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12 new entries on the bestseller list for young readers trib.al/6xww27P
12 new entries on the bestseller list for young readers
And in YA, the ‘We Were Liars’ books land at No. 5 in series: the New York Times list for the week ended Nov. 8.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Birding: The real reason people eat turkeys trib.al/7MLyGwf
Birding: The real reason people eat turkeys
Domestic turkeys have been bred to have disproportionately large breast muscles, which makes them attractive for Thanksgiving dinner.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Big names remake bestseller list, led by Richard Paul Evans, Michelle Obama trib.al/6Jigtpc
Big names remake bestseller list, led by Richard Paul Evans, Michelle Obama
Among the other new titles: John Irving, Margaret Atwood, Patti Smith and 2 reporters’ look at the Justice Department: the New York Times list for the week ended Nov. 8.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
More than 600 Flock camera locations in Hampton Roads are public for the first time. See the map. trib.al/DE1MrM4
More than 600 Flock camera locations in Hampton Roads are public for the first time. See the map.
A Norfolk federal judge released the locations of more than 600 Flock Safety surveillance cameras in Hampton Roads — the first time such a compilation has been made public.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mold and air quality problems widespread in military housing, survey finds trib.al/8HAKfEt
Mold and air quality problems widespread in military housing, survey finds
About three-quarters of respondents said the health of family members had been negatively affected by housing issues.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
European officials welcome progress in talks on US proposals to end Russia-Ukraine war trib.al/saktAVK
European officials welcome progress in talks on US proposals to end Russia-Ukraine war
Marco Rubio said the talks were “very worthwhile” and constituted the most productive day in “a very long time.”
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
How an ODU marketing professor is using AI to help students seal deals trib.al/pRVMR0X
How an ODU marketing professor is using AI to help students seal deals
“A student can sit down and role-play with a robot, get feedback and get graded,” Old Dominion University assistant professor Rhett Epler said. “It’s really a pretty cool and exciting thing.”…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
JMU hands Virginia Tech women their first loss trib.al/lYpVYmj
JMU hands Virginia Tech women their first loss
The Dukes held the Hokies to one field goal on their final seven attempts and outrebounded Virginia Tech 47-27. Meanwhile, Howard beat William & Mary in Washington.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Both UVA soccer teams fall from NCAA tourneys with home losses on penalty kicks trib.al/cbLN3Pa
Both UVA soccer teams fall from NCAA tourneys with home losses on penalty kicks
Both Virginia soccer teams were ousted from their respective NCAA championship tournaments Sunday at Klockner Stadium in penalty kicks under similar circumstances in back-to-back matchups. COLLEGE …
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Admirals finish trip with defeat, have lost 6 of last 7 trib.al/A44yUtz
Admirals finish trip with defeat, have lost 6 of last 7
Goalie Logan Stein made his debut for the Admirals, who will return home to Scope for 7:05 p.m. games Friday and Saturday against the Mariners.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ODU women cruise to fifth consecutive victory trib.al/J0FU7H4
ODU women cruise to fifth consecutive victory
En’Dya Buford finished with 12 points and Kelsey Thompson chipped in with 11 for the Monarchs, who await tough competition in a trip to Texas.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Old Dominion men’s drought proves costly as Drexel rallies trib.al/nGz3N0p
Old Dominion men’s drought proves costly as Drexel rallies
The Monarchs start a trip to Philadelphia by leading much of the game against the Dragons but come out with a defeat.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Column: Justice has no expiration date. 2020 election fraud still matters trib.al/vN055eC
Column: Justice has no expiration date. 2020 election fraud still matters
Justice in the case of the 2020 election has been far from sure and swift, but that’s no reason to relent, Los Angeles Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak writes.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Column: Do military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders? trib.al/rjRXfmL
Column: Do military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?
What makes a nation worth serving is not its might but its willingness to restrain it, retired Navy Capt. Jon Duffy writes in a Los Angeles Times column.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Young Virginia Tech running back savors breakout against Miami trib.al/bycBDJq
Young Virginia Tech running back savors breakout against Miami
Jeffrey Overton finished with 69 yards on seven carries — both season highs — and scored a 38-yard touchdown.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Gov.-elect Spanberger vows to fill university board vacancies ‘Day 1’ trib.al/6iz8rLG
Gov.-elect Spanberger vows to fill university board vacancies ‘Day 1’
Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger promises to take quick action after her inauguration on Jan. 17 to fill vacancies on the governing boards of three Virginia colleges and universities that have been ca…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Affordable housing to be a key issue in General Assembly trib.al/5VQJ5dV
Affordable housing to be a key issue in General Assembly
Housing advocates want, once again, to tackle the affordable housing crisis with legislation that could tap into one of the commonwealth’s longest-standing points of political tension.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Airlines cancel flights to Venezuela after FAA warns of worsening security, military activity trib.al/4mEwZaP
Airlines cancel flights to Venezuela after FAA warns of worsening security, military activity
International airlines increasingly canceled flights to Venezuela on Sunday after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned pilots to use caution when flying in the country’s airspace because…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here’s how Hampton Roads school board pay compares across the region trib.al/pCoeeN5
Here’s how Hampton Roads school board pay compares across the region
Norfolk School Board is considering raising pay for members. Currently the board member salaries are the lowest of Hampton Roads seven largest cities. The raises would make them the highest, tied w…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
2025 Holiday Guide: Feel the spirit just about anywhere in Hampton Roads trib.al/cQiKXTk
2025 Holiday Guide: Feel the spirit just about anywhere in Hampton Roads
Light displays are underway at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, aboard the retired battleship Wisconsin, at Busch Gardens and at the botanical garden in Norfolk.  Plan your way through the season wit…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape trib.al/ahkxqIX
Pope calls on kidnappers in Nigeria to free 265 students and teachers after 50 pupils escape
Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, as t…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Mamdani stands by Trump criticism despite friendly White House meeting trib.al/aRL5U21
Mamdani stands by Trump criticism despite friendly White House meeting
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani didn’t back down in an interview that aired Sunday from past criticism that President Donald Trump acted like a despot and a fascist after a surprisingly fr…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Virginia Beach City Council hopes to obtain at least $20 million in sponsorships for Rudee Park trib.al/I4zbDR6
Virginia Beach City Council hopes to obtain at least $20 million in sponsorships for Rudee Park
The City Council has already set aside $50 million to build the park, with the money coming from a tourism tax fund. But council members hope to offset that cost by obtaining at least $20 million i…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM