570 COVID-19 cases
Meat producer Tyson Foods is reporting 570 cases of COVID-19 at a poultry processing complex in North Carolina.
View ArticleMasked man shoots woman in James City County; shooter still at large
James City police officers and deputies with the York-Poquoson sheriff’s office are searching for the shooter.
View ArticleBeaches in Virginia Beach open Friday: What is and isn’t allowed under the...
Here's a breakdown of what you can and can't do on the beach this holiday weekend.
View ArticleNorthern Virginia voters sue election officials, say absentee voting not...
A group of voters is suing Virginia election officials over a loosening of restrictions on absentee ballots for next month’s statewide primary, arguing that the state can’t allow voters to use the...
View ArticleVirginia’s antiquated unemployment system strains under demand
More than two months after the coronavirus pandemic started forcing Virginia businesses to slash their workforces, the state's unemployment system still can't keep up with the unprecedented deluge of...
View Article13 Roanoke homes evacuated over concerns dam may fail
The homes in southwest Roanoke are near the Spring Valley Lake Dam, which forms the creek-fed lake, the Roanoke Times reported.
View ArticlePentagon drops waiver requirement for some COVID military recruits
The Pentagon said Thursday that it has rescinded a policy that banned the enlistment of recruits who have been hospitalized for the coronavirus until they got a special waiver.
View ArticleWashington, D.C., aims to start reopening May 29
After weeks of insisting the nation's capital is not ready to end its pandemic-induced lockdown, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser now says the numbers are pointing to the start of a gradual reopening...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Virginia: Tracking reported COVID-19 cases
The Virginian-Pilot is tracking the outbreak of this respiratory illness and will continue to update this page as the state health department announces new cases.
View ArticleNewport News, Hampton school boards freeze millions of dollars from budgets
Hampton has reduced its budget by about $8.1 million. Newport News has frozen or cut $5.4 million.
View Article813 new coronavirus cases reported Friday morning, 37 new deaths, according...
As of Friday, there are nearly 35,000 cases of the coronavirus in Virginia, according to state data.
View ArticleVirginia’s unemployment rate grows past 10 percent in April
Since the state began keeping track of it in 1976, the highest the number had ever been was 7.9% in 1982.
View ArticleNorth Carolina car wash worker returns stimulus check discovered in trash
Antonio Hernandez was taking out the trash at the Greenville car wash when he spotted the payment in the can, WITN-TV quoted his daughter, Michelle Alvarado, as saying.
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