8+ min ago (140+ words) One person died from a fatal car crash in Accomack County and five others were injured, according to a press release from Virginia State Police. The two-vehicle crash occurred at 2:07 p.m. on Nov. 28 on Route 13. A 2021 Nissan Versa was travelling northbound on Route 13 and crossed the median, striking a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado head-on. This happened near the intersection with Gillespie Lane. The driver of the Nissan Versa died at the scene. There were five people in the Chevrolet Silverado. The driver and one of the passengers had serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and were airlifted to a hospital. The three other passengers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. This crash remains under investigation. Police did not release any additional information, including the identity of the victim....

2+ hour, 18+ min ago (441+ words) Well, another Thanksgiving is in the books. The company's gone, the fall decorations are put away, and the turkey " let's just say it will be part of a variety of reimagined meals for a while. For many of us, our attention now turns to the season of gift-giving. Everywhere we turn, we're pressured to spend more than we should and buy what we don't need, even if that means charging it to a credit card we don't have a plan to pay off. Wasn't it just Thursday we sat around a table with loved ones, sharing what we're thankful for? How can we build a holiday about real gratitude on a foundation of lies? No wonder we only allow gratitude to be a small blip in our routine of buy, spend and consume. Because we've sanitized this history, we've missed…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago (435+ words) Both schools have been embroiled in public controversy for much of this year after the sudden departure of their previous leaders. "Without the rector and vice rector, a lot of questions won't be answered," he said. Deeds said Sheridan and Wilkinson will get another chance to appear before the subcommittee in January. The UVa board is conducting a search for a new president, which has led to a highly public showdown between Youngkin, a Republican who will leave office in January, and Gov.-elect'Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and UVa graduate who will be inaugurated as Virginia's 75th governor on'Jan. 17. After her landslide election on'Nov. 4, Spanberger asked the UVa board to pause the process of selecting a new president until after she is inaugurated. Youngkin has publicly rebuked her for trying to intervene in the presidential search before she takes office, and…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago (435+ words) Both schools have been embroiled in public controversy for much of this year after the sudden departure of their previous leaders. "Without the rector and vice rector, a lot of questions won't be answered," he said. Deeds said Sheridan and Wilkinson will get another chance to appear before the subcommittee in January. The UVa board is conducting a search for a new president, which has led to a highly public showdown between Youngkin, a Republican who will leave office in January, and Gov.-elect'Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat and UVa graduate who will be inaugurated as Virginia's 75th governor on'Jan. 17. After her landslide election on'Nov. 4, Spanberger asked the UVa board to pause the process of selecting a new president until after she is inaugurated. Youngkin has publicly rebuked her for trying to intervene in the presidential search before she takes office, and…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago (890+ words) No distractions: He doesn't follow sports on TV, never opens social media and, when he's really flowing, sends even the important calls to voicemail. Morgan Gendel's best work requires silence. "All I do," he said, "is walk around thinking of stuff." He's a professional " a career "idea man" " who's made his money by making things up. Gendel, paid to provide plots and new twists to blocked and bogged down TV writers in his 30s, became a Hollywood showrunner in his 40s. In his 60s, he thought up and patented a way to build low-cost, low-weight structures that could be used on NASA missions to the moon or Mars. And that latest idea is garnering attention. Now a 72-year-old adjunct professor of screenwriting at Old Dominion University, Gendel is building prototypes of his patented design for aerospace shelters on campus, with help from the…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago (565+ words) The Tidewater Striders recently elected three people to their Hall of Fame class of 2026. They will be inducted Feb. 7 at the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club. Here's a look at the longtime area club's honorees, all of whom have made outstanding contributions as volunteers: Bernie Duffy served as a board member from 1981-84 and as vice president in '82, performing many roles.He founded the Ocean View Triathlon in 1984 and went on be the race director and/or organizer of many triathlons in Hampton Roads and North Carolina. In 1985, Duffy and Rudy Schuster became the first area competitors to complete the Ironman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii. He also won the 10-kilometer state championship in 1979 for the 50-59 age group. Curt Aasen has been a secretary, vice president and president for the Striders. He was the Volunteer of the Year in 2002 and '03 and the…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago (913+ words) Netanyahu, who has been at war against Israel's legal system over the charges, said the request would help unify the country at a time of momentous change in the region. But it immediately triggered denunciations from opponents, who said a pardon would weaken democratic institutions and send a dangerous message that he's above the rule of law. Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to the legal department of the Office of the President, the prime minister's office said in a statement. The president's office called it an "extraordinary request," carrying with it "significant implications." Netanyahu is the only sitting prime minister in Israeli history to stand trial, after being charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases accusing him of exchanging favors with wealthy political supporters. He hasn't been convicted of anything. Netanyahu…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago (453+ words) CONWAY, S.C. " Alonza Barnett III threw three touchdown passes, Jobi Malary ran for 154 yards a score, and No. 20 James Madison completed an unbeaten regular season with a 59-10 victory over Coastal Carolina on Saturday. JMU (11-1, 8-0) will host Troy in the Sun Belt title game Friday night at Bridgeforth Stadium. If the Dukes win that, they would retain hopes of qualifying for the College Football Playoff. "What I'm proud of is just how quickly they came together and their ability to play and act as a team, and to be undefeated in Year 2 in Sun Belt play is obviously a feather in a lot of these guys' cap," coach Bob Chesney said. "That's something that nobody can take away from you for the rest of your life." The Dukes have won 10 straight. "Obviously, there's bigger goals out there, but this is a good…...

11+ hour, 25+ min ago (403+ words) The floods, which hit Indonesia nearly a week ago, have killed 442 people " with the number expected to rise as more bodies are recovered " and displaced 290,700 people as nearly 3,000 houses damaged, including 827 that were flattened or swept out by floods. The deluges triggered landslides, damaged roads, cut off parts of the island, and downed communication lines, prompting officials and limited communities using Starlink satellite internet for relief operations. Another 402 people are missing in Indonesia's three provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. The challenging weather conditions and the lack of heavy equipment also hampered rescue efforts. Aid has been slow to reach the hardest-hit city of Sibolga and Central Tapanuli district in North Sumatra. Videos on social media showed people scrambling past crumbling barricades, flooded roads and broken glass to get their hands…...

15+ hour, 15+ min ago (713+ words) In 1920, prohibition was enacted. The 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified. The country was still on the gold standard. And the First World War had ended just two years earlier. Sliced bread wasn't commercially sold until 1928. On Dec. 1 of 1920 " a month after Warren G. Harding was elected president of the United States " Elizabeth Barrett was born. "How old are you turning?" one of her eight children playfully asked recently. "Oh, I don't know," Barrett, who to close friends and family goes by "Betty," said with a chuckle. Barrett served as a flight instructor in World War II. She and her late husband, also a veteran of that war as well as Korea and was in the reserves in Vietnam, built a number of homes and later managed a racquetball club in Virginia Beach. Much later in life, she…...