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Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for [day, date]. Residents of eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia can expect to see some rain, minor flooding and gusty winds over the next few days as a tropical weather formation nears the North Carolina coast.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Wednesday, July 8th. Guidelines issued Monday by the Virginia Department of Education recommend that schools keep at least 3 feet between people when they enter Phase 3 of reopening. The department cites guidelines from the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics for the recommendation, a slight relaxation of earlier guidelines recommending at least 6 feet.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Tuesday, July 7th. The company that manages the Midtown and Downtown tolled tunnels, Elizabeth River Crossings, is looking to sell itself to an interested bidder. Commuters who have long loathed the tolls that have affected Portsmouth in particular, shouldn’t expect change anytime soon. The lucrative contract ERC secured years ago would be transferred to the buyer.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for [day, date]. Dominion Energy is pulling the plug on its controversial plan to build a natural gas pipeline crossing Virginia. The decision comes in tandem with a major strategic shift out of the energy giant’s multi-billion-dollar investment in a gas transmission business with operations as far away as Wyoming.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, July 2nd. State Senator Louise Lucas has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Virginia Beach attorney who started an effort to have her ousted from office. Tim Anderson launched the effort after a protest at which Portsmouth’s Confederate monument was destroyed. WAVY-TV reported that Anderson accused Lucas of inciting a riot, a felony, and of telling police to stand down while people defaced the monument.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for July 1st. Nearly two months after Virginia announced its plan to employ some 1,300 contact tracers to aggressively box in new COVID-19 cases before the virus can spread, officials won’t say how successful the multi-million dollar program has been in practice.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Tuesday, June 30th. Eviction cases are starting to be heard again in a state that has some of the country’s highest rates of people being kicked out of their homes, and tenant advocates are worried. The moratorium on eviction hearings — set by the Virginia Supreme Court at the start of the coronavirus pandemic at the request of Gov.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Monday, May 29th. An effort by gun-rights advocates in Norfolk to force the City Council to consider a measure preventing staff from enforcing some state gun laws has failed to net enough signatures. That means the ordinance pushed by advocates won’t appear on the City Council’s agenda any time soon, and there’s no public hearing scheduled on the matter But that may not be the end of the effort.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Friday, June 26th. Citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and health risks associated with going out, Gov. Ralph Northam on Thursday extended the deadline for renewing driver’s licenses, identification cards and vehicle registrations at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The original extension allowed Virginians to delay their credential renewals until Aug. 31.

Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, June 25th. North Carolina’s governor announced Wednesday that people across the state must wear masks or other face coverings in public to fight the spread of COVID-19, and he extended other restrictions by three more weeks to fight a surge in coronavirus cases. Gov.