The city of Norfolk, Virginia, has repealed a 45-year-old ban on palm reading and clairvoyance for money.

Highly touted prospect Jackson Holliday has been optioned to the minor leagues by the Baltimore Orioles after starting his big league career with a disappointing thud.

A man accused of stabbing his cousin in what was described as a “horrific attack” in Davenport has been arrested, according to the police department.

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in Ohio.

A military-themed brewery will open in Virginia despite some community opposition.

A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix.

Federal regulators want first responders to a train derailment to know exactly what they are dealing with even before they reach the scene.

Officials say they plan to conduct safety investigations of all the major freight railroads over the next year.

A 35-year-old man is missing off the coast of Florida after going overboard from a Carnival cruise ship, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The federal government has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers.

Concerned with preventing growing numbers of suicides, the US Navy is planning to make chaplains regular members of the crew on ships with more than 300 sailors, instead of only the largest carriers as in the past.

Authorities in Ohio say air monitoring hasn’t detected dangerous levels of fumes in communities where crews released and burned toxic chemicals from a derailed train.

Crews in Ohio have released toxic chemicals from five cars of a derailed train near the Pennsylvania state line to reduce the threat of an explosion.

Officials monitoring the smoldering, tangled wreckage of a train derailment in Ohio have warned hundreds of nearby residents who had declined to evacuate to do so immediately, citing concerns about a potential explosion.

Three suicides by sailors assigned to a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier were not connected, but the poor quality of life onboard was a “contributing factor” in one of the deaths.

Blake Watson scored on a 1-yard run with 33 seconds to play and Old Dominion beat Virginia Tech for the second time in as many tries on its home field, 20-17.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has cemented her place as front-runner in the race to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson by winning endorsement from an influential former rival.

Authorities say a Virginia newspaper reporter was one of two people killed during a shooting outside a restaurant and bar.

The increasing threat of sea-level rise on Virginia’s coast means that an afternoon rainstorm can strand drivers for hours and damage cars beyond repair.

Freezing rain, sleet and snow blew into coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia.

Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams was in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to urge Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month’s Virginia governor’s election.

Southwest Airlines says it no longer expects to be profitable in its third quarter.

Naval Academy wants the state of Wisconsin to return the statue. The statue, crafted from melted-down cannons seized from Cuba during the Spanish-American War, was affixed to the first USS Wisconsin prior to World War I. The academy museum contacted state officials last March seeking the statue's return so it could be loaned to the nonprofit Nauticus Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, where the second USS Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit. Academy museum director Claude Berube last week consulted with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican and former Marine. AdThe academy museum previously extended the state loan until mid-September due to COVID-induced closures in Norfolk.

A Badger and Shield statue is seen outside the governor's Capitol office in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Naval Academy wants the state of Wisconsin to return the statue. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin badger statue that has served as a literal touchstone for so many Capitol building visitors that they've rubbed the finish off his nose could be headed to another den soon. It was affixed to the USS Wisconsin battleship before World War I. He also noted that the academy museum had to return former President Jimmy Carter's plebe uniform to his museum in 2019.

(Joe Giddens/PA via AP)PARIS – At least 50 countries committed to protecting 30% of the planet, including land and sea, over the next decade to halt species extinction and address climate change issues, during a global summit Monday aimed at protecting the world's biodiversity. About 30 leaders, government officials and heads of international organizations participated in the One Planet Summit, which was being held by videoconference because of the coronavirus pandemic. During his campaign, Biden pledged to better protect biodiversity by preserving 30% of American lands and waters by 2030. Another initiative involves a new coalition of Mediterranean countries working to better protect the sea from pollution and overfishing. ___Follow all AP coverage of climate change issues at https://apnews.com/hub/Climate.

Many people at airports this week thought long and hard about whether to go somewhere and found a way to rationalize it. More than 5 million people passed through the nation’s airport security checkpoints between Friday and Tuesday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. But it amounts to around a million passengers per day, or about what the U.S. saw in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, when some Americans likewise disregarded warnings and ended up contributing to the nationwide surge. There is no guarantee from one year to the next,” she said as “Silver Bells” played over the airport speakers. Overall, the AAA projected that about 85 million people will travel between Wednesday and Jan. 3, most of them by car.

Maya Gebler, center, Cate and Sophie Carroll , right, write letters to fairies in Norfolk, Virginia on Monday Oct. 12, 2020. In the last few months, more than 700 letters have arrived at a fairy tree village outside the home of a journalist and children's book author. "And they want to write to you.”Beneath a crape myrtle at the edge of a lawn in Norfolk lies a fairy village. Another offers responses from the likes of the Fairy Godmother, Fairy Queen Lysandra and Tinker Bell. The fairy tree village appeared in July outside the home of journalist and children’s book author Lisa Suhay, 55, a mother of five.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – A 65-pound alligator snapping turtle was found trying to cross a road in Fairfax County, Virginia. Police shared the story and pictures on Twitter Sunday. Officers named the alligator snapping turtle “Lord Fairfax” and took him to a nearby animal hospital. He has since been relocated to a zoo in Norfolk. Alligator snapping turtles are not native to Virginia, so authorities think it was likely someone’s pet.