Newport News police were involved in a fatal shooting during a traffic stop Thursday evening near 24th Street and Roanoke Avenue.  Read more...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The casket for Christina Taylor Green seemed too small to hold the grief and despair of the 2,000 mourners who packed into a church Thursday to say goodbye to the 9-year-old girl whose life began and ended with two soul-searching moments for the country.  Read more...

If you've been going through life thinking you are a Virgo, think again. An astronomer says that a shift in the Earth's alignment has changed zodiac dates, and there are actually 13 signs instead of 12. So Virgos, how do you feel about being Leos?  Read more...

— With a new commander at the helm of its flagship, the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group is scheduled to depart Norfolk Naval Station this morning for the Persian Gulf region.  Read more...

The early detection of breast cancer saves lives. Along with mammograms, self-exams play a critical role in early detection. To spread that message, or in its words "to reach out and touch every woman they can," the support group Beyond Boobs! has released a video, "The Self-Exama," on YouTube; it starts airing Friday .  Read more...

Newport News Republican Phil Hamilton pleaded not guilty Thursday in Richmond on bribery and extortion charges for his effort to secure a job at an Old Dominion University teaching center he helped created with $500,000 in taxpayer funding.  Read more...

NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute, misdemeanor charges that carry no jail time but require him to register as a sex offender.  Read more...

YORK — The health department cleared Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center in the death of a 94-year-old woman last August.  Read more...