Joanne Kimberlin

Much-postponed Black Brant XII launch could give East Coast watchers a special show.

Someone didn’t realize what they had: A for-real piece of work by one of the great masters.

While still open, Duke of Gloucester Street won’t look as historic as usual.

Virginia Beach’s Norwood Thomas passed away peacefully in his sleep at age 98.

Neighbors might not approve, but the Constitution protects even the ultimate curse word.

But while officials have called off the search for Erik Mezick, his family hasn’t.

For the first Yuletide ever, a new law makes it illegal for Virginians to sell their personally owned firearms without clearing buyers.

Brace yourselves. Campaigns have long focused on fear, but we’re being bombarded with it this year.

“People think addiction is a choice but it’s a disease. Why can I drink a glass or two of wine but he couldn’t leave the bottle?”

They met in London just before D-Day, a 21-year-old U.S. paratrooper and a 17-year-old local girl. 70 years later, they found each other, and their story captured the hearts of millions — but was it worth losing her a second time? Here’s his reply.

The Virginian-Pilot

NEWPORT NEWS And the race begins. Thursday’s green light to build a cutting-edge atomic collider means it’s on between Virginia and New York - the two contenders for the $1 billion project. Approval for the collider was announced in Washington at a meeting of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee,…

VIRGINIA BEACH After just a month on the job, Dave Cooper, president of the Navy SEAL Foundation, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

MIDLOTHIAN On a night when things go up, something deadly came down, launching a manhunt like no one can remember in Chesterfield County. A bullet fell from the sky just before Fourth of July fireworks shot into the heavens.

As islands go, it’s not much – just a man-made portal to underwater traffic tubes, a blur for the 100,000 drivers who cross the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel every day. Only the feathers – clumped in grisly piles on the asphalt – hint at the life-and-death drama overhead.

In the world’s most heavily armed nation, bullets are in short supply. Gun shops have empty shelves. Stampedes mark the opening of gun shows. Rising prices are forcing police to bust their budgets. Some have cut back on shooting practice.