Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger faced off for the first and only time on the debate stage Thursday night in Virginia’s high-stakes gubernatorial race. It was a fiery affair in which Earle-Sears, who is trailing in the race, went on the offensive from the very beginning, repeatedly interrupting Spanberger and asking her several…
A 119-year-old apartment complex in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk has a new owner who plans to elevate the property while keeping its historic charm. Lightwell Development, a New York City-based real estate development firm focused on historic tax credit renovation work, bought Pelham Place at 521 Boissevain Ave. in September for $9.15 million. The…
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) jets were scrambled in response to four general aviation aircraft violating Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace over Norfolk, Virginia, where President Donald Trump was visiting. Trump was at Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday where he hosted a Salute to the Fleet, honoring the Navy and its servicemembers as part of…
Two Norfolk City Council members expressed frustration Tuesday with the Norfolk School Board over the ongoing work to create a plan to close and consolidate city schools. The School Board on Monday delayed a vote for the second time on a closure plan, barreling past a deadline set by the council to adopt a plan…
A woman died after a shooting Wednesday evening on I-64 in York County, according to a press release from Virginia State Police. Almost no details about the shooting have been released, but it happened near the 242-mile marker in York County, police said. State troopers responded to the scene around 6 p.m. According to state…
Pennington Gap, Va. — On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of Higher Ground Women’s Recovery Residence. Author Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility in January with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis….
resident Donald Trump appeared to call on Attorney General Pam Bondi to do more to prosecute his political opponents in a post on Truth Social Saturday. In the post, he referenced the recent departure of a top prosecutor in Virginia. Former U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert announced his resignation Friday from the Eastern District of Virginia….
A conservative lawyer who has said she was falsely accused of being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been named to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a copy of an email she sent to staff obtained by CBS News. The Virginia office was…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WSET/Virginia Athletics) — Virginia’s football team opened the season in commanding fashion Saturday, rolling to a 48-7 victory over Coastal Carolina before an appreciative crowd at Scott Stadium. On a picturesque late-summer evening, the Cavaliers supplied a wide variety of highlights. Chandler Morris passed for two touchdowns, James Jackson and Kevon Gray each…
By James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined Newsweek in July 2022 from LBC, and previously worked for the Daily Express. He is a graduate of Oxford University….